Artist
Billy Idol
Billy Idol is a post-punk artist from Stanmore, Middlesex, UK formed in 1976. 48 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Post-Punk · Stanmore, Middlesex, UK · Best post-punk albums
- 48
- Releases
- 1981–2026
- Active years
- 1976
- Formed
Artist
Billy Idol is a post-punk artist from Stanmore, Middlesex, UK formed in 1976. 48 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Post-Punk · Stanmore, Middlesex, UK · Best post-punk albums
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Billy Idol
1982 · 10 tracks
Vital Idol: Revitalized
2018
Whiplash Smile
1986
Charmed Life
1990
Cyberpunk
1993
Greatest Hits
2001
Vital Idol
1985
Dream Into It
2025
Devil's Playground
2005
Idolize Yourself: The Very Best Of Billy Idol
2024
Rebel Yell 2.0 - The Remixes
2024
Happy Holidays
2021
BFI Live!
2016
Pete Townshend's Classic Quadrophenia
2015
Kings & Queens of the Underground
2014
Essential
2011
10 Great Songs
2009
Club Wedding
2008
The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself
2008
Happy Holidays: A Very Special Christmas Album
2006
The Essential
2003
Idolatry
1991
Idol Songs: 11 of the Best
1988
Rebel Yell
Single · 1983
The Cage EP
EP · 2022
Still Dancing
Single · 2026
Bitter Taste
Single · 2026
Good to Go
Single · 2026
Cage
Single · 2026
77
Single · 2026
Dying To Live
Single · 2026
Dancing With Myself
Single · 2024
Don't Stop EP
EP · 2024
Flesh For Fantasy (Demo) / Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
Single · 2024
Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
Single · 2024
Haunted Hits
EP · 2023
Dancing With Myself / Mony Mony (Live)
Single · 2023
Mony Mony (Live)
Single · 2023
The Roadside EP
EP · 2021
The Roadside
EP · 2021
Dancing With Myself (RAC Remix)
Single · 2018
White Wedding
Single · 2009
Hot In The City
Single · 2009
Mony Mony
Single · 2009
John Wayne
Single · 2008
Sweet Sixteen
Single · 1987
Eyes Without a Face
Single · 1984
Don't Stop
EP · 1981
Born William Michael Albert Broad in Middlesex, England, in 1955, the first child of Bill and Joan Broad. When he was 2, his father moved the family to Long Island, New York, in pursuit of the American dream. They returned 4 years later (now with a baby sister, Jane) to Dorking. America made a big impression on Billy; he loved the big cars and rock music. The family moved next to the Running Horses Public House in Mickleham, until 1963, while their home in Goring, Sussex, was being built. The time in Goring would be a happy period for the Broads. Billy enjoyed a fairly normal childhood, hanging out with his pals and getting up to the usual mischief strong-willed boys are wont to. The Broads were a religious family who regularly attended church, Billy joined the Boy Scouts in Goring, though was reputedly asked to leave after getting caught kissing a girl. Idol was a bright student, and passed his 11 plus, but he was bored at school. When a teacher wrote "Billy is Idle" in the margin of one of his works, it stuck in his mind and later inspired his stage name. Nevertheless, Billy progressed well and, when the family moved to Bromley in Kent in 1971, he transferred to the Ravensbourne…