# ZZ Top has lost its Beard **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 18, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405 "2026-08-18T20:00:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405/21 "2026-08-19T00:26:57Z")
Some of their music videos are great. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405/22 "2026-08-19T15:55:39Z")
If you can find it, _ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas_ is worth a watch. When Dusty died it was on Netflix, but now it looks like rent or purchase only. Perhaps it is at your library on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405/23 "2026-08-19T16:02:31Z")
As part of the interesting backstory, I believe that Frank was the last remaining member of the proto-ZZ Top band that [toured as a fake version of The Zombies](https://www.buzzfeed.com/danielralston/the-true-story-of-the-fake-zombies-the-strangest-con-in-rock) > In 1969, the Zombies had a huge hit single, despite having broken up two years earlier. To meet the unexpected demand, one promoter did the only sensible thing: Hire four kids from Texas to tour America pretending to be a defunct British psych-rock band. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405/24 "2026-08-19T16:14:50Z")
> [@echoreply](#): > > If you can find it, _ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas_ is worth a watch. When Dusty died it was on Netflix, but now it looks like rent or purchase only. Perhaps it is at your library on DVD. I can only attest to this. I saw it on Arte TV a few years ago, and it’s a surprisingly honest documentary, warts and all. Beard talks openly about his addiction issues. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405/25 "2026-08-19T17:31:20Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > They were a good-time band that probably brought smiles to millions of faces over their half-century-plus run. Back in the '80s and '90s I think every bar band in the US had “Sharp-dressed Man” in their repetoire. > [@dirtball](#): > > > [@Lancia](#): > > > > Personally, I be having a TV dinner tonight in his memeory. > > Yes, that’s it! While wearing cheap sunglasses. And waitin’ for the bus. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405/26 "2026-08-19T20:03:33Z")
Great article! I’m a big fan of The Top and The Zombies and somehow didn’t know about this chapter in their careers. Thanks for sharing! Their CD’s are all right next to each other on the rack. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405/27 "2026-08-19T20:17:01Z")
Next to Zappa 😉. (yeah, I have my CDs and LPs sorted in an alphabetical/chronological order). My collection runs from AC/DC to ZZ Top. Two great bands to frame it. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405/28 "2026-08-28T16:53:27Z")
I don’t know if y’all can read this (I’m a subscriber), but it’s a nice send-off and discussion of the band moving forward. [ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons on Frank Beard’s Death and the Band’s Future](https://www.texasmonthly.com/culture/zz-top-billy-gibbons-frank-beard-band-future/?utm_source=texasmonthly&utm_medium=email&user_email_address=137ea3ebdafcd1159176b3a38caaa23dff6cb4d6963c2bdaf5033c872377bd94&utm_campaign=Texas%20Weekly%208-28-26&utm_term=Texas%20Weekly) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405/29 "2026-08-28T18:05:31Z")
I assume it was a tribute of sorts, but Thursday 8/27’s NYT crossword had a ZZ Top theme. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-has-lost-its-beard/1032405.md?page=1)