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Billy Gibbons: ZZ Top Turned Down $1 Million To Shave, Star In Gillette Commercial

Brett Warner
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It must be nice, at least once in your life, to turn down a $1 million paycheck. I mean, having a milli in the bank is nice, but saying no to a million dollars because you don't need the extra money and frankly couldn't be bothered must feel pretty damn amazing. It must be why ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons always seems like he's in a good mood. Could also be because he and bandmates Dusty Hill (seriously) and Frank Beard (the only clean-shaven member of the group… if any of this is news to you, I promise, you can't make this stuff up) are from Texas, and well, they just think different down there.

Taking a break from recording their upcoming follow-up to 2003's Mescalero with producer Rick Rubin, Gibbons let drop in an interview with braveworlds.com that he and his co-famously facial-haired bassist were once offered a serious payday from Gillette to shave their trademark beards and appear in some sort ensuing ad campaign. Mind you, this was back in 1984, during the Texas blues rock trio's still-inexplicable MTV era resurgence, but I'm pretty sure $1 million was still a lot of money back then.

"Even adjusted for inflation, this isn't going to fly," explained Gibbons. "The prospect of seeing oneself in the mirror clean-shaven is too close to a Vincent Price film… a prospect not to be contemplated, no matter the compensation."

Again… must be real nice. Incidentally, I haven't shaved in a week or two either, so if anyone has even a couple thousand lying around they'd like to get rid of, I'll go to town with whatever brand of razor blade, scissors or lawnmower you'd prefer. Hit me up, okay?

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