Billy Idol

The snarliest singer of the '80s is back with a record that neither begs for the old days to return nor makes any kind of embarrassing concession to the present. "Super Overdrive" is in Idol's classic style -- half Eddie Cochran, half studio punk -- and "Yellin' at the Xmas Tree" shows he's not afraid to be controversial.

Did somebody say, "New Billy Idol album"? Thanks, God! The quintessential 1980s New Wave
glam-rock leather boy is back, for his first album in twelve long years. On Devil's
Playground, Idol reunites with guitar foil Steve Stevens and producer Keith Forsey to
return to the glory days of "Rebel Yell" and "White Wedding." The results are much better
than his 1993 sci-fi shark jump, Cyberpunk, and so it automatically counts as the... More >