Steve Stevens says he used toy ray guns to make Rebel Yell’s iconic solo “more than just notes” and execute the “space-age gunfighter solo” he had in his mind. The inspiration came from the “sonic ...

Growing up in New York — specifically in Queen’s Kew Gardens — a young Steven Schneider would go to see all-night rock and roll movies at the Eighth Street Playhouse in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.

Billy Idol’s first new album in a decade, Dream Into It, is aptly titled. Most didn’t think it would happen, as it’s all too easy for elder statesmen to lean (rather than dream) into their back ...

Rebel Yell was a merger of hard rock, New Wave and pop. Legendary rock and roller and punk icon Billy Idol celebrates the 40th anniversary of his second album, "Rebel Yell," with a new deluxe expanded ...

In the early 1980s, Billy Idol exploded onto the American music scene with “Dancing with Myself,” the neo-punk anthem that he originally recorded with Generation X. He had recently left England for ...

The year 1984 was a big one for Billy Idol. While his self-titled debut album from two years earlier had produced two successful singles—“Hot in the City” and “White Wedding”—it would be the Rebel ...