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  • Billy Idol, the English rock singer born William Michael Albert Broad, once rode onto a playing field in Sydney on a hovercraft. It was the half-time show at the 2002 NRL Grand Final, and the intro to "White Wedding" was already playing. He managed to sing only two words before a power failure ended the performance.

    The moment is a fair snapshot of a career built on spectacle, bad luck and stubborn survival. This is a man who was a fixture of London's punk scene, and later of American television. Between those worlds sit a teacher's remark that gave him his name, a motorcycle crash that nearly cost him a leg, and a collapse outside a Los Angeles nightclub. How did a boy marked down as lazy become a face of MTV? And what kept him going when the hits dried up?

  • William Michael Albert Broad was born in Stanmore on the 30th of November 1955. His mother, Joan, was a housewife from Cork, and his father, William Alfred Broad, was a salesman from Birmingham. In 1958, when he was two, the family crossed the Atlantic and settled in Patchogue, New York. They also lived in Rockville Centre, and his younger sister, Jane, was born during those years.

    Four years later the family returned to England and settled in Dorking. In 1971, when he was 15, they moved to Bromley, where he attended Ravensbourne School for Boys. A later move to Goring-by-Sea sent him to Worthing High School for Boys. In October 1975 he enrolled at the University of Sussex to study Philosophy with Literature. He left after a single year, in 1976.

    His real education came from following the Sex Pistols. He joined the Bromley Contingent, a loosely organised gang of fans who travelled to see the band wherever it played.

    The stage name came from a chemistry teacher named Bill Price, who described the pupil as "idle" on a school report card. Idol has said he hated chemistry and underachieved in it. In an interview on the 21st of November 1983 he called the name "a bit of a goof". In a 2014 BBC Breakfast interview he added that he had wanted Billy Idle. He feared that Monty Python's Eric Idle made that name unavailable, so he changed one letter.

    Late in 1976 he joined Chelsea, a newly formed West London band with a retro 1960s rock sound, as a guitarist. Its frontman, Gene October, restyled him. Out went the eyeglasses he wore for his short sight, replaced by contact lenses. His hair was dyed blonde and cut into a crew cut for a retro-1950s rocker look.

    After a few weeks, Idol and Chelsea's bass player, Tony James, quit together. They co-founded Generation X, and Idol switched from guitar to lead vocals. The new band was among the first punk acts to appear on the BBC music programme Top of the Pops. In 1977 Idol sang "Your Generation" on the television series Marc.

    Generation X sounded unlike its more militant peers, because its members openly loved mid-1960s British pop. Idol said of the Clash and the Pistols, "They were singing 'No Elvis, Beatles or the Rolling Stones', but we were honest about what we liked."

    Critics sometimes found the band too poppy. AllMusic critic Greg Adams called the self-titled debut album "bubblegum punk". The second album, Valley of the Dolls, had a glam punk sound shaped by progressive rock and by Bruce Springsteen's mid-1970s work. For the third, Kiss Me Deadly, the group shortened its name to Gen X and moved toward new wave. Along the way it signed with Chrysalis Records and appeared in the 1980 film D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage.

    Kiss Me Deadly also produced "Dancing with Myself", an early sign of Idol mixing dance and pop. The single was a commercial disappointment, and the band broke up soon afterward. That song would soon follow Idol across the Atlantic.

  • In 1981 Idol moved to New York City and began a solo career with Bill Aucoin, a former manager of Kiss. His new guitar partner was Steve Stevens, whose glam rock style suited Idol's punk-like image. Bassist Phil Feit and drummer Gregg Gerson completed the early line-up.

    The solo career opened with Don't Stop, a 1981 EP on Chrysalis Records. It reused "Dancing with Myself" and added a cover of "Mony Mony", originally by Tommy James and the Shondells. Rolling Stone critic Johnathan Taylor called the EP dance-rock.

    The self-titled debut album arrived in July 1982. It entered the Billboard 200 at number 45 and reached number 5 in New Zealand. Taylor heard "mainstream power rock" there, with vocals reminiscent of Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed and Dave Clark.

    Television did the rest. In 1982 Idol joined the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of America and became a staple of the young channel. British director David Mallet filmed the video for "White Wedding". Its shot of a motorcycle smashing through a church window was carried out by John Wilson, a London motorcycle courier. In 1983 the label released "Dancing with Myself" in the US with a video directed by Tobe Hooper, and MTV kept it on air for six months.

