ZZ Top into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004. The original line-up was formed in Houston and consisted of Gibbons, bassist/organist Lanier Greig (died February 2013) and drummer Dan Mitchell. The name of the band was Gibbons' idea. The band had a little apartment covered with concert posters and he noticed that many performers' names used initials. Gibbons particularly noticed B.B. King and Z.Z. Hill and thought of combining the two into "ZZ King", but considered it too similar to the original name. He then figured that "king is going at the top" which brought him to "ZZ Top".
Tripp Eisen well, I survived it, and the fact that… It was difficult.[...]" "Horrible judgment. What happened to me was really bad judgment, terrible mistakes that I made, and I paid a price for ’em." Tripp Eisen Tripp Eisen (born Tod Rex Salvador; June 29, 1965), is an American musician, best known as the former guitarist of the industrial metal band Static-X. He is a former member of Dope, Murderdolls, Ace Frehley tribute band Fractured Mirror, Roughhouse (formerly Teeze), and local East Coast bands such as The Right, Ego, and Lovesick. Born in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, Eisen has made known his libertarian