Name: La Futura
Brand: ZZ Top

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

3714113

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Download code: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2012-09-25

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Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

ZZ Top

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Classic

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ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. The band consists of guitarist and lead vocalist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist and co-lead vocalist Dusty Hill who is replaced (to Dusty's wishes) by former basstechnician Elwod Francis after Hills death july 28 2021. The band and its members went through several reconfigurations throughout 1969, achieving their current form when Hill replaced bassist Billy Etheridge in February 1970, shortly before the band was signed to London Records. Etheridge's departure issued primarily from his unwillingness to be bound by a recording contract.

Since the release of the band's debut album in January 1971, ZZ Top has become known for its strong blues roots and humorous lyrical motifs, relying heavily on double entendres and innuendo. ZZ Top's musical style has changed over the years, beginning with blues-inspired rock on their early albums, then incorporating New Wave, punk rock and dance-rock, with heavy use of synthesizers.

ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. As a group, ZZ Top possesses 11 gold records and 7 platinum (13 multi-platinum) records; their 1983 album, Eliminator, remains the group's most commercially successful record, selling over 10 million units. ZZ Top also ranks 80th in U.S. album sales, with 25 million units.

the first new studio album from zz top in nine years is 'la futura' on american recordings. the album harks back to the hallmark raw sound of the band's formative years and is a return to form on multiple levels. 'la futura', produced by rick rubin and billy f gibbons, the band's guitarist / singer, finds the legendary group infusing the newly recorded work with the electric blues / roots approach that typified zz top's earliest work while, at the same time, reaching for new sonic horizons. at its fundament, this is the incarnation of the band whose influence resonates today with such artists as the black keys, jack white, queens of the stone age and many others.

La Futura

Music GB