![]() “Well, certainly ZZ Top is not a punk band, but it was more of an underground thing. Tube Snake Boogie ended up being played more on the punk station here, KROQ, than anywhere else. “As far as El Loco’s position with current musical trends, we got pigeonholed with a real strange group of friends. Highlights: Manic Mechanic, Cheap Sunglasses I would have loved to have worked with an R&B band. We’ve played a lot of Stax in the dressing room. We probably do as interesting a set in our dressing room as the one we play on stage. “We did the two covers, Dust My Broom and Thank You on Deguello there are so many wonderful tunes to be done. Here was a kick-ass brand of music that was making a statement: ‘To hell with the FM playlist, we’re gonna do it like we wanna do it!’ I think it allowed us to relax to the point where we could use it. And we can gladly tip our hats to the doors they opened. I think Deguello was the first record we completed after the ushering in of the punk scene. It’s the first time we used synthesisers, on Cheap Sunglasses. “Here you find the band starting to stretch out a little bit. Of course, we were bombarded with the punk rock movement. We attempted to maintain the cornerstone of twelve-bar blues, or just blues music period. “That was our leap from London Records to Warner Brothers. (Image credit: Warner Bros) (opens in new tab) Highlights: Brown Sugar, Goin’ Down To Mexico And I’ll be honest with ya, I still dig it.” Which is kind of what got us thinking: ‘Hey, we can hot-rod this stuff and make it really fun to play for ZZ Top.’ There’s a handful of Americans, a handful of guys from England, a handful of guys from points around the world that recognised the value of the impact of this strain of music that goes all the way back to Africa. Throughout: The Animals, the Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks, Clapton, Beck… maybe a couple more. I think it would be fair to say that we were subliminally influenced The wave of blues we enjoyed – not only being a part of, but also influenced by – was ushered in by the English guys. “Is ZZ Top a blues band? Well, we’re interpreters of blues bands. I listened to it for the first time in a while and said: ‘Man, we sure were bluesy.’ It’s a period kind of sound. The playing was there, the tempo was good, and it’s very bluesy. ![]() “But we remained true to the core: it was twelve-bar blues or bust. ![]()
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