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ZZ Top to team up with Black Keys

ZZ Top are set to work with The Black Keys, after the bands were introduced to one another via producer Rick Rubin.

Rubin is slated to produce ZZ Top’s new album, and according to Billy Gibbons, he hooked The Black Keys up with ZZ Top for some writing and maybe recording.

"I'm such a big fan of those guys ... it makes total sense," Gibbons, told Billboard "And that's pretty down and dirty, which is good for ZZ Top."

According to the report, Gibbons demoed 15 tracks over 15 days in May this year, describing the new material as “everything from a black church gospel ballad to updated versions of 'Rollin' and Tumblin'.”

Gibbons is also among the artists to feature on the forthcoming ‘Metal Christmas’ album, on which he teamed up with Dave Grohl and Lemmy from Motorhead for a version of Chuck Berry's ‘Run, Rudolph, Run’.

http://www.nme.com/news/the-black-keys/38951

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So much for ZZ Top returning to their pre 80s style.


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So much for ZZ Top returning to their pre 80s style.


Because they teamed up with The Black Keys in the 80's?


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the last 3 or 4 zz top albums were bad, no other word to describe them, bad.

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Renny wrote:
the last 3 or 4 zz top albums were bad, no other word to describe them, bad.

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Gotta agree with this statement, though Mescalero was an improvement. The vocals are so muffled you have to have a lyric sheet to figure out the words.


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I think Antenna and Mescalero (how can someone not like Punk Ass Boyfriend ?) were VERY good albums . As far as Rhythmeen and XXX they were very good albums . Basically I can't say anything bad about ZZ Top . If they did a cd of Paula Abdul covers I would probably buy it .


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ZZ Top has done nothing worth listening to IMO since Eliminator. Recycler was the start of their downfall when they inexplicably turned to synthesizers. Deguello was their high point for me. Billy Gibbon's is wasting his guitar talent on the recent releases. The single "What's Up With That" was the last decent song they put out for me.


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James Dean wrote:
ZZ Top has done nothing worth listening to IMO since Eliminator. Recycler was the start of their downfall when they inexplicably turned to synthesizers. Deguello was their high point for me. Billy Gibbon's is wasting his guitar talent on the recent releases. The single "What's Up With That" was the last decent song they put out for me.

I agree and disagree. "Antenna" was damn good and very dirty and guitar heavy ("Pincushion" is one of the ebst songs they ever did). "Rhythmeen" was decent. "XXX" was a pile of crap and as said earlier, "Mescalero" was an improvement and had some good stuff (along with some definite turds).
I do love "Deguello", and everything from 1971-83. My favorite has to be "Tres Hombres" though.
As for the synthesizers, though, that was "Eliminator" that that started on in 1983 (i.e., "Legs", "Dirty Dog", "Sharp Dressed Man", etc.)-way before the "Recycler" album in 1990. "Afterburner" was the most offensive as far as the synths went. "Recycler" was where they started to drop the synths for the most part.
I still love these guys, but it has been a rough time since the 90's began, but not without some merits. The new DVD is fantastic however, I was very pleased and have watched it multiple times-yet Billy no longer puts much effort into his playing which saddens me. Even so, he's still one of the best.

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You are correct IP, I meant to say "Afterburner" and not "Recycler." On Eliminator, you are also correct, there are synthesizers, but Gibbons still had the guitar front and center. After that the guitar started getting drowned out by the synthesizers. Deguello is my favorite with Tres Hombres not far behind.


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I think this is a great sign. I can't think of anyone that has a better bluesy down and dirty sound with great tunes than the Black Keys.

Apparently Rod Stewart is interested in working with them ( Black Keys) also.

Dangermouse did the Black Keys a disservice by not allowing solos on the new Cd .Rick Rubin would be a better choice for their next album.


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"Antennae" was the last good album they did, and even parts of that were hit and miss. After that, maybe one or two decent songs per album. The less said about "XXX" the better. Rewriting "Pincushion" as "Sin Pusher", was just out and out lazy, IMO., and has there ever been a worse Elvis cover then "Teddy Bear", from a major artist then from that album?

They better bounce back big time with this next album, or they'll be losing this fan forever...


