Intro (song)

"Opening Manifesto" (registered as "Intro") is a song performed by Billy Idol. It serves as the opening track on Billy's fifth album, Cyberpunk. 
==Background==
The opening intro is based on Gareth Branwyn’s “Is There a Cyberpunk Movement (1992)” and is a manifesto of what is to come.  Gareth was also used as a consulted to learn more of the cyber movement. 
A visual created alongside Brett Leonard and Billy Idol was produced for the No Religion Tour.
==Music and composition==
Gareth Branwyn explaining how he met Billy:"It was beyond surreal to be talking on the phone with Billy Idol. He told me that he had this idea of using my piece as the introduction to the record. (My piece, called “Is There A Cyberpunk Movement?,” had actually started out life as a post on The Well BBS, later getting reprinted in the Mondo book.) He wanted to read it over music, like “Late Lament,” the poem recited at the beginning of the Moody Blues’ Nights in White Satin album.
The next thing I know, I have Billy Idol —Billy Fucking Idol— on the other end of the phone dramatically reciting my words back to me, in glorious “Breathe deep the gathering gloom” fashion. His reading was surprisingly sincere and powerful, so potent and sincere that it choked me up a bit. And, OK, I may have snickered a bit, too. Not dismissively, just because it was all so bizarre that my brain had suddenly turned into cornmeal pudding."https://blog.adafruit.com/2020/04/13/the-internet-is-punk-rock-the-story-behind-billy-idols-1993-cyberpunk-album-cyberpunk/
==Critical reception==
2 Loud 2 Old Music opined:"And there you have it.  I didn’t focus on the interludes as the whole concept album thing doesn’t work for me.  I just focused on the songs and that was when I found how much I liked the album as whole."https://2loud2oldmusic.com/2019/05/08/billy-idol-cyberpunk-album-review-the-billy-idol-series/
==Lyrics==
==Music video==
Music Video 	Music Video	Music Video 	Music Video	Music Video
Visual 	Information	Information 	 	
Billy Idol - Opening Manifesto (Official Music Video)	Released 	August, 1993 	 	
Billy Idol - Opening Manifesto (Official Music Video)	Lenght 	01:04 	 	
Billy Idol - Opening Manifesto (Official Music Video)	Director 	Brett LeonardBilly Idol	 	
Billy Idol - Opening Manifesto (Official Music Video)	Producer 	Brett Leonard 	 	
Billy Idol - Opening Manifesto (Official Music Video)	Filmed 	March, 29 1993 	 	
Billy Idol - Opening Manifesto (Official Music Video)	Location 	Unknown, United States 	 	
Billy Idol - Opening Manifesto (Official Music Video)	VEVO Views 	N/A 	 	
==Audio==
===Spotify===
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===YouTube===
Intro
==Credits==
Personnel
* Billy Idol — songwriting, vocals
* Gareth Branwyn — songwriting
* Robin Hancock — producing 
* Stephen Marcussen — mastering engineering
Technical
* Billy's Home Studio, Los Angeles, CA, United States
==References==
==Navigation==
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Category:Released songs
Category:Cyberpunk songs