PHOTOS: When ZZ Top found synths and video Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, and Billy Gibbons seen here just after the release of "Eliminator" in 1983. Beards make bad flotation devices.

That changed exponentially, however, with ZZ Top's eighth album, 1983's " Eliminator," a pivotal work that elevated the band to superstardom and has since sold 10 million copies and counting.

But the kids who fed on a daily diet of MTV ate it up. ZZ Top’s previous album, El Loco, barely broke gold and the Top 20; Eliminator went Top 10 and has sold more than 10 million copies.

Forming one-third of the pioneering blues rock trio ZZ Top, guitarist Billy Gibbons spoke candidly about one synthpop album's ...

I can't be the only one on Earth, or even in Houston, who thinks that ZZ Top's 1983 album Eliminator should be played at ear-bleeding levels. Yes, even "Dirty Dog" and "Thug." By the time you get ...

Billy Gibbons (left foreground), Dusty Hill and Frank Beard of ZZ Top released their album “Eliminator” 35 years ago. It sold millions of copies and made the trio an international sensation.

When ZZ Top put out a record celebrating their 30th year in the business, every one of those years seemed to be showing. It had been a decade and a half since 'Eliminator,' and they were still ...

The featured band was Eliminator, a tribute band to ZZ Top. “My husband is a musician, and we love ZZ Top,” said Kelli McDougle of Parkersburg.

As far as we can tell, it’s a cool homage to the band’s famous ZZ Top Eliminator car. But with a few personal twists, including a name change to a fitting “Gimme All Your Lovin’.” ...

BMG and KKR have put their recently announced partnership to work, acquiring the “entire music interests” of long-running American rock band ZZ Top for a sum sources place at around $50 million.