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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 ...
A press pack was distributed to the media prior to its release to promote the album. The centerpiece of the pack was a copy of the Billy Idol's Cyberpunk custom stickered 3½" floppy disk, which was housed in a custom multi-coloured folder with artist and title logo on the front and contact information on the back. The pack included a 5-page ...
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 ...
Billy Idol with his son Brant Nothridge Broad at the Kings Theater on September 12, 2023 in Brooklyn, NY. Idol is a father to son Brant Broad. Brant has two children with his wife Teresa.
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, he tells Yahoo Entertainment, “It was just at the beginning of ...
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 ...
The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself is a greatest hits album by English singer Billy Idol, released on 24 June 2008 by Capitol Records. It features 16 of Idol's past singles, as well as two new tracks, "John Wayne" and "New Future Weapon".
The Roadside is an EP by English singer Billy Idol, his first release on George Harrison's Dark Horse Records. [1] The EP is Idol's first release of new material since 2014's album Kings & Queens of the Underground. It was produced by Butch Walker and released on September 17, 2021. [2]