HIS MUSIC WAS THE SOUNDTRACK TO MY ADOLESENCE AND HIS LOOK WAS AND STILL IS ABSOLUTELY GLAM HARD ROCK AND PUNK, WITH THE BLEACHED HAIR, LEATHER, ROUGH BRITISH ACCENT AND HIS CHARMING TRADEMARK SNEER…THE FORMER PUNK FRONT MAN FOR THE LONDON BAND GENERATION X, BORN WILLIAM MICHAEL ALBERT BROAD, OR AS WE KNOW HIM …THE BAD BOY ROCKER BILLY IDOL AND ON THIS DATE 40 YEARS AGO, HE DROPPED HIS 2ND SOLO ALBUM THAT GAVE THIS SMALL TOWN GIRL A BIT OF AN ANTHEM…REBEL YELL, AND ALONG WITH THE TITLE TRACK, THE ALBUM INCLUDED THE SINGLES ‘EYES WITHOUT A FACE’ AND ‘FLESH FOR FANTASY’… BILLY IDOL HELPED BREAK PUNK DRIVEN ROCK INTO THE MAINSTREAM BY BLENDING IT WITH NEW WAVE AND HARD ROCK. THE TITLE OF THE ALBUM WAS INSPIRED BY A PARTY IDOL ATTENDED WITH THE ROLLING STONES WHERE THEY DRANK REBEL YELL BOURBON WHISKEY …YOU CAN KEEP THE WHISKEY, AS FOR BILLY IDOL, I WILL ALWAYS YELL…MORE, MORE, MOOORE…”REBEL YELL” ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
