ZZ Top debut album, the band released "Rio Grande Mud" (1972), which failed commercially and the promotional tour consisted of mostly empty auditoriums. ZZ Top released "Tres Hombres" in 1973. The album's sound was the result of the propulsive support provided by Hill and Beard, and Gibbons' "growling" guitar tone. Dan Erlewine wrote that the album "brought ZZ Top their first Top Ten record, making them stars in the process". The album included the boogie-driven "La Grange" (written about the Chicken Ranch, a notorious brothel in La Grange, Texas, that also inspired the musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas"). On the
Tribute to a Bus Tribute to a Bus Tribute To A Bus is the second album by the German/Danish noise rock band 18th Dye, released in March 28, 1995 on Matador Records. The album track "Play W/You" was released on 11 April 1995 as the leading single. It was recorded and engineered by Steve Albini, and has been compared as similar in sound to his work with Nirvana and The Wedding Present. Although critically acclaimed, neither album nor single were commercially successful, and 18th Dye disbanded the following year. The band's earlier releases, "Done" and the six-song "Crayon" EP had been produced by Iain