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William Michael Albert Broad Wiki Biography

William Michael Albert Broad was born on 30 November 1955, in Stanmore, Middlesex England, and known professionally as Billy Idol, is a singer and musician, perhaps best known as a member of the group called Generation X, and for such famous songs as White Wedding, Rebel Yell, Dancing With Myself and Eyes Without a Face.

You might think, how rich is Billy Idol? Sources have estimated that Billy’s net worth is over $60 million as of late 2017, accumulated during his music career now spanning over 40 years.

Billy was interested in music from an early age, even dropping out of university to become a groupie, and concentrate more on breaking into the music scene himself. In 1976 Idol became a member of the group called Siouxsie and the Banshees, however, he quit the band within a year, and joined another called Chelsea. Then again Billy was a part of this group for only a short period of time, before he joined with Tony James and John Towe to create the punk rock band, Generation X. The group subsequently released three albums: Valley of the Dolls, Sweet Revenge and Generation X UK. The success of Generation X had a huge impact on the growth of Billy Idol’s net worth.

In 1981 Idol branched out to start his career as a solo artist. His first self-titled solo album was a success, and added significantly to Billy’s net worth. However, during his career, Idol has not been particularly proficient, releasing just six more albums, but obviously quality:  Whiplash Smile, Rebel Yell, Charmed Life, Devil’s playground, Cyberpunk and Happy Holidays; some of Billy’s most famous hits are Eyes Without a Face, To Be a Lover, Sweet Sixteen, and Cradle of Love among many others.

Billy Idol has also won three Grammy Awards for his work, and been nominated for many more. The success of his albums has certainly increased Billy’s net worth considerably and consistently.

Recently it has been announced that Idol will release a new album called Kings & Queens of the Underground. There is little doubt that this album will be a success, and that Billy Idol’s net worth will become even higher.

In addition to his career as a musician, Billy has also appeared in two movies: “The Wedding Singer”, directed by Frank Coraci, and “The Doors”, directed by Oliver Stone. During the filming of these movies Idol had an opportunity to work with Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Frank Whaley, Adam Sandler, Christine Taylor, Drew Barrymore and others. Of course these appearances positively affected the growth of Billy Idol’s net worth too.

Additionally, Billy Idol collaborated with Steve Stevens on the song “Speed”, part of the soundtrack to the hit movie of the same name starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. No doubt this also added to Billy’s net worth, and since now Idol also tours with Stevens.

In his personal life, Billy Idol has little private life, as like many music stars of his generation, his exuberant lifestyle, periodically involving drugs and alcohol, as well as various relationships – none permanent – have kept him in the public eye. However, he has also taken part in many charity concerts for various benefits. It could be said that Billy Idol is one of the most successful musicians in the industry, and while having achieved a lot during his career, he still continues to perform. He divides his time between the UK and USA.

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William Michael Albert Broad Quick Info

William Michael Albert Broad Trademarks

1. Elvis-like lip curl when singing
2. Spiked platinum-blonde hair

William Michael Albert Broad Quotes

• It’s like, what happened, I was always leading fashion, and then the grunge thing kind of came along. And because I’ve been so on top in the ’80s you know, I, you know, what can I do? Suddenly go grunge?
• I’m not talking with an American accent. I haven’t gone off and become Sammy Hagar.
• My hair used to be real long, and my parents were encouraged when I cut it. They thought I was going ‘straight,’ but I was just getting weirder – at least in their eyes. I was getting into the punk thing.
• Part of the punk attitude was that you should project your music through your whole body… show your personality as much as possible.
• My dad was one of the reasons I got into rock and roll, because I was learning the ropes of his business, which was selling powertools, and I was looking for a way out from under his heel. I was like, ‘Where’s the fun? Where’s the glamour?’
• I rocked the cradle of love.
• The biggest misconception people have about me is that I’m stupid.
• There was a time when my whole life was in chaos, really, and I didn’t help myself sort it out. But one day I came to my senses, and I think I was lucky because a lot of people don’t.
• I’m really a singer, so I love songs and I love singing. I like rap music, but I didn’t grow up freestyling.
• I’m not trying to hide from my past. I want to roll in it. Like a dog, rolling in feces, I’m rolling in the feces of my greatest hits – that’s a bit of a wild way of looking at it, but I am a man, and we do like rolling in our own feces at times.
• I think love’s exciting and happy, as well as being able to make you sad.
• If your world doesn’t allow you to dream, move to one where you can.
• I don’t think punk ever really dies, because punk rock attitude can never die.
• It doesn’t matter about money; having it, not having it. Or having clothes, or not having them. You’re still left alone with yourself in the end.
• I love it when someone insults me. That means that I don’t have to be nice anymore.
• When I started out, everyone seemed to be adopting these names… Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious. I wasn’t really Rotten or Vicious or Nasty, so I wanted something a bit more funny – yet something that seemed real rock ‘n’ roll… something that acknowledged my ambition.
• I am quite a romantic person, really, and I should have put that into my music earlier, but I was probably denying it… I didn’t want to be soft because I felt I had to be so hard to get people to believe in me.
• I don’t care what stage or what reason, as long as we’re playing.
• The world goes on, you go on and you change. You want to show the fans those changes, and you want to be able to verbalize them.
• They wouldn’t play my records on American radio because I had spiky hair. They said, ‘Punk rock doesn’t sell advertising, it won’t make any money.’
• Christ was a punk rocker.
• Great sex is great, but bad sex is like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
• Rock isn’t art, it’s the way ordinary people talk.

William Michael Albert Broad Important Facts

• Winter 1990-1991: Made the cover of “In Fashion” magazine along with Sherilyn Fenn.
• Ranked #55 on VH1’s 100 Sexiest Artists.
• His role in The Doors (1991) was originally much larger. It was reduced after his motorcycle accident in 1990.
• His name is from a bad paper he made in school. In the margin his teacher had written a short note to his parents: “Billy is Idle”. Billy took that as his name, but changed it to “Idol”, so not to be confused with actor Eric Idle.
• For the filming of the clip “Cradle of Love”, he was paralysed from the waist down (due to his motorcycle accident) so he was filmed from the torso and up.
• Is a vegetarian.
• Dropped out of the University of Sussex after 1 year.
• Was in The Bromley Contingent with Susan Dallion, later of Siouxsie and the Banshees, and John Simon Richie, later known as Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols.
• 1976: Chose his surname.
• During the making of the “Eyes Without A Face” video, he was temporarily blinded when the heat from studio lights fused his contact lenses.
• Nominated for a Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the albums “Whiplash Smile” and “Rebel Yell.”
• Had a band called Generation X. With them, he cut “Dancing With Myself” which launched his solo career.
• February 1990: Survived a serious motorcycle accident. A steel rod was surgically inserted into his right leg.
• 1992: Pleaded guilty to assault and battery charges after punching companion Amber Nevel outside a West Hollywood restaurant. He paid $2,700 in fines and was required to appear in a series of anti-drug commercials.
• 1994: Treated in a Los Angeles hospital after an apparent drug overdose.
• When Billy was 3, his father moved the family to Long Island, NY, to “find the American dream,” as Billy puts it. When the family moved back to the UK in 1962, they lived above a pub called The Running Horses in Dorking, Surrey.
• Was kicked out of the Boy Scouts at age 10 for making out with a girl
• 1980-89: Lived with Perri Lister. They had a son, Willem Wolf Broad (b. 15 June 1988).
• Known for his white spiky hair and sneer.

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