Did he sneer?
He came from a really religious family.
I think his real name is Bill Broad, or something.
The Communist’s nightmare that proves the big lie about terrible America. America’s problem is how to control people from wanting in while people in socialist/Communist hellholes around the world can’t get out fast enough.
I’d always kinda assumed with some of his music that he was from the US - Allentown, uptown girl, even Piano Man gave me the feeling he knew and understood the US. I guess he just did his research...
See caravan marchers, that’s how you do it.
Anyone remember Joe Piscopo’s imitation of Billy Idol on the old SNL? Damned funny stuff.
Gee...
Lookitdat...
Someone who came here LEGALLY and appreciating it!!!!
Now there’s something ya don’t see everyday.
Known in the past for beating up his girlfriend
Used to be, we denied visas to rock stars with known drug issues. Now we make them citizens. The times, they are a changing. It’s a nice day for a citizenship ceremony.
A new Democrat voter.
Billy Idol
Background information
Birth name William Michael Albert Broad
Born 30 November 1955 (age 62)
Stanmore, Middlesex, England
Genres
Punk rock hard rock glam rock dance-rock new wave post-punk dance-punk
Occupation(s)
Singer songwriter musician actor
Instruments
Vocals guitar
Years active 1976–present
Labels
Chrysalis EMI Sanctuary BFI
Associated acts
Chelsea Generation X Steve Stevens
Website billyidol.net
William Michael Albert Broad[1] (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is a musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He was born in England and is now an American citizen. 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 international recognition and made Idol one of the lead artists during the MTV-driven “Second British Invasion” in the United States. The name “Billy Idol” was inspired by a schoolteacher’s description of him as “idle”.
Idol began his music career in late 1976 as a guitarist in the punk rock band Chelsea. However, he soon left the group. With his former bandmate Tony James, Idol formed the band Generation X. With Idol as lead singer, the band achieved success in the United Kingdom and released three albums on Chrysalis Records before disbanding. In 1981, Idol moved to New York City to pursue his solo career in collaboration with guitarist Steve Stevens. His debut studio album, Billy Idol (1982), was a commercial success. With music videos for singles “Dancing with Myself” and “White Wedding” Idol soon became a staple of then-newly established MTV....
1955–1975: Early life
Billy Idol was born William Michael Albert Broad in Stanmore, Middlesex on 30 November 1955.[1] In 1958, when Idol was two years old, his parents moved to Patchogue, New York. The family returned to England four years later with Idol and his younger sister, Jane (who had been born in the U.S.), settling in Dorking, Surrey. In 1971, the family moved to Bromley, southeast London, where Idol attended Ravensbourne School for Boys. Idol also attended Worthing High School for Boys in Worthing, West Sussex. In October 1975, Idol attended the University of Sussex to pursue an English degree and lived on campus (East Slope in Falmer) but left after year one in 1976. He then went on to join the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, a loose gang that travelled into town when the band played. Idol’s parents were devout Anglicans and attended church regularly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Idol