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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. [9] [10] 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 ...
In early 2020, when punk/new wave icon Billy Idol was writing the music for The Roadside EP, his first new release in seven years, ... Idol was still unable to walk at the time, so Fincher just ...
Idol noted that it "helps" that "a lot of my friends from the old days are sober," as well as his bandmates Steve Stevens and Billy Morrison. Billy Idol performs at SunFest 2018 in downtown West ...
Billy Idol is getting candid about his past struggles with drug addiction and how he's managed to get clean and "California sober."The "White Wedding" rocker recently spoke with People about his ...
Starting with the 1983 re-release of "White Wedding", Chrysalis issued Idol's singles with an IDOL vanity catalogue numbering system, which lasted for roughly seven years and sixteen singles (including various re-issues) until the release of "Prodigal Blues" in 1990.
As his career reaches literal new heights with the Hoover Dam concert film 'State Line,' the icon reflects on the album that made him the biggest star to emerge from the first wave of U.K. punk.
During the punk rock movement in London in late 1976, [5] William Broad (aka Billy Idol), a 21-year-old guitar-playing university drop-out from Bromley and associate of the Bromley Contingent; the drummer John Towe, a West End music shop assistant; [6] and – at Broad's suggestion, having already met via an advertisement previously placed in the Melody Maker by Broad seeking other musicians ...
Produced by Keith Forsey, Billy Idol is a rock album with strong influences of new wave music. Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success, peaking at number forty-five on the Billboard 200. Billy Idol was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).