ZZ Top/Rock 'N Roll Expo Poster

Description

This is a poster for the Pittsburgh Rock N Roll Expo. It is printed on heavy coated paper and features a photo of the members of ZZ Top. The poster measures approximately 17.5 inches x 23 inches.
The Pittsburgh Rock N Roll Expo is a national trade show featuring LP's, 45 rpm records, CDs, rare rock posters and memorabilia. Most forms of rock & roll are featured, including: psych, garage, hippie, doo-wop, Northern soul, metal, R&B, soul, jazz and veteran cosmic rockers!
ZZ Top is a rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas, by vocalist and guitarist Billy Gibbons. For 51 years, the band comprised Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist Dusty Hill, until Hill's death on July 27, 2021.
Rooted in blues, ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons' blues guitar style and Hill and Beard's rhythm section. Popular for its live performances, sly and humorous lyrics, and the similar appearances of Gibbons and Hill – who were rarely seen without their long beards, sunglasses and hats – the group has staged several elaborate tours.
ZZ Top formed after the demise of Moving Sidewalks, Gibbons' previous band. Within a year, the members signed with London Records and released ZZ Top's First Album (1971). Subsequent releases, such as Tres Hombres (1973) and Fandango! (1975), and those albums' singles "La Grange" and "Tush," gained extensive radio airplay. By the mid-1970s the band became renowned in North America for its live act, highlighted by its performances during the Worldwide Texas Tour from 1976 to 1977, which was a critical and commercial success.
After a hiatus, ZZ Top returned in 1979 with a new musical direction and image, with Gibbons and Hill wearing sunglasses and matching chest-length beards. With the albums Degüello (1979) and El Loco (1981), they experimented with instruments including clavinets, saxophones and synthesizers. They established a more mainstream sound and gained international favor with Eliminator (1983) and Afterburner (1985), which integrated influences from new wave, punk and dance-rock. The popularity of these albums' music videos, including those for "Gimme All Your Lovin'," "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs", helped propel them onto the television channel MTV and made the band one of the more prominent artists in 1980s pop culture. The Afterburner Tour set records for the highest-attended and highest-grossing concert tour of 1986. After gaining additional acclaim with the release of their tenth album Recycler (1990) and its accompanying tour, the group's experimentation continued with mixed success on the albums Antenna (1994), Rhythmeen (1996), XXX (1999), and Mescalero (2003). They most recently released La Futura (2012) and Goin' 50 (2019), the latter of which is a compilation album commemorating the band's 50th anniversary. After Hill's death, Gibbons announced that, per his wishes, ZZ Top would continue with Hill's longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis on bass. It is the band's first lineup change in 51 years.
ZZ Top has released 15 studio albums and sold an estimated 50 million albums worldwide.