Billy Idol is known for his spiky blonde hair, his gorgeous blue eyes, and his devilish sneer. Billy Idol burst onto the American music scene in the early 80's with the hit songs "White Wedding", "Rebel Yell", and "Eyes Without a Face". Billy Idol was one of the first artist played in heavy rotation on MTV in the early 80's.

It was hard to box Billy's musical style into one category. Some say he was punk, other say he was rock, a few have even categorized him as metal. Billy had a unique sense of appeal. He was able to cross over to mainstream top 40 radio, and stay true to his musical style. He also was a favorite with the ladies.

In the late 80's Billy experienced his first U.S. number one single with his remake of the song "Mony, Mony." In 1990, Billy was prepared to unleash his album "Charmed Life" when he was involved in a near fatal motorcycle crash in Los Angeles.

The "Charmed Life" album went onto be a success, much in part due to the success of the single, "Cradle of Love", which became another top ten single for Billy. Against doctors orders Billy toured to support the album.


Billy Idol early 90's
Billy Idol was relatively low key during much of the 90's, but his career experienced a rebirth when he was cast as himself in the Adam Sandler comedy "The Wedding Singer." Billy and his former guitarist Steve Stevens hooked back up and Billy began touring again.

In 2001, Billy Idol was featured on the VH-1 series "Behind The Music." He also released a successful "Greatest Hits" collection. In February of 2002, VH-1 will be releasing the DVD of "Storytellers-Billy Idol". The CD of the "Storytellers" performance is due to be released March of 2002.

Billy Idol is all about rock & roll and he definitely is a future Rock & Roll Hall of Fame artist.

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Billy Idol Web Site Reviews

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Billyidol.com-Official Site (*** 4 stars)
Special features:
*Official web site
*Audio messages from Billy
*Discussion forum, lyrics, discography
*Summer 2001 tour reviews
*Certain things about site look outdated (frames or no frames and some of the javascript effects)

Interactive Idol ***** (5 stars)
Special Features:
*Extensive news section
*Reviews
*Video archives
*Forums & Chat
*E-mail accounts
*Links an webrings

Billy Idol Geneation WWW(**4 stars)
Special Features:
*Frequently updated news sections
*Awesome photogallery
*Video, Album & Single discography
*Lyrics
*Multimedia-Real Audio performances and videos

Unofficial Billy Idol Web Site (**3 stars)
Special Features:
*Picture Gallery
*Fan Pics
*Tablature
*Steve Stevens Bio

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Vital Idol
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Charmed Life
1990


Cyberpunk
1993


Greatest Hits
2001

Storytellers
2002