ZZ Top the band, it settled a five-year legal battle with Hudson, paying him $600,000 after he proved he held the copyright to the song "Thug". Despite not selling as many copies as "Eliminator", 1985's "Afterburner" became the band's highest-charting album, racking up sales of five million units. All of the singles from "Afterburner" were Top-40 hits, with two ("Sleeping Bag" and "Stages") hitting number one on the Mainstream Rock chart. The music video for "Velcro Fly" was choreographed by pop singer Paula Abdul. ZZ Top's grueling Afterburner World Tour lasted well into 1987, which also had the release of "The ZZ
A Tribute to Carl Albert A Tribute to Carl Albert A Tribute to Carl Albert is a live album by heavy metal band Vicious Rumors, released in 1995. This live album is a compilation of recordings done in 1994 during their European Tour and put together as a tribute to singer Carl Albert. Tracks 1 through 14 were recorded live, while tracks 15-17 are previously unreleased studio tracks. The details for the recording rationale is included into the album as follow: "This album is a Two Track digital bootleg recorded with 2 Microphones on our last European Tour in "1994". We never planned on releasing