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The Black Keys are set to record with ZZ Top's Billy F. Gibbons and producer Rick Rubin this weekend (beginning October 25) in Los Angeles.

The recording sessions will be for the forthcoming new Rubin-produced, blues-rock-based ZZ Top album, reports Billboard.

"Billy came to our show in Columbus, Ohio, and played us some new songs," said Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach. "But this will be the first time we've gotten together in a musical way.

"There are so many people who love them and what they did."

Gibbons said that he was looking forward to the prospect of working with the band because they are "down and dirty, which is good for ZZ Top."

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ZZ Top recruit Rick Rubin for first album in seven years

ZZ Top have teamed up with producer Rick Rubin, who has worked with Beastie Boys and Johnny Cash, for their first album in seven years.

The as-yet-untitled record will be the band's 15th studio album and their first since 2003's 'Mescalero'.

"He's very instrumental in striking a resonant chord," frontman Billy Gibbons told SpinnerMusic.co.uk of Rubin's involvement. "He's able to find ways to pull things out that you might not know were there in the first place."

The band have also recruited The Black Keys to play on the record, which is due out later this year.

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Used to be, I'd see Rick Rubin attached to a project and buy it sight unseen. Now, not so much.

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I used to really like this group & I know most listeners prefer their 70's blues/rock sound but what I miss are the 80's ZZ top. I'm talking everything from Degeillo to Recycler. I read somewhere that starting in the early 90's they wanted to get away from the commercialism that had made them mega-stars & go back to their roots. Now they've been doing this for close to 20 years or so and each CD they release sells viewer & fewer units. So I say its way over due for them to get back to the sound of the big 80's and if that means going commercial, then I say "go for it". After all that's the style of music that took them to a whole other level income wise. Consider this, when you see them in concert the songs that get the biggest applause & reaction are the 80's based songs.
So I say its high time ZZ Top go back to the 80's and release a commercial sounding record because I for one am getting very tired of listening to their recycled blues music they've been playing for what seems like an eternity. That is "IF" they still know how to make a commercialized sounding CD.
My 2 cents, take it for what its worth!

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These guys lost me somewhere in the 80's. Even Eliminator with all the hits will likely never be played here again (I do still own it).

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Ah Eliminator, so many great tunes, so many entertaining to watch videos. Though they had some good releases after 1983, none had the power songs like Eliminator had. A definite "watershed album" & a creative high mark in their long and distinguished career.
One can always tell which songs on which releases withstand the test of time. For example if you look at ZZ Top's most recent "Live" release from a couple of years ago, how many songs are on the CD from their "Antenna" releases forward? Short answer only a couple. That means most of those CD releases are at best "filler material" at best and disposable music at worst. I feel if you have a winning formula in this case musical sound (styling) that the majority of your fans like, you stick with it. What I mean is why reinvent the wheel if you don't have to. Yes an artist can be and often is accused of "selling out" when they do this but hey it it helps pay the bills & keeps you relevant in fast changing industry, I say go for it. In short if your fans like a certain sound, you should give them what they want. To not do so means you run the risk of alienating your core audience otherwise refereed to as "career ending suicide".Come on ZZ Top I know y'all have it in you to produce one one more 80's sounding CD because what you've been releasing the past 20+ years isn't all that appealing to the ears.
BTW, I've heard of The Black Crows, The Black Eyed Peas, & The Black eyed Susan's but who are the Black Keys? Are they any relation to Aicia Keys?

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From Billboard.com:

ZZ Top is "in full production" on a new album, its long-awaited follow-up to 2003's "Mescalero," which guitarist Billy F. Gibbons predicts will be out "by the end of the year."

Gibbons tells Billboard.com that the Texas trio has been working on the set in both Houston and Los Angeles. "I've got a little studio at my house out in L.A.," he says, "and it kind of takes the load off to be able to leave Texas, go to California, stay there for awhile, and then you get to leave California and come back to Texas."

As for the sound, Gibbons notes that he, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard are "still just making a lot of loud noise. We still pose as interpreters of the blues. We can't invent it; It's already been invented. But we can do it our way." Gibbons adds that the album will be comprised primarily of originals but that the group "might cover a couple of things."

