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BILLY IDOL. BORN: November 30, 1955, Middlesex, England Most of you will probably
know that our ?Great American Rocker ? is originally from England. ...
... For him, his idols were from many different genres: Scooter, 50 cent, Abba, Billy
Idol, Depeche Mode, Elvis Crespo, Enya, Kiss, Prodigy, U2, “I was seven ...
... Within a year they had created most of the punk scene including the clash, the slits,
siouxie and the banshees and generation X; young Billy idol . ...
... up. Shortly after The SS split, Tony James went to form Chelsea with future
Generation X member and MTV pop star Billy Idol. In ...
... pg. 3 Hoffman, B. (2002). “He’s Movin’ In – B’Way Newcomer Makes Music of His Idol,
Billy Joel.” New York Post. New York, NY: Oct 10, 2002. pg. ...
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BORN: November 30, 1955, Middlesex, England
Most of you will probably know that our ‘Great American Rocker ‘ is originally from England. He was born William Michael Albert Broad on Nov 30th 1955, in Stanmore, Middx. When he was just 3 years old, his father moved the family to the USA, in the hope of what Billy describes as ‘finding the American dream’. They settled in Long Island, New York, but after about 4 years, Mr. Broad decided that perhaps it wasn’t the ‘promised land’ after all & they returned to the UK. After spending a short time in Bromley, Kent, the Broads moved to the quiet suburbia of Goring, Worthing in W.Sussex. And then returned once again to Bromley.
Billy insists that he inherited his wild streak from his father & grandfather before him. Wherever it emerged from, I think there can be no denying that it exists ! He claims also that he has frequently been misunderstood throughout his career & I believe that this was the case even during his school days. It was suggested on Billy’s report card that he was ‘idle’. What the teachers failed to recognise is that Billy was just ‘bored’.
There was never any question that Billy was indeed a very bright student, but his need for constant stimulation & possibly an over powering compulsion to reject conformity lead to him leaving Sussex University after just the first year. Billy had already realised his appreciation of music & was seriously contemplating following that path as his chosen career. As he says himself : " I never wanted no proper job " The fact that his father was so avidly adverse to it was all the prompting that Billy needed. It was not just a question of deliberately wanting to rebel against him, but eventually more a case of wanting to prove that what he had chosen was not worthless. After many huge rows & 2 years of not even speaking, Billy managed to convince his father of this & Mr. Broad is now one of the first to recognise his...
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