![]() "They made a lot of money – and that's one thing, when people criticize them about using machines or sequencers," Hardy said. I don't have separate tracks.' 'Terry could do it.' So, I just turned it all up and he said, 'There, see? You learn something every day.'"Īfterburner continued ZZ Top's new multi-platinum streak, despite the fact that it wasn't as critically well received. He went, 'Hey, turn that guitar up.' I went, 'Well, Bill, it's a cassette. One time, I was playing back a cassette of a demo. Bill never knew anything about any of that. So, we would sneak back in at night and re-record stuff. You're sharp.' I wasn't actually allowed to talk to him. I would say, 'Bill, Billy's G string is sharp,' and he'd go, 'Boy, tune that G string. ![]() ![]() "Well, for example, I wasn't allowed to talk to Billy. "Bill Ham's idol was Tom Parker and so you can kind of deduce from that," Hardy told UCR. Still, they were able to work around Ham, because Hardy said he had a basic ignorance about how things were evolving in the studio. He said ZZ Top wanted to continue to update their approach, after selling millions with Eliminator in the early '80s, That quickly put Hardy at odds with Ham, who reportedly styled himself after Elvis Presley's career-controlling manager. Hardy came on board as an engineer following ZZ Top's lengthy relationship with Terry Manning, who first worked with the group on 1973's Tres Hombres. "He never said, 'Who did the drums, where did they come from? Where did you record them? Why wasn't I there?'" Hardy remembered. Ham was apparently unaware of their work behind the scenes.
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