Editing ZZ Top (section)

==Musical style==
''[[The Guardian]]'' described ZZ Top as "part traditional, part contrary, and part of the deep seam of Texas weirdness that stretched from the [[The 13th Floor Elevators|13th Floor Elevators]] through to the [[Butthole Surfers]]".<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|first= Michael |last= Hann |title= Dusty Hill's voice, tone and passion for the blues lifted ZZ Top into greatness |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |date= July 29, 2021 |access-date= July 30, 2021 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/29/dusty-hill-lifted-zz-top-into-greatness}}</ref> ''[[Texas Monthly]]'' described their music as "loud, macho, greasy, and distorted", with "unrepentant misogynistic references".<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Joe Nick |last= Patoski |title= Still ZZ After All These Years |magazine= [[Texas Monthly]] |date= December 1996 |url= https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/still-zz-after-all-these-years/}}</ref> In the early 1980s, ZZ Top embraced [[synthesizer]]s and [[drum machine]]s, drawing inspiration from British [[Electronic music|electronic]] acts such as [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] and [[Depeche Mode]] (while deriving their dance moves from the former).<ref name="Simmons82"/><ref>{{cite news|first= Michael |last= Hann |title= Gimme All Your Lovin' was a perfectly calibrated rock song — and was admired and covered by electronic acts |newspaper= [[Financial Times]] |date= November 12, 2018 |url= https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/gimme-all-your-lovin.html |archive-date= August 9, 2021 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20210809025833/https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/gimme-all-your-lovin.html}}</ref> Hill and Gibbons worked as a kind of [[double act]], looking similar and employing simple stage choreography that Hill described as "low-energy, high-impact".<ref name="Guardian"/> ZZ Top's music has been classified as [[blues rock]],<ref>{{cite web|first= Cub |last= Koda |title= ZZ Top – Artist Biography |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= July 28, 2014 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/zz-top-mn0000690254/biography}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor-first= Patricia |editor-last= Bashe |editor-first2= Holly |editor-last2= George-Warren |year= 2001 |title= The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll |edition= 3rd |publisher= [[Simon & Schuster]] |isbn= 978-0-7432-0120-9 |url= https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneency00holl |url-access= registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= Nick |last= Talevski |year= 2006 |title= Rock Obituaries – Knocking on Heaven's Door |publisher= [[Music Sales Group|Omnibus Press]] |page= 173 |isbn= 978-1-8460-9091-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= How ZZ Top's First Album Established an Unbeatable Blues-Rock Blueprint |work= Dig! |date= January 16, 2021 |access-date= May 3, 2022 |url= https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/zz-tops-first-album/}}</ref> [[hard rock]],<ref>{{cite book|first= Mike |last= McPadden |year= 2012 |title= If You Like Metallica... |publisher= [[Hal Leonard Corporation|Backbeat Books]] |chapter= ZZ Top |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9o978TWC1hAC&pg=PT30 |isbn= 9781476813578}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= Ronald |last= Zalkind |year= 1980 |title= Contemporary Music Almanac: 1980–1981 |edition= 1st |publisher= [[G. Schirmer Inc.|Schirmer Books]] |page= 349 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=r4qfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22zz+top+texas%22}}</ref><ref name="WSJ">{{cite magazine|first= Marc |last= Myers |author-link= Marc Myers |title= ZZ Top's 'Rio Grande Mud' at 50 |newspaper= [[The Wall Street Journal]] |date= April 4, 2022 |access-date= May 3, 2022 |url= https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/rio-grande-mud-zz-top-southern-rock-billy-gibbons-dusty-hill-frank-beard-allman-brothers-band-lynyrd-skynyrd-marshall-tucker-band-11649106822}}</ref> [[boogie rock]],<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Fred |last= Bonson |title= Wea's Greatest Hits |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date= August 31, 1996 |volume= 108 |issue= 35 |page= 34 |issn= 0006-2510 |quote= It was the band's second album, "''[[Tres Hombres]]''", that established their boogie-rock credentials by peaking at No. 8 in 1974.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Matt |last= Cibula |title= ZZ Top: Mescalero |work= [[PopMatters]] |date= January 4, 2004 |access-date= February 20, 2014 |url= http://www.popmatters.com/review/zztop-mescalero/}}</ref> [[Southern rock]],<ref>{{cite magazine |author= Josh Jackson & Paste Music Staff |title= The 50 Best Southern Rock Albums of All Time |magazine= [[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |date= February 26, 2018 |access-date= June 20, 2018 |url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/02/the-50-best-southern-rock-albums-of-all-time.html |archive-date= December 6, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191206124511/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/02/the-50-best-southern-rock-albums-of-all-time.html |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first= Steve |last= Apple |title= ZZ Top: Tres Hombres |magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |date= September 13, 1973 |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/zztop/albums/album/111205/review/5945357/tres_hombres |archive-date= October 2, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071002002340/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/zztop/albums/album/111205/review/5945357/tres_hombres}}</ref> [[blues]],<ref name="WSJ" /><ref>{{cite magazine|first= Jim |last= Miller |title= ZZ Top: Fandango! |magazine= Rolling Stone |date= July 3, 1975 |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/zztop/albums/album/198546/review/5941643/fandango |archive-date= November 12, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071112000947/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/zztop/albums/album/198546/review/5941643/fandango}}</ref> and [[Texas blues]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hunter |title= La Futura |magazine= Rolling Stone |date= September 22, 2012 |access-date= May 3, 2022 |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/la-futura-20120921}}</ref>