This instalment of the popular 'NOW 100 Hits' series comprises a number of guitar-filled anthems, ranging from Meat Loaf's 'Bat Out of Hell' and Rainbow's 'Since You Been Gone', to Rod Stewart's 'Maggie May' and The Clash's 'Should I Stay Or Should I Go'.
Now That's What I Call Power Ballads. Now That's What I Call Power Ballads is a special edition compilation album from the (U.S.) Now! series, containing power ballad rock songs mostly from the 1980s, and was released on March 24, 2009. Now: 100 Hits: Power Ballads is a sextuple-disc compilation album which was released in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2019. This is the first NOW! spinoff album to be formatted in 6 CD's.
William Frederick Gibbons is an American rock musician who is the guitarist and primary vocalist of ZZ Top. He began his career in the Moving Sidewalks, who recorded Flash (1968) and opened four dates for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top's First Album in early 1971. Gibbons possesses a gravelly bass-baritone singing voice and is known for his bluesy, groove based guitar style. He is also noted, along with ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, for his chest-length beard. Gibbons has made appearances with other artists and acted on television shows, most notably Bones. In 2001, Rolling Stone named him the 32nd greatest guitarist of all time.