    Rebel Yell, his second album, came out in 1983 and peaked at number 2 in both Germany and New Zealand. It produced "Rebel Yell", "Eyes Without a Face" and "Flesh for Fantasy". "Eyes Without a Face" reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Rebel Yell" reached number six on the UK Singles Chart and brought his first Grammy nomination, for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the 27th Annual Grammy Awards.

    AllMusic critic Matt Collar described the record as a mix of hard rock, new wave and pop that made Idol a "punk-pop star". Idol never stayed in one lane. The 1984 single "Eyes Without a Face" flirted with synth-pop, and "Endless Sleep" in 1990 tried jazz. Over the years his solo work has collected labels such as dance-punk, glam rock, power pop and post-punk.

    Whiplash Smile, released in 1986, reached the top ten in nine countries. Its best showing was number 3 in Finland. "To Be a Lover" climbed to number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 3 in Australia and Finland, and number 2 in New Zealand. It earned his second Grammy nomination, at the 29th Annual Grammy Awards. The video for "Sweet Sixteen" was filmed at Coral Castle in Florida.

    In 1987 the remix album Vital Idol included a live version of "Mony Mony". That single topped the US chart and reached number 7 in the UK. A compilation, Idol Songs: 11 of the Best, followed in 1988 and reached number 2 in both the UK and Iceland. In Finland it went to number 1, and it has since gone platinum in multiple countries.

  • On the 6th of February 1990, Idol was riding home from a studio in Hollywood one night when he ran a stop sign and was hit by a car. The crash nearly cost him a leg, and a steel rod had to be placed in it. While he was in hospital, a black employee tending to him explained how he felt about the Confederate flag. Idol vowed to stop wearing clothing that carried it.

    Film opportunities slipped away. Director Oliver Stone had chosen Idol to play Cat, a drinking pal of Jim Morrison, in The Doors (1991). The injury kept him from taking part in a major way, and the part shrank to a small one. James Cameron had also named Idol as his first choice for the villainous T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). After the crash, the role was recast.

    In his 2014 memoir, Dancing With Myself, Idol said that by then he had been living by the credo "live every day as if it's your last, and one day you're sure to be right".

    Charmed Life came out in 1990 regardless. It reached the top ten in nine countries and topped the chart in Finland. Its first single, "Cradle of Love", reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and appeared in The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, a film starring Andrew Dice Clay.

    Because Idol could not walk, director David Fincher shot the video from the waist up. In the clip, Idol sings from large frames scattered through an apartment, where a young woman played by Betsy Lynn George tries to seduce a businessman. MTV put it in rotation, and it won Best Video from a Film at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards. The song also earned Idol a third Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He then toured in support of the album with Faith No More.

  • Cyberpunk, released in 1993, was recorded in a home studio on a Macintosh computer, using Studiovision and Pro Tools. The album took ten months to make. It was techno-rock built on the cyberdelic subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s, with synthesised vocals, industrial and electronic elements, looped beats and keyboard riffs. It was the biggest change of sound in his career.

    American listeners stayed away. The lead single, "Shock to the System", missed the Billboard Hot 100 entirely, while "Cradle of Love" had reached number 2. Europe was kinder. The album peaked inside the top 20 in seven countries and inside the top 10 in Austria and Finland. Idol toured Europe and played a Generation X reunion show that same year.

    In 1994 he recorded "Speed", which became the first track on a film soundtrack album. Screen work then filled the gaps between records. In 1996 he appeared in a live version of the Who's Quadrophenia and played Lee Turner in the film Mad Dog Time.

    In 1998 he made a cameo as himself in The Wedding Singer, alongside Adam Sandler. He plays a pivotal role in the plot, and the soundtrack features "White Wedding". In 2000 he voiced Odin, a mysterious alien, in the adult animated science fiction film Heavy Metal 2000, and he also provided a song for the soundtrack.

    That same year, Tony Iommi invited him to be a guest vocalist on his debut solo album. Idol sang and co-wrote the track "Into the Night".

    On the 16th of April 2001, VH1 aired Billy Idol - Behind the Music. Three days later Idol and Stevens, reunited, took part in a VH1 Storytellers show. They had played a series of acoustic shows beforehand.

