ZZ Top is an American
rock band that formed in 1969 in
Houston,
Texas. The band comprises
guitarist and
lead vocalist Billy Gibbons (the band's leader, main lyricist, and musical arranger),
bassist and co-lead vocalist
Dusty Hill, and
drummer Frank Beard. One of the few
major label recording groups to have held the same lineup for more than 40 years, ZZ Top has been praised by critics and fellow musicians alike for their technical mastery. Of the group, music writer
Cub Koda said, "As genuine roots musicians, they have few peers; Gibbons is one of America's finest blues guitarists working in the arena rock idiom [...] while Hill and Beard provide the ultimate rhythm section support."