Billy Idol
Billy Idol
William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He first achieved fame in the 1970s as a member of the punk rock band Generation X. Subsequently, he embarked on a solo career which led to an international recognition and made Idol one of the lead artists during the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" in the United States...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPunk Singer
Date of Birth30 November 1955
CityStanmore, England
I've still got that energy, ... I'm still that pissed off. And I still can't get a job.
It's a nice day for a white wedding.
I still put that into Devil's Playground. I believe there's a punk rock attitude to it. I don't think if you put it on you'd necessarily go, 'That's punk rock,' but I've never lost the punk rock attitude.
I think people can see that if anything I kept the alternative thing in MTV, ... If they hadn't had me it would have been just Madonna and big-hair bands. It was a great combination of punk and rock, and I've gone on to do that today.
So let's sink another drink 'Cause it'll give me time to think.
Face to face And back to back You see and feel My sex attack Sing it Flesh, flesh for fantasy We want Flesh, flesh for fantasy.
It was a natural progression with the band,
It's a nice day to start again It's a nice day for a white wedding It's a nice day to start again.
Such a human waste, your eyes without a face.
Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body... show your personality as much as possible.
I'm not talking with an American accent. I haven't gone off and become Sammy Hagar.
The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.
My hair used to be real long, and my parents were encouraged when I cut it. They thought I was going 'straight,' but I was just getting weirder - at least in their eyes. I was getting into the punk thing.
There was a time when my whole life was in chaos, really, and I didn't help myself sort it out. But one day I came to my senses, and I think I was lucky because a lot of people don't.