Frank Beard (musician) Hill. Frank Beard (musician) Frank Lee Beard (born June 11, 1949) is the drummer in the American rock band ZZ Top. Beard was formerly with the bands The Cellar Dwellers, who originally were a three-piece band, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and American Blues before starting to play and record with Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill as ZZ Top. Beard was born in Frankston, Texas, and attended Irving High School in Irving, Texas. In late 1969, he joined The Moving Sidewalks, a band that would become ZZ Top. Beard also introduced Gibbons to bassist and vocalist Dusty Hill, with whom Beard
Vehicle (The Clean album) Vehicle (The Clean album) Vehicle is the first full-length studio album by New Zealand group The Clean. It was released in 1990 by Flying Nun and Rough Trade Records. Much of the material was written for the band's reunion tour in the late 1980s. Rough Trade founder Geoff Travis offered to record The Clean after seeing them play in London, after which "Vehicle" was produced during a three-day session. The album was engineered by Ken Kennedy and notable producer Alan Moulder, who was suggested by Travis. The front cover artwork is a painting by band member David Kilgour. All songs