ZZ TopZZ Top are known as "That Lil' Ol' Band from Texas" — and that's almost an understatement. The band was formed in Houston in 1969 by Billy Gibbons on guitar and vocals, Dusty Hill on bass and vocals, and Frank Beard on drums. Gibbons' precisely raunchy guitar, Hill's simple but funky basslines and the witty, sex-fixated lyrics were at the core of the music from the very start — blues figures filtered through Texas dust and dry, self-deprecating humour.