    Another greatest hits CD appeared in 2001. It included "Don't You (Forget About Me)", a song tied to Keith Forsey and Simple Minds. It also held a live acoustic "Rebel Yell" from KROQ's 1993 Acoustic Christmas concert in Los Angeles. The collection sold 1 million copies in the United States alone.

  • In 1994, Idol collapsed outside a Los Angeles nightclub after overdosing on gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, known as GHB. Addiction had shadowed him for years. He has struggled with alcoholism and drug addiction, including heroin and cocaine. In his memoir he recalled more than one occasion on which he woke in a hospital after passing out in a nightclub.

    The GHB overdose changed his mind. He decided his children would never forgive him for dying of an overdose, and he stopped using drugs. He then started working out and going to the gym regularly. In a 2025 interview he said, "Working out became a big part of my life. And it helped me get over drug addiction." In 2014 he said he had not taken hard drugs since 2003, though he still smoked cannabis regularly and drank occasionally.

    Idol lives in Los Angeles and has never married. For a time he was in a long-term relationship with the English singer and dancer Perri Lister. Their son, Willem, was born in 1988 and has played in the rock band FIM. The couple separated in 1989. Idol also has a daughter, Bonnie, from another relationship. As of 2026 he has four granddaughters.

    Motorcycles remain a love, specifically Harley Davidsons. In 2003 he performed at the company's 100th anniversary concert celebration. He holds British citizenship, and in 2018 he gained American citizenship as well.

  • Devil's Playground, released in March 2005, was Idol's first new studio album in nearly 12 years. It reached number 46 on the Billboard 200 and did best in Germany, at number 15. Its sound leaned toward hard rock while keeping pace with pop-punk bands such as Green Day and Sum 41. The record included a cover of "Plastic Jesus".

    In 2005 he played a handful of dates on the Warped Tour. He also appeared at the Download Festival at Donington Park, the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans and Rock am Ring. At the inaugural Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards he was named comeback of the year.

    In 2006 he released Happy Holidays, a Christmas album of traditional songs plus two originals. In June 2006 he performed at the Congress Theater in Chicago for the television series Soundstage. That show was released on DVD and Blu-ray as In Super Overdrive Live on the 17th of November 2009.

    Video games gave the old hits a new audience in 2008. "Rebel Yell" became a playable track in Guitar Hero World Tour, and "White Wedding" in Rock Band 2. That platform later added "Mony Mony" and "Rebel Yell" as downloads. On the 24th of June 2008 he released the greatest hits album The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself. He then toured worldwide, co-headlining with Def Leppard.

    On the 16th of February 2010, Idol was announced for the Download Festival again. He promised, "I'm going to have to come armed with my punk rock attitude, Steve Stevens, and all of my classic songs plus a couple of way out covers." In March 2010 he added Camp Freddy guitarist Billy Morrison and drummer Jeremy Colson to his touring line-up.

    He recorded his eighth studio album, Kings & Queens of the Underground, between 2010 and 2014. His collaborators were producer Trevor Horn, Horn's former Buggles and Yes bandmate Geoff Downes, and Greg Kurstin. The album arrived in October 2014 and debuted at number 34 on the Billboard 200. It reached number 8 in Germany. Its sound returned to the 1980s, blending new wave and hard rock.

    The memoir appeared on the 7th of October 2014 and became a New York Times bestseller. The supporting tour began on the 5th of November 2014 and ended on the 4th of April 2015. Over 40 dates, Idol and his band played Europe, North America and Australia. He kept touring North America in 2016 and 2017.

    Other work filled the spaces. In 2013 he appeared in the third episode of the BBC Four series How the Brits Rocked America. He also voiced Spikey Hair Bot in the Disney XD series Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, in the episode "McSatchle".

    In 2016 Idol and Miley Cyrus performed "Rebel Yell" together at the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas. On the 30th of October 2018, Idol and Tony James joined the Sex Pistols' Steve Jones and Paul Cook for a free gig at the Roxy in Hollywood. Billing themselves Generation Sex, they played a combined set of both bands' material. In 2019 Idol went on a co-headlining tour with Bryan Adams.

    In late February 2020 he starred in a public service campaign with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police. Titled "Billy Never Idles", it urged drivers to stop idling their engines to cut air pollution. Mayor Bill de Blasio helped him open it, and Idol's own line was, "If you're not driving, shut your damn engine off!" In November 2020 he guested on "Night Crawling" from Cyrus's album Plastic Hearts.

