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March 10, 2005

Q&A: Billy Idol

The Eighties party animal still fits into those leather pants
December 6, 2004

Idol Goes to the "Devil"

Rocker to release new record in March

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Devil's Playground

Did somebody say, "New Billy Idol album"? Thanks, God! The quintessential 1980s New Wave glam-rock leather boy is back, for his first album in twelve long years. On Devil's Playground, Idol reunites with guitar foil Steve Stevens and producer Keith Forsey to return to the glory days of...

2005 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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When his punk band, Generation X, broke up in 1981, oft-sneering singer Billy Idol moved to New York City and made the transformation from scrawny punk-rocker to slightly less scrawny new-waver. Released in 1981, his first solo-career EP, Don't Stop (Number 74, 1983), contained two hits, though it would take some time for either of them to pay off: His cover of Tommy James and The Shondells' "Mony...

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