ZZ Top “Afterburner“ Advert 1985

ZZ Top “Afterburner“ Advert 1985 The band’s next album, 1985’s Afterburner, expanded Eliminator’s use of synthesizers coupled with blues-rock rhythms. The ZZ Top sound now incorporated the use of sequencers, notably on the hit singles and videos “Sleeping Bag“, “Rough Boy“, and “Velcro Fly“. The Afterburner album cover (and “Sleeping Bag“ video) now portrayed the Eliminator as a hot-rodded version of the Space Shuttle and the band as a space-station lounge act in “Rough Boy“.