    On the 12th of August 2021, the video for "Bitter Taste", directed by Stephen Sebring, was uploaded to YouTube. Idol announced a new EP, The Roadside, which came out on the 17th of September.

  • In March 2022, Idol was diagnosed with MRSA. The infection forced him to cancel a co-headlining tour with Journey. In September he began the postponed Roadside Tour. Killing Joke and Toyah opened for him in the UK in October, and the American rock band The Foxies opened the EU leg.

    A second EP, The Cage, was released on the 23rd of September 2022. Sebring also directed its title-track video, which premiered on YouTube on the 17th of August.

    On the 6th of January 2023, Idol was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That year he revealed he had another son, Brant Broad. Bonnie had taken a 23andMe DNA test and learned she had a half-brother. Idol introduced Brant publicly as his son at the Walk of Fame ceremony.

    In April 2023 he played the first concert in history at the Hoover Dam. A North American tour that began in Scottsdale on the 30th of March was set to end on the 20th of May at the Cruel World Festival in Pasadena. That year Generation Sex also played Glastonbury.

    In 2025 Idol was nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the first time. He said Steve Stevens was nominated with him and that both would be inducted if he was chosen. On the 26th of February he announced Dream Into It, his first studio album in nearly 11 years, with the first single "Still Dancing". The album reached number 5 in Austria, number 3 in Switzerland and number 2 in Germany. Guests included Avril Lavigne, Alison Mosshart and Joan Jett. It is his second concept album, and it adds elements of soft rock and grunge.

    In April 2025 he began the "It's a Nice Day to Tour again" North American tour with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. The European leg took him to venues such as Königsplatz, with New Model Army in support. In June 2025 a full-length documentary, "Billy Idol Should Be Dead", premiered at the Tribeca Festival in New York. It follows his rise from the early days with Chelsea and Generation X, his struggles with drug addiction, and his family life from childhood to the present.

    In November 2025, at the end of a Latin-American tour, Idol celebrated his 70th birthday in Mexico City. Dany Villarreal, of The Warning, joined him on stage for "Dancing With Myself". A mariachi band then sang "Las Mañanitas" and "Happy Birthday" in his honour.

    On the 1st of March 2026, it was announced that Idol had received a second Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination. He and Stevens were inducted in 2026. Idol shares an interest in Westerns, Civil War history and Americana with Ozzy Osbourne, whom he helped induct into the same Hall. Stevens, who first joined his band in 1981, goes into the Hall at his side.

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Where does the name Billy Idol come from?

A chemistry teacher named Bill Price described the young William Broad as "idle" on a school report card. Idol later said he hated chemistry and underachieved in it. He had wanted Billy Idle, but worried about Monty Python's Eric Idle, so he changed one letter.

What was Generation X?

Generation X was the London punk band Idol co-founded with bassist Tony James after the two quit Chelsea. Idol was lead singer. The band released three studio albums on Chrysalis Records and was among the first punk acts on Top of the Pops.

Which Billy Idol songs became MTV staples?

"White Wedding" and "Dancing with Myself" made him a staple of MTV in the early 1980s. The "White Wedding" video was directed by David Mallet, and the American "Dancing with Myself" video was directed by Tobe Hooper.

How did the 1990 motorcycle accident affect his career?

The crash nearly cost him a leg. His part in The Doors (1991) shrank to a small role, and James Cameron recast the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He still released Charmed Life in 1990, and David Fincher filmed the "Cradle of Love" video from the waist up.

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  38. 38I never wear the Confederate battle flag ever since 1990 as I realized it symbolizes oppression to certain Americans...Billy Idol — 23 June 2015
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  42. 43On Halloween 1990, Billy Idol played the final show of his Charmed Life tour in Seattle. The night would feature Faith No More dancing naked, 600 dead fish, five miniature pigs, a goat, and a visit from the Seattle police departmentPaul Branniganpublished — 2023-11-20
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  68. 69The Roadside – brand new 4-song EP11 August 2021
  69. 70Billy Idol is Still Battling Dangerous Staph Infection14 March 2022
  70. 71Killing Joke joins Billy Idol Roadside Tour after illness forces Television to pull out6 October 2022
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