Editing ZZ Top (section)

== Band members ==
'''Current members'''
* [[Billy Gibbons]] – lead vocals, guitar {{small|(1969–present)}}
* [[Frank Beard (musician)|Frank Beard]] – drums, percussion {{small|(1969–present)}}
* Elwood Francis – bass, backing vocals {{small|(2021–present; ''touring 2021'')}}

'''Current touring musicians'''
* John Douglas – drums, percussion {{small|(2002, 2025–present; ''substitute for Frank Beard'')}}

'''Former members'''
* Dan Mitchell – drums {{small|(1969)}}
* Lanier Greig – bass, keyboards {{small|(1969; ''died 2013'')}}<ref name="keys">{{cite web|first= Jeff |last= Giles |title= Meet the Other Three Members of ZZ Top |website= Ultimate Classic Rock |date= February 21, 2014 |access-date= September 16, 2017 |url= http://ultimateclassicrock.com/zz-top-other-members/}}</ref>
* Billy Ethridge – bass, keyboards {{small|(1969–1970)}}
* [[Dusty Hill]] – bass, backing and lead vocals, keyboards {{small|(1970–2021; ''his death'')}}

'''Timeline'''
{{#tag:timeline|
ImageSize  = width:960 height:auto barincrement:18
PlotArea   = left:80 bottom:100 top:5 right:10
Alignbars  = justify
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period     = from:01/01/1969 till:{{#time:d/m/Y}}
TimeAxis   = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
Legend     = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:3
ScaleMajor = increment:5 start:1969
ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1969

Colors =
 id:vocals        value:red        legend:Lead_vocals,_guitar
 id:bvocals       value:pink       legend:Backing_and_occasional_lead_vocals
 id:bass          value:blue       legend:Bass,_keyboards
 id:drums         value:orange     legend:Drums,_percussion
 id:studio        value:black      legend:Studio_album
 id:live          value:gray(0.7) legend:Live_recording

BarData =
 bar:Gibbons text:"Billy Gibbons"
 bar:Greig text:"Lanier Greig †"
 bar:Etheridge text:"Billy Etheridge"
 bar:Hill text:"Dusty Hill †" 
 bar:Francis text:"Elwood Francis"
 bar:Mitchell text:"Dan Mitchell"
 bar:Beard text:"Frank Beard"
 
PlotData=
  width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(0,-4)
 bar:Gibbons  from:start        till:end         color:vocals
 bar:Greig    from:start        till:01/06/1969  color:bass 
 bar:Greig    at:15/02/2013 text:†
 bar:Etheridge from:01/06/1969   till:31/12/1969  color:bass
 bar:Hill      from:01/01/1970   till:28/07/2021  color:bass
 bar:Hill      from:01/01/1970   till:28/07/2021  color:bvocals width:3
 bar:Hill from:28/07/2021 till:28/07/2021 text:†
 bar:Francis    from:28/07/2021   till:end         color:bass
 bar:Francis    from:28/07/2021   till:end         color:bvocals width:3
 bar:Mitchell       from:start        till:01/06/1969  color:drums
 bar:Beard     from:01/06/1969   till:end         color:drums

LineData =
  layer:back color:studio
  at:16/01/1971
  at:04/04/1972
  at:26/07/1973
  at:18/04/1975
  at:29/11/1976
  at:01/10/1979
  at:20/07/1981
  at:23/03/1983
  at:28/10/1985
  at:16/10/1990
  at:18/01/1994
  at:17/09/1996
  at:28/09/1999
  at:08/09/2003
  at:10/09/2012
  color:live
  at:01/11/2008
  at:20/10/2009
  at:10/07/2013
  at:09/09/2016
}}