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Rest In Power, Frank Beard. A great drummer, who wasn’t just part of an iconic band, but an institution in the best sense of the word. ZZ Top IS Texas! Condolences are due. His last name was arguably the greatest ironic Dad Joke i in Rock & Roll. Please send Billy Gibbons ❤️🩹.
— Vernon Reid (@vurnt22) August 19, 2026
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Adios, Frank Beard. https://t.co/LkfxtOox3Q
— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) August 18, 2026
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From the first album to ‘La Futura,’ we check out the Little ‘ol Band From Texas’ studio records.
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When ZZ Top put out a record celebrating their 30th year in the business, every one of those years seemed to be showing. It had been a decade and a half since ‘Eliminator,’ and they were still struggling to definitively build upon or move on from that out-sized success. Unfortunately, ‘XXX’ often felt like a placekeeper.
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