ZZ Top to Host Raw 07.20.09

Can ZZ Top Seth Green as hosts of WWE Raw?

It was announced on the 07/13/09 episode of Raw, featuring Seth Green as guest host, that legendary rock band, ZZ Top will host Raw in Raleigh, North Carolina. ZZ Top will bring a pair of guest hosts to the show in Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill, who will be at a different end of the spectrum from Robot Chicken co-creator Seth Green. ZZ Top formed as a band in 1969, just five years before Seth Green was even born. Green originated in Philadelphia while ZZ Top comes from Houston, Texas. Green stands at 5'4" while Billy Gibbons is 5'11" . Green sported a rather clean cut look on Raw with a short hair cut, while ZZ sports lengthy beards and shades. Definitely a change in hosts. One other difference of note, ZZ Top members have been seen in the crowd at various WWE shows, and were backstage as part of Raw once before. Green's 1st appearance was Monday's as far as WWE involvement, but he does have a WWE wrestling match victory to his credit now.

So who are these ZZ Top guys? They're a 3 man band (drummer Frank Beard won't be on Raw) who has been playing great music for over 3 decades now. The hard rock/blues and pop band, ZZ Top has done 14 different tours including the "XXX Tour" and "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers Tour", which sounds like something Stone Cold Steve Austin might attend. They've released 19 albums including Eliminator, Recycler and Afterburner, with a 20th album scheduled for this year under famed producer Rick Rubin. The group's biggest performance to date came at the 2008 Orange Bowl game in Miami, but the WWE Universe has yet to see how their performance on Monday Night Raw will be.

Some younger fans may not be familiar with ZZ Top but they may be familiar with some of their well-known work. For a while, former WWE Diva Stacey Keibler's theme song was "Legs" (redone by Kid Rock). Her version was a remake but the original was done by ZZ Top. Also to their credit is well known song "Sharp Dressed Man". They're infamous for their music videos featuring classic cars and hot women. ZZ TOp is currently out on tour with Aerosmith, who will provide the theme song for Summerslam 2009.

See the ZZ Top Music collection at Amazon.