European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                . A a. Ass Anita Gosch 77 top s Dusty Hill left and Billy Gibbons rocked for More than 80,000 fans in Germany last weekend. By Anita Gosch / staff writer count  top to rna Lse a grand Entrance. When the  rockers arrived in Hamburg. Germany to meet the press at the Start of their european tour two weeks ago they came with three classic cars in Tow. A. A a a a shocking Turc Volse 1 932 Ford Coupe a fire engine. Red 1934 Coupe and a 1948 convertible Pontiac Silver. Streak blocked Trot fit in front of the City s most expensive hotel and together with the foot and a half beards of. Guitarist Singer Billy  Bass player Dusty Hilt brought dumbfounded looks to the faces of posh passers by a a a a a ? a v a. The. Cars were a gimmick k Courtesy of the Trio s record comp my for the Benefit of the photographers. But they were an appropriate gimmick Gibbons Hill and. Drummer Trank Beard the beardless one Are self professed car freaks who count restoring classic automobiles among their hobbies. Later that evening Zzz top made a rare club appearance at the 1,500-seat Crosse Freiheit on the Reeper Bahn in Hamburg s red Light District. According to. Rumor the going rate for tickets on the Black Market was $1,200.a. A Quot there s something about being Able to play on the Reeper Bahn playing in the same area where the beatles played so Many years ago Quot Beard told reporters. Quot it s a very Cool area to us. To Start the european tour off by  club on the Reeper Bahn is like a i mean what a great . B it was a different Story saturday when Zzz top a. Headlined an open air festival in Mannheim Germany an estimated 4 5,000 fans packed the festival grounds to Bougie with the Roc kers. Another 35,000 rocked with the Trio in Nair Bergon sunday. One paying customer a and he did t even have a. . A. \. Y ,. Quot the curtain opened and he was out there so we did the show Quot Hill said. Quot we played took a break and bought the Guy a coca cola. We did the second part of the show he stood there and watched the whole thing. Quot about 10 or 1 2 years later in a much larger venue in our Hometown of Houston 18,000 people or so we get this note backstage and this Guy showed up. So we brought him backstage. This time we gave him a Beer a anecdotes like this and occasional wisecracks make a press conference with Zzz top a pleasurable Laid Back affair a much like the Trio s live shows. Ask them How they eat Spaghetti what with their Long beards and Hill quips Quot you have to be very careful. Billy and i sit across the table from each other and Monitor each . Ask Why it took five years Between their 1985 album afterburner,.and-their latest last year so recycler band Hill says Quot it took us a Long Lime to track Billy Down Quot. Actually Zzz top spent part of the time writing a tune for the soundtrack to Back to the future i. The group also appeared in the movie performing the song. Quot that took All of two Days Quot Beard  ask them about the blues and Zzz Toft gets serious. Since 1988 the band members have been raising Money through Benefit concerts for the Delta blues museum in Clarksdale miss. A the Trio s involvement began when Gibbons donated a guitar he had built out of the Wood of the Cabin where blues master Muddy Waters grew up. The guitar known As the Quot Muddy Wood Quot guitar has been displayed at hard Rock cafes throughout America. Quot so if you re interested in seeing it it s got its own Lour Beard said. The blues a to figure heavily on Render a in contrast to the synthesizer heavy  1983�?Ts eliminator. A. A. But the group s Back to the roots mind set did t a happen until Zzz top was already in the studio getting set to record the new album. Gibbons tells the Story of How the equipment trucks were lost and the band. Members had two free Days on their hands. A Quot it gave us an Opportunity to pick up som instruments arid being on Beale Street the famous blues Avenue in Memphis we were inspired to go Back to our roots Quot Gibbons said. \. A Quot we had brought several songs that were similar to the material that we had done on the last two albums Quot added Beard. Quot when we got into the studio we sat Down and started playing the shuffle which became my head s in Mississippi Tram there we just went that direction with  a a a a. It was t until after recycler was released and the question of ecology kept popping up in interviews that Zzz top realized the album might have some timely messages.,. A ,. A v a a Quot we certainly Learned a great Deal Quot said Gibbons. Quot the extent of recycling for Zzz top in. The  our connection with automobiles a finding old cars and making them new again. A. A. Quot but along the Way i think some deeper running issues of items like air and water entered the picture. So recycling has become a broader  in keeping with the album s title Zzz top s current tour stage is a giant junkyard with crushed cars and a Crane that lifts up various Auto parts. A conveyor Belt on the. Floor helps Gibbons and Hill effortlessly perform their famous choreographed struts and moonwalks. Recycling will probably be the extent of Zzz top s sociological involvement. The Yeti leave Quot message songs Quot up to others Quot there s a place for everything Quot Hill said. Quot we fall in the category of just having a Good time. That s what we re  a. Zzz top  continues. Check the Quot on stage listing for tour Dales. That s a far cry from Zzz tops first live performance in the Early 70s when Hill recalled Quot we were greeted by 8 stripes Magazine june 20, 1991