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ZZ Top

American rock band
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Summary

ZZ Top is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 0.3% of musical group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,985 views/month, #62 of 20,490).[2]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: rock music[3], blues rock[4]
  • Award received: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[5]
  • Country: United States[6]
  • Genre: rock music[7], blues rock[8], hard rock[9], Southern rock[10], rock and roll[11], boogie rock[12]
  • Record label: Warner Bros. Records[13], Columbia Records[14], London Records[15], RCA Records[16], American Recordings[17], Warner Music Group[18]
  • Discography: ZZ Top discography[19]
  • Commons category: ZZ Top[20]
  • Country of origin: United States[21]
  • Has part(s): Billy Gibbons[22], Frank Beard[23]
  • Inception: January 1, 1969[24]
  • Location of formation: Houston[25]
  • Official website: http://www.zztop.com[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:ZZ Top[27]
  • Topic has template: Template:ZZ Top[28]
  • Native label: ZZ Top[29]
  • Start of work period: 1969[30]
  • Name: ZZ Top[31]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[32]

  • Country: US[33]

  • Began / founded: 1969[34]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, boogie rock, classic rock, hard rock, rock, southern rock[35]

  • Community tags: blues rock, boogie rock, classic rock, hard rock, rock, southern rock[36]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a81259a0-a2f5-464b-866e-71220f2739f1[37]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for ZZ Top include 22521 it[38], an asteroid[39].

Why It Matters

ZZ Top has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

It has been cited as an influence by Guns N' Roses[42], a musical group[43], founded in 1985[44] and Van Halen[45], a musical group[46], founded in 1972[47].

Entities named for it include 22521 it[38], an asteroid[39].

FAQs

What awards did ZZ Top receive?

Honors received include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[5].

Who did ZZ Top influence?

ZZ Top has been cited as an influence by Guns N' Roses[42] and Van Halen[45].

Related Entities

Back to the Future Part III Billy Gibbons Columbia Records Dusty Hill Guns N' Roses RCA Records United States Van Halen Warner Music Group

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Wiki6518 · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Field of work → rock music, blues rock
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Field of work: rock music, Added from LC Name Authority File n85006860"
  2. 8w ago · R. Bardghji · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → rock music, blues rock, hard rock +3
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Genre: blues"
  3. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Svkkl authority id → k0002884-ZZ-Top-hudebni-skupina
    Topic has template → Template:ZZ Top
    Member category → Category:ZZ Top members
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: k0002884-ZZ-Top-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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