Speaking of covers, a ZZ Top tribute album is also on the way, with Foo Fighters, Steven Tyler, Nickelback and Kid Rock taking part, according to Gibbons. A representative from Universal South says the collection is still being recorded and compiled with no title, release date, or firm track list in place yet.

ZZ Top, meanwhile, hits the road with Lynyrd Skynyrd for the Rebels & Bandoleros Tour that stars May 12 in Wichita, Kansas, and plays 11 dates over three weeks.

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The good news is ZZ Top has finally produced some new music; the bad news is that you would have to be in outer space right now to hear it.

HoustonPress.com reports the first bit of music from ZZ Top's long-awaited, long-delayed, semi-mythical forthcoming album has leaked...but not anywhere on Earth.

Astronaut and friend of ZZ Michael Fossum, currently headed to the International Space Station on a Russian spacecraft, is carrying a copy of "Flyin' High," which the band evidently plans to put on this album, according to a release from longtime publicist Bob Merlis Tuesday afternoon:

Fossum has maintained friendships with Billy F Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard, the members of ZZ Top, for some time, dating back to even before the missions he flew aboard the US Space Shuttle in 2006 and 2008.

He caught wind that one of the tracks on the new album, the band's first studio recording since 2005, is entitled "Flyin' High."

No further information was given in the news release about when ZZ Top fans back here on Earth might be able to listen to either "Flyin' High" or the album.

However, Gibbons told Billboard.com back in March that the album “will be out by the end of the year,” and that the Texas trio has been working on the new record in both Houston and Los Angeles. "I've got a little studio at my house out in L.A.," he says, "and it kind of takes the load off to be able to leave Texas, go to California, stay there for awhile and then you get to leave California and come back to Texas."

As for the sound, Gibbons notes that he, Hill and Beard are "still just making a lot of loud noise. We still pose as interpreters of the blues. We can't invent it; It's already been invented. But we can do it our way." Gibbons adds that the album will be comprised primarily of originals but that the group "might cover a couple of things."

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ZZ Top’s Billy F. Gibbons says the Texan trio plan to release their first studio album since 2003’s Mescalero before the end of 2011.

“This year’s going to be a banner year on a number of levels, but we’re throwing our hat in the ring,” Gibbons told Houston’s Fox 26, shortly before leaving for the band’s summer European tour.

Gibbons confirmed that producer Rick Rubin was on board for the as-yet-untitled album, which has now “finished tracking” and awaits mixing.

“Rick has successfully brought in his particular piece of magic in offering a few suggestions,” Gibbons said. “Basically he stepped back and said, ‘You don’t have to get much better, just do what you do.’ So that’s what we’ve been up to.” Gibbons also mentioned that tracks so far recorded are “loud and fast” and “a return to the roots.”

“There’s always that Tex-Mex accompaniment,” Gibbons added. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we lean that direction again.”

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ZZ Top’s new album is now finished, being mixed, and will be released in the fall of 2011. Billy Gibbons tells Mojo magazine, “It sounds and feels like Tres Hombres, with a few elements of the Eliminator period thrown in. A pretty wide range, from basic blues to slightly more fancy stuff.

Songs recorded include “Flyin’ High,” “More Slower Blues.” “Chartreuse” and “Have A Little Mercy.” The latter is, says Gibbons, inspired by early B.B. King cuts.

The sessions have been executive-produced by Rick Rubin (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Metallica, etc). Gibbons adds, “The thing about Rick is he pushes the artists to spend more time reaching down deeper than they normally would.”

ZZ top recorded at the famous Shangri La Studios in Malibu with engineeer Dave Sardy (Oasis, Jet). The trio then moved back to Texas, to Foam Box Recordings in Houston, with long-time engineer Joe Hardy. “It was the Sardy and Hardy party,” said Gibbons.

A version of “Flyin’ High,” which is not confirmed for the album, has already debuted: played en-route to the International Space Station on Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft. “We figured it’d be the perfect song to pass along to the astronauts,” said Gibbons.

Not every song will be as as radio-friendly as “Flyin’ High”, insists Billy. “More Slower Blues” is “simply one chord, that never stops.”

ZZ Top have yet to reveal the album’s title and its final tracklisting.

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