15 Sorta Clean-Shaven Photos Of ZZ Top In The 1970s
Wait, so they weren't born with beards?!
Published 4 months ago in Feels
When Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard formed ZZ Top in Houston, Texas in 1969, they didn’t have their long-bearded, rhinestone suit jacket-clad style in mind. And yes, to get it out of the way, we fully appreciate the irony of Frank Beard being the only member without a beard.
Speaking of men without beards, we wanted to take a look back at their early, non-bearded days of the early to mid ‘70s. Well, to be fair, Dusty Hill sported a beard since day one, but it was short enough that his older self might’ve jokingly described himself as clean-shaven.
They obviously became synonymous with long beards over the years, but a revisit of their awesome early work made us realize that their beards and talents weren’t directly linked. It wasn’t a “Samson” situation or anything. With that said, here are 15 clean(ish)-shaven pics of ZZ Top’s early years.