num_pages: 352
description: In this bold and candid memoir music legend Billy Idol shares his life storyfrom his childhood in England to his rise to fame during the height of the punk-pop revolutionrevealing intimate details about the sex drugs and rock and roll that he is so fabulously famous forall told in his own utterly indelible voice.An integral member of the punk rock revolution whose music crossed over into 80s pop mainstreamand one of MTVs first starsBilly Idol remains an iconic music legend. Now in his long-awaited Dancing With Myself he delivers a lively candid account of his journey to fameincluding intimate and unapologetic details about his lifes highs and lowsall rendered with the in-your-face attitude and exuberance his fans have embraced. Idol brings to life the key events that shaped his life his music and his career including his early childhood in England his year at Sussex University and his time spent hanging out with the Sex Pistols and as a member of punk bands Chelsea and Generation X.He shares outtakes from his wildly and unexpectedly successful solo career and stories behind his string of popular hits including White Wedding Eyes Without a Face and Rebel Yell which involved close collaboration with Steve Stevens and ultimately led to the creation of some of the most groundbreaking music videos ever seen.Featuring sixteen pages of full-color behind-the-scenes photos Dancing With Myself is both a tale of survival and a celebration of the heady days when punk was borna compelling and satisfying insiders tale from a man who made music history firsthand.Show more Show less
language: English
title: Dancing With Myself
publisher: Touchstone