British musician, songwriter and actor Billy Idol, William Michael Albert Broad, was born on November 30, 1955.

Idol was born in Stanmore, Middlesex in the United Kingdom to Joan Broad and Bill Broad and has the same parents as her sister Jane Broad.

His parents were devout Anglicans who attended church regularly. Idol is half Irish; his mother was an O’Sullivan, born in Cork.

When he was two years old, he and his parents immigrated to the United States and lived in Patchogue, New York. They also lived in Rockville Centre, New York. It was around this time that her younger sister Jane was conceived.

Four years later the family returned to England and lived in Dorking, Surrey. Idol attended Ravensbourne School for Boys in Bromley, south-east London, after the family moved there in 1971.

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His family later moved to Goring-by-Sea in West Sussex, a suburb of Worthing, where he attended Worthing High School for Boys.

He enrolled at the University of Sussex in October 1975 with the intention of studying English, but left after the first year in 1976.

He then joined the loosely coordinated Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fan who attended the band wherever they performed.

Career of Billy Idol

Idol is a British musician, songwriter and actor who holds dual nationality as he also identifies as American.

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He then embarked on a solo career that brought him worldwide exposure and helped make American Idol the main star during the MTV-controlled “Second British Invasion” in the United States. After a teacher described him as “idle”, he was nicknamed “Billy Idol”.

Idol made his musical debut in late 1976 in the punk rock band Chelsea. However, he soon left the gang. Idol founded Generation X with Tony James, a former member of the group.

The group, whose lead singer was Idol, enjoyed success in the UK, releasing three studio albums through Chrysalis Records, then split up.

Idol moved to New York in 1981 to work on his solo career with guitarist Steve Stevens.

Billy Idol, his first studio album, was a huge success when it was released in 1982. With music videos for the tracks “Dancing with Myself” and “White Wedding”, Idol quickly established itself as a mainstay on the then newly established MTV. based.

The 1983 hit singles “Rebel Yell” and “Eyes Without a Face” were featured on Idol’s second studio album, Rebel Yell, which was a major commercial success.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awarded the album double platinum status for selling two million copies in the United States. He released Whiplash Smile in 1986.

Idol released a greatest hits album in 1988 titled Idol Songs: 11 of the Best, which was certified platinum in the UK after collecting three UK top 10s (“Rebel Yell”, “White Wedding” and “Mony Mony “). The concept albums Cyberpunk (1993) and Charmed Life (1990) were later released by Idol.

Does Billy Idol have children?

Billy Idol has two children; Willem Wolf Broad with Perri Lister, born in 1988, and a daughter named Bonnie Blue with Linda Mathis.