What does Sup Forums think of ZZ Top?

What does Sup Forums think of ZZ Top?

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Gimme all your lovin',
All your hugs and kisses too

Gimme all your lovin',
don't let up until we're through

They had some good meat and potatoes blues rock, but I think it's same problem as Ted Nugent--their redneck image and fanbase turns off a lot of people (admittedly they're 1/10th as annoying as Nugent).

Damn, why are their early albums so expensive? Checked Ebay prices and fuck. I don't get it. They were a major label American rock group, not some obscure Belgian prog band.

While I admit they are largely not for me, Eliminator and Tres Hombres were both good albums

Their early albums on London didn't sell that many copies and I'm pretty sure they had only regional popularity back then. When they switched to Warner, they started getting national attention and Tres Hombres was a pretty major success at the time.

That said, original London pressings in good condition are rarer than hen's teeth.

I have a buddy who picked up some original London ZZ Top albums in thrift stores in the South. They do exist although like you said the band didn't get big nationally until switching to Warner. I guess most copies of those early ZZ Top albums were taken to parties and played to death. They were the perfect music for that.

Too bad most people only know the 80s MTV version of ZZ Top with the giant beards and leopard print outfits when they looked a lot more like Hank Williams in the 70s and had shorter beards.

repetitive
But I guess that's because I grew out of most blues rock

The first couple of albums are perfect oldskool blues rock. After they went MTV with drum machines and shitty guitar tones, forget about it.