Billy Idol

小简介
Billy idol 1955 年 11 月 30 日出生于英国，最初作为著名的朋克乐队 generation x 的主唱出名,但他最大的成功还是在他个人音乐生涯之时。在美国，他拥有大批少年追随者，足以与 duran duran 乐队的乐迷抗衡。
1981 年 generation x 乐队解散后，idol 只身前往纽约，1982 年，他带着一些新歌和对成功的渴望重新出现在歌坛。在吉他手 steven stevens 的帮助下，他录制了一张“迷你”专辑《don't stop》。
该专辑在美国电台中播出过。 1982 年的专辑《billy idol》中的单曲《hot in the city》成为热门歌曲，达到排行榜第 23 名。
更多的热门歌曲接踵而来，他第 2 张专辑《rebel yell》的音乐录像受到了狂热欢迎。他迷人的朋克形象，融合了摇滚、流行歌曲、跳舞性很强的朋克音乐，赢得了新一代青少年乐迷。到了 1985 年，该专辑仅在美国的销量就达到了 200 万张，他成了超级巨星。 1984 年，尽管他的单曲《eyes without a face》进入了排行榜前 20 名，英国对当时的“idol 热”仍无动于衷。但 1 年后，专辑《vital idol》中的《white wedding》进入了英国单曲榜前 10 名。两年后，它成为美国的热门歌曲。 1986 年发行的《whipped smile》巩固了他在摇滚乐坛的地位。 1990 年，idol 出版了专辑《charmed life》，仍然很成功。他演艺生涯中第一次失败是1993年出版的专辑《cyberpunk》。
小档案
 
歌手姓名： 比利 爱多尔(Billy Idol) 英文名： Billy Idol
唱片公司： 百代唱片（EMI MUSIC）
生 日： 1955-11-30 星 座： 射手
国 籍： 英国 语 言： 英语
兴 趣： 唱歌、游泳
大事记
个人经历： Billy idol 1955 年 11 月 30 日出生于英国，最初作为著名的朋克乐队 generation x 的主唱出名,但他最大的成功还是在他个人音乐生涯之时。在美国，他拥有大批少年追随者，足以与 duran duran 乐队的乐迷抗衡。 1981 年 generation x 乐队解散后，idol 只身前往纽约，1982 年，他带着一些新歌和对成功的渴望重新出现在歌坛。在吉他手 steven stevens 的帮助下，他录制了一张“迷你”专辑《don't stop》。 该专辑在美国电台中播出过。 1982 年的专辑《billy idol》中的单曲《hot in the city》成为热门歌曲，达到排行榜第 23 名。 更多的热门歌曲接踵而来，他第 2 张专辑《rebel yell》的音乐录像受到了狂热欢迎。他迷人的朋克形象，融合了摇滚、流行歌曲、跳舞性很强的朋克音乐，赢得了新一代青少年乐迷。到了 1985 年，该专辑仅在美国的销量就达到了 200 万张，他成了超级巨星。 1984 年，尽管他的单曲《eyes without a face》进入了排行榜前 20 名，英国对当时的“idol 热”仍无动于衷。但 1 年后，专辑《vital idol》中的《white wedding》进入了英国单曲榜前 10 名。两年后，它成为美国的热门歌曲。 1986 年发行的《whipped smile》巩固了他在摇滚乐坛的地位。 1990 年，idol 出版了专辑《charmed life》，仍然很成功。他演艺生涯中第一次失败是1993年出版的专辑《cyberpunk》。
Along with Duran Duran, Billy Idol was one the first pop/rock artists to achieve massive success in the early '80s due to a then brand-new U.S. television network, MTV. Mixing his bad-boy good looks with an appealing blend of pop hooks, punk attitude, and a dance beats, Idol quickly rocketed to stardom, before hard living derailed his career and almost proved fatal. Born William Michael Albert Broad on November 30, 1955, in Middlesex, England, the youngster relocated with his family for a brief spell to New York, before returning back to England. After a stint at Sussex University only last a year, Broad found himself as part of a group of teen punk rockers who befriended and followed the Sex Pistols, known as "the Bromley Contingent" (a member of this colorful group of characters was Siouxsie Sioux, eventual leader of Siouxsie & the Banshees).
