![]() ![]() Harmonics are unpredictable, and that makes them fun to use. ZZ Top: Afterburner (Review) In 1985 ZZ Top had the unenviable task of recording the follow up to the massively successful Eliminator. I really lean heavily on harmonics, and that started with ‘La Grange.’ It happened by accident. And a new-found fanbase was ready for more of the same, turning 'Sleeping Bag' into ZZ Tops highest-charting single ever. “The harshest guitar tone I’ve ever had is on ‘Sleeping Bag.’ My obscenity comes in harmonics rather than grind. If anything, ZZ Top doubled down with Afterburner, released on Oct. I think we fought the word more than the sound. I think there was still a point to be proved to ZZ Top loyalists, and they might have been offended. The tour took place in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. “We didn’t even mention keyboards on the album sleeve. The Afterburner Tour was a concert tour by American rock band ZZ Top. ![]() Our point is, we probably do better by not knowing enough about it, and consequently our synthesizer work is not the kind of melodic classical thing that people normally would be afraid of. I felt the same way: Let’s not pretend to be experts or technicians with this thing. But Dusty’s approach was, ‘Hell, turn it on and I’ll make a mess of it quickly’. “We knew that, for us, we were tiptoeing through sacred ground by venturing out into synthesizer stuff. But we certainly didn’t want to feel that we hadn’t done everything to at least give it another one of our best. According to Billy Gibbons, “I think we were aware of the success of Eliminator and were spending a little more time inspecting the quality of the compositions and the execution, because it was a seemingly impossible task to top Eliminator. ![]()
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