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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

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...

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One of the reasons Billy Idol is so dearly beloved is because he obviously didn't know any better. Of all the mindless new-wave haircut rockers of the '80s, he was the most mindless, the most rocking, and the most '80s, shaking his fist, greasing his hair, and boozing and brawling through a rock-star trip that was so unironic, it had to be ironic. He began as a punk, singing lead for Generation X....

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