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The name "Billy Idol" was coined due to a chemistry teacher's description of Idol on his school report card as "idle". Idol has stated that the subject was one that he hated and in which he underachieved. In an interview on 21 November 1983, Idol said the name "Billy Idol" "was a bit of a goof, but part of the old English school of rock. It was ...
Oct 24, 2023 · Some thirty-three years later, I come to you again, with a story to tell. You know me as Billy Idol, the hell-raising rebel who’s lived life to the full—sometimes fuller than life would allow. But I am also William Albert Michael Broad, a working-class kid from the suburbs of London: a dreamer with his nose forever in a book, cursed with ...
In 1987, Billy Idol left New York City, where his rock’n’roll dreams and his bad habits had flourished side by side, and moved to Los Angeles. Billy’s predilection to go faster, go higher, and get wilder found even further voice in the Dreamland. Billy Idol was a half-man, half-child, living every boy’s dream of fast bikes, loud music ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Rebel Yell was a merger of hard rock, New Wave and pop. Legendary rock and roller and punk icon Billy Idol celebrates the 40th anniversary of his second album, "Rebel Yell," with a new deluxe ...
Billy Idol is the debut studio album by English rock singer Billy Idol, released on 16 July 1982 by Chrysalis Records. After the breakup of the band Generation X and the release of his first solo extended play, Don't Stop (1981), Idol began working on his debut album. Produced by Keith Forsey, Billy Idol is a rock album with strong influences ...
- 39:51 (original), 43:11 (1983 reissue)
- Keith Forsey
- 16 July 1982
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Mar 6, 2023 · Post-Gen X, here’s a look at 10 of Idol’s best solo songs from 1981 through 2022. 1. “Dancing with Myself” (1981) Written by Billy Idol and Tony James. Opening Generation X’s third album ...
Apr 20, 2022 · Generation X: (L-R) Mark Laff, Bob Andrews, Billy Idol, Tony James (Image credit: Paul Cox / Avalon). Did you have musical ambitions prior to joining the punk scene? I started out trying to play the drums when I was about seven years old. Then I realised John Lennon and Paul McCartney were at the front, writing the songs, playing the guitars, so I started tea
