Publisher Description

In this original memoir following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution, the iconic superstar tells the real story behind the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that he is famous for.

A member of the punk rock revolution whose music crossed over into the pop mainstream during the 1980s, Billy Idol is a rock 'n' roll legend. Dancing With Myselfwill cover the events and the people who shaped his life, his music, and his career, including accounts of his childhood in England and the U.S., his year at Sussex University, his membership in the Bromley Contingent, his period spent hanging out with the Sex Pistols, his time in Siouxsie and the Banshees, Chelsea, and Generation X. Idol also tackles his successful solo career, which involved collaboration with Steve Stevens and, ultimately, some of the most influential, ground-breaking music videos ever seen on MTV. In Dancing With Myself, Idol renders detailed accounts of his life's highs and lows with the unapologetically in-your-face attitude and exuberance that made him famous. In part a survivor's story, but equally a very funny and always riveting account of one man's creative drive.

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Paperback edition of the autobiography from the punk rock legend, who found success with the band Generation X before crossing over into the pop mainstream in the 1980s with his solo career. Covers everything from his childhood in southeast London and Long Island to illicit drugs and tawdry nights on tour.

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Chosen by Rolling Stone as one of the 10 Best Music Books of 2014 'I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist. Pen to paper, I've put it all down, every bit from the heart. I'm going on out a limb here, so watch my back' Billy Idol [Sheila Rock photo plus his signature] An early architect of punk rock's sound, style and fury, whose lip-curling sneer and fist pumping persona vaulted him into pop's mainstream as one of MTV's first megastars, Billy Idol remains, to this day, a true rock 'n' roll icon. With 'honesty, humour and insight' (Mail on Sunday), Idol delivers an electric account of his journey to fame-from his early days as front man of the pioneering UK punk band Generation X to the decadent life atop the dance-rock kingdom he ruled. 'Details the lurid excesses of fame and a certain tragicomic self-sabotage, both of which have run through Idol's career. The book also showcases Idol's own vivid writing style' John Walsh, The Times

Author Biography

Born William Michael Albert Broad, Billy Idol is a multiplatinum recording artist and two-time Grammy nominee. Known for successfully merging his signature punk attitude with an appealing blend of pop hooks, dance beats, and gritty metallic crunch, Idol created some of rock's most indelible anthems, including "Rebel Yell," "White Wedding," and "Cradle of Love." Idol's latest release, his first studio album in nearly a decade, is titled Kings & Queens of the Underground. He lives in Los Angeles.

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