William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English punk singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He achieved fame in the 1970s emerging from the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of the group Generation X.

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Billy Idol began the 1980’s in an apartment on Manhattan’s then-grubby Upper West Side furnished with only a mattress on the floor and a black and white TV; he ended the same decade with numerous platinum albums and sold out tours worldwide.

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Billy Idol brought the look and sound of punk rock to the masses. A seminal figure of the London scene, Idol became a household name in America in the 1980s through heavy radio airplay and continuous rotation on MTV. Idol’s signature sound – rock & roll with a crooner’s soul – created some of the most enduring hits of the 1980s and beyond.

William Michael Albert Broad [1] (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English rock musician and singer-songwriter. He became famous in the 1970s as a member of Generation X.