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Billy Idol Pens Memoir
October 2010
Billy Idol is set to add author to his resume - the rocker is writing his autobiography.
The 54-year-old is putting pen to paper to write Dancing With Myself, named after his hit 1980 single with his band Generation X, and he's promised to tell all about his experiences with sex and drugs.
He says, "Life gave me a golden key when I fell in love with rock 'n' roll music. It was the key to the answer of how to live and achieve your dreams. This world opened up to me with all the good opportunities but also every temptation - the drugs, the booze, the women, the 24-hour around-the-clock excess.
"And yet you have to write good songs to survive. Life had to be lived to do all that! Now I'm putting it all down in book form - from the heart. I'm going out on a limb here, so watch my back."
Idol, who found fame with Generation X before becoming a solo star, is expected to release his memoir in late 2011 or early 2012.
http://www.torontosun.com...story.html
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His book can't be any more wild than The Dirt from Motley Crue, lol. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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^^You have no idea.... he's Billy fuckin' Idol and hell's coming with him! | |
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Here..Ill save y'all 18 bucks or so......
Punk pioneer....sneering.....rebel yell.....crashed the bike....mony MOANY....Pop dust-bin.
The End. Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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Wasn't he at the first sex pistols gig? | |
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Wrong! Still rockin' n rollin', enjoyin' life and doin' fine!
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interesting. | |
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I'm totally kidding, actually.....always liked Billy. His place in music history's secure for his Generation X work alone. Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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Should definitely be a good read. I remember seeing him live in Hollywood Florida @ the Sportatorium. Great Show!!!
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Okay, did anybody else read, the thread title as "Billy Idol Penis Memoir"? | |
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I'd much rather read that book. I hope it's a pop-up picture book. | |
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This should be exciting
I'm sure it won't be much different then many other rock stars book's, but he was so openly wild in the 80's from what i have scene.
His classic letterman interview where he goes out clearly coked up, and Dave ask's him what he did for his vacation, and he say's had sex and then said some other stuff... then he talk's about walking naked on one of his hotel balconies lol
Another memorable moment, is when he performed Flesh For Fantasy live in one vid, once again clearly coked up and spit on his face and rubbed it all over Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener
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I don't think he was ever invited back was he?