INSANE: 6 | Vintage Vibes

Post your questions for Billy Idol

As a 40th anniversary edition of Rebel Yell is released, the punk rock icon will answer your questions

The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2024

"I made it about the sexual cry of love." How The Rolling Stones and a dancer from Hot Gossip inspired one of Billy Idol's greatest hits

The story behind one of the most memorable rock anthems of the '80s

Louder · Apr 25, 2024

Billy Idol, a Beatles "super-mega fan"

On "Everything Fab Four," the rocker talks MTV exposure and how his voice was once mistaken for Paul McCartney's

Salon · Apr 19, 2024

"My man management skills are very poor, but the music that gets made is usually worth it": The story of John Kalodner, the man who made rock stars

He signed Foreigner. He helped Whitesnake go global. Aerosmith owe him. He is music biz A&R legend-cum-rockstarmaker John Kalodner

Louder · Mar 13, 2024

“Gritty, fast-paced and hectic”: Billy Morrison recruits Steve Vai, John 5 and Ozzy Osbourne for his first solo record in 9 years

The Billy Idol guitarist is set to team with a stellar cast – including his co-guitarist Steve Stevens – for a record that sees him reflecting on a riotous world, and you can hear the first single, Drowning, now

Guitar World · Feb 23, 2024

"As many recycled Led Zeppelin riffs as Kingdom Come or '80s Whitesnake with an even stronger whiff of cheese": Emotions In Motion by Billy Squier - Album Of The Week Club review

Buoyed by the success of breakthrough album Don’t Say No, Billy Squier teamed up once again with Queen producer Reinhold Mack to create 10 tracks of state of the art, radio-friendly pop rock

Louder · Feb 19, 2024

"Imagine, if you will, a long-lost UFO concept album about a seance gone awry": The Unexpected Guest by Demon - Album Of The Week Club review

The NWOBHM was a broad church, and Demon's second album The Unexpected Guest was more melodic than most

Louder · Feb 12, 2024

“A guitar that is at home playing jazz lines as it is for NYC 1973 punk rock”: Knaggs strips down Steve Stevens’ signature guitar to its purest rock ‘n’ roll form with the SSC-J

The latest iteration of the Billy Idol guitarist's signature guitar goes back to the basics, but still has room for Bare Knuckle pickups and other premium specs

Guitar World · Jan 31, 2024

The Most Painfully '80s Celebrity Photos of All Time

We're all just material girls living in a material world.

Marie Claire · Jan 23, 2024

From Britney to Germán Bringas: the best old music our writers discovered in 2023

Our belated discoveries included some giant hits of the 80s and 90s as well as little noticed Moroccan genius and Polish post-punk

The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2023