It wasn't long before Broad realized that he too could be the frontman of a punk band, and assumed the name Billy Idol shortly thereafter. After a stint playing guitar in a group called Chelsea didn't pan out (interestingly, the group featured future Clash guitarist Mick Jones and future Damned guitarist Brian James), Idol put down the guitar and picked up the mic, and recruited bassist Tony James, drummer John Towe, and guitarist Bob Andrews, forming Generation X in 1976. Named after a 1960s paperback book, the band signed a recording contract with Chrysalis shortly thereafter (Towe was replaced with new skinsman Mark Laff) — resulting in such releases as 1978's self-titled debut, 1979's Valley of the Dolls, and 1981's Kiss Me Deadly — before splitting up.
Disappointed with Generation X's demise, Idol relocated to New York City, where he pursued a career as a solo artist. Hooking up with Kiss manager Bill Aucoin, Idol issued the 1981 EP Don't Stop (comprised of a cover of Tommy James' '60s hit "Mony Mony" and a pair of remixed Generation X tracks), which helped the singer score another record deal with his former band's label, Chrysalis. Idol found the perfect collaborator and partner in guitarist/Johnny Thunders look-alike Steve Stevens, and issued a self-titled debut in July of 1982. A pair of eye-catching videos for the tracks "White Wedding" and "Dancing With Myself" (the latter a remake of a Generation X composition) scored major air time on MTV, with both clips focusing in on Idol's spiky, peroxide blonde hair and Elvis-like sneer. The debut eventually obtained gold certification, and set the stage perfectly for Idol's big commercial breakthrough, 1984's Rebel Yell.
Rebel Yell became the singer's best-selling album of his career (eventually going double platinum), spawning such big-time MTV/radio hits as the album's anthemic title track, "Eyes Without a Face," and "Flesh for Fantasy," establishing Idol as an arena headliner stateside. But with massive success came its many distractions, which prevented Idol from issuing a new studio album until three years after Rebel Yell. 1987's Whiplash Smile was another sizeable hit on the strength of such hits as "To Be a Lover" and "Sweet Sixteen," but failed to live up to the lofty expectations set by his previous releases. Stevens jumped ship shortly thereafter to launch his own band, Steve Stevens' Atomic Playboys (and eventually was a member of Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil's solo band), leaving Idol to fend for himself.
An eight-track best-of set, Vital Idol, was issued later the same year, spawning one of the year's most heavily played MTV videos — a live version of the previously recorded cover of "Mony Mony" — which helped keep Idol in the spotlight. Idol spent the next few years working on his fourth studio release, but reappeared in the summer of 1989 as part of an all-star rendition of the Who's Tommy, with Idol playing the role of the sadistic character Cousin Kevin. Around the time of Idol's next release, 1990's Charmed Life, the singer was involved in a serious motorcycle accident (in which he almost lost his leg), forcing the singer to walk with a cane for a period of time; the video for the album's lead-off single, "Cradle of Love," featured the singer filmed from the waist up. The ploy worked, as the single (which was also used as the theme song in the failed Andrew "Dice" Clay movie, Ford Fairlane) was another smash hit, making Charmed Life the fourth Idol album in a row to achieve at least reach platinum sales.
Expectedly, several years passed before the release of Idol's next album, during which time he tried his hand at acting with a bit part in Oliver Stone's motion picture The Doors. By the time 1993's Cyberpunk surfaced, Idol had dropped his spiky peroxide hairstyle in place of dreadlocks, and experimented with techno beats. The move proved to be an unwise one, as the album tanked and sank from the charts. At the same time, Idol was knee deep in drug addiction, resulting in another close brush with death when he overdosed and had to be treated in a Los Angeles hospital in 1994. Not much was heard from Idol until 1998, when he made a cameo appearance (as himself) in the hit Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore comedy The Wedding Singer, which resulted in renewed interest. Idol teamed up once again with Stevens, was the subject of a VH1: Behind the Music special (as well as a Storytellers episode for the channel, which was ultimately issued as a CD), and issued a more extensive Greatest Hits set in 2001; the latter of which sold 500,000 copies in the U.S. alone. Next up was his first studio album since Cyberpunk, Devil's Playground, released on Sanctuary in 2005.