Back in Australia, we'd done the Mad Max movies. I'm either with the actors or I'm on the set. The first mistake I made was, I sat down at a production meeting and they said, like we always do in these production meetings, ‘OK, where can we cut the budget?’ And I said, ‘Oh, I don't need a trailer,’ because I'm never in the trailer. And, if it wasn't for Jack Nicholson - it kind of got crazy.
There was some of the producers were very chaotic in their thinking. Miller eventually quit the production twice over issues with the studio. Not only was Cher put through the wringer for her age, but director George Miller was constantly fighting with the producers over the budget. When it came time to adapt The Witches of Eastwick from John Updike’s novel it seemed like everything was going to go smoothly, that couldn’t have been further from the truth. It was the natural kind of support – some rhythm guitar parts, a little bit of texture. To give our sound as much presence and support as possible, we became a little more than a three piece with the advantages of overdubbing. The basics were all of us playing together in one room, but we didn't want to turn our backs on contemporary recording techniques. We took the studio on as an extension of the stage show.
Guitarist Billy Gibbons explained how that informed the recording of their first record: We had been together for about six months and were knocking around the bar scene, playing all the usual funky joints. They played everywhere they could in order to tighten up, and since they’re still together you can say it paid off. That year they immediately threw themselves into performing and signed with London Records. The band was formed in 1969 by Billy Gibbons, but the final line up wasn’t solidified until early 1970 when drummer Frank Beard and bassist Dusty Hill joined him in Houston. Before they were cruising through MTV in the Eliminator, ZZ Top were just a trio of Texas boys who were trying to find their sound.
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