Growing up in New York — specifically in Queen’s Kew Gardens — a young Steven Schneider would go to see all-night rock and roll movies at the Eighth Street Playhouse in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.
But Idol’s charmed life has always been unpredictable. The theatrical release of Billy Idol: State Line — an IMAX-worthy concert film documenting his historic Hoover Dam gig and also featuring the ...
Guitarist Steve Stevens starred alongside Billy Idol on two of the greatest rock anthems of the ’80s — White Wedding and Rebel Yell. And with both songs, it was Stevens who landed the first blow with ...
British rockstar Billy Idol is one of the most beloved icons of the '80s. However, it wasn't until his hit song, and his album’s namesake, Rebel Yell that he truly became a bona fide superstar in ...
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 expanded ...
In the early 1980s, Billy Idol exploded onto the American music scene with “Dancing with Myself,” the neo-punk anthem that he originally recorded with Generation X. He had recently left England for ...
“They’re very much a part of me, those souls,” Billy Idol said of his songs, past and present, in a 2021 interview with American Songwriter. Along with his longtime guitarist and co-writer Steve ...
Billy Idol will commemorate the 40th anniversary of his sophomore album Rebel Yell with a deluxe expanded edition set to arrive on April 26. The new reissue will feature several previously unreleased ...
On Friday night at Acrisure Arena, Billy Idol kicked off his 90-minute set with the song "Still Dancing" from his latest album, "Dream Into It," released in February. This was an excellent way to ...
In 1976, a gang of young, early-adopter punk fans, dubbed the “Bromley Contingent” by the British press, began following the Sex Pistols around Europe. One of those fans, William Broad — soon to be ...