Billy Idol's Birthday 2020

I remember first seeing Billy Idol back in the old LA days in the extremely early 1980s in Tower Records.

There was a cutout of this obviously 80s decked out new wave glam punk fellow with platinum blond hair and a mech look with chain and heavy decorations made from what appeared to be stainless steel.

The music being played had those tough overtones consistent with the image.

I thought to my self this will never last.

However, it seems that William Michael Albert Broad, aka Billy Idol did indeed last and is still playing gigs to this day.

There have been a number of his songs that are included in my collection and I owe my appreciation of his music in general to my best old ex-friend Darrell who had insight into the subtleties of musical style. His stage name it seems is derived from a choolteacher's desribing him as "idle". His career has been a smattering of singing songwriting performance music, and acting.

He's just a few months younger than I am and has sold a lot of records. He had a hiatus in the 1990s then came back on the performance scene by releasing new music. Who knows, may sell many more recordings before it's all over.

Today is his birthday. Happy birthday to you !