Billy Idol – författare

In this original memoir following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution, the iconic superstar tells the real story behind the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that he is famous for. A member of the punk rock revolution whose music crossed over into the pop mainstream during the 1980s, Billy Idol is a rock 'n' roll legend. Dancing With Myselfwill cover the events and the people who shaped his life, his music, and his career, including accounts of his childhood in England and the U.S., his year at Sussex University, his membership in the Bromley Contingent, his period spent hanging out with the Sex Pistols, his time in Siouxsie and the Banshees, Chelsea, and Generation X. Idol also tackles his successful solo career, which involved collaboration with Steve Stevens and, ultimately, some of the most influential, ground-breaking music videos ever seen on MTV. In Dancing With Myself, Idol renders detailed accounts of his life's highs and lows with the unapologetically in-your-face attitude and exuberance that made him famous. In part a survivor's story, but equally a very funny and always riveting account of one man's creative drive.

»Berättar hela den galna historien.« | ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE»I ve put it all down, every bit from the heart. I m going out on a limb here, so watch my back.« | BILLY IDOL En av de tidigaste punkarkitekterna soundet, stilen, ilskan vars putmun och muskelpumpande persona också tog honom till popens mainstream som en av MTV:s första megastjärnor: Billy Idol.I denna efterlängtade självbiografi redogör han glödande ärligt för hela karriären, från de tidiga åren som frontman för punkpionjärerna Generation X, till det dekadenta livet fyllt till bristningsgränsen av sex och droger som glamrockens superstjärna på åttiotalet. Allt levererat med samma in your face-attityd som fått fansen att älska honom i decennier.Förutom ett unikt inifrånperspektiv på rockens utveckling är Dancing with Myself en överlevares berättelse. Underhållande, chockerande, ständigt fascinerande. Om en mans kreativa kraft och ett ohämmat mänskligt begär.Boken är rikt illustrerad med tidigare opublicerade bilder. I översättning av Jens Ahlberg.BILLY IDOL, född 1955 i Stanmore i Middlesex, är en engelsk musiker, låtskrivare och skådespelare. Billy Idol blev först känd som tongivande medlem i punkbandet Generation X. Som soloartist kom han att bli en av MTV-erans största stjärnor, med låtar som »White Wedding«, »Rebel Yell« och »Dancing with Myself«.»Billy Idol bevisar att han är mer än en kaxig putmun och spikes i den här extremt frispråkiga självbiografin om hans privatliv och karriär. Vem hade kunnat tro att han var så djupsinnig och självreflekterande? Billy Idol får en att vilja ha More! More! More! « | NEWSDAY

A Rolling Stone Top 10 Best Music Books of the Year “That’s what I’m talking about…Of all these memoirs, Dancing With Myself was the only one that stimulated my envy—made me want to be Billy Idol for five minutes….He’s a genuine romantic, writing in a kind of overheated journalese about his London punk rock roots…and then falling head over heels for America.” —James Parker, The New York Times Book Review In this highly original memoir—following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his rise to fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution—the iconic superstar tells the real story behind the sex, drugs, and rock ''n'' roll that he is so fabulously famous for, in his own utterly indelible voice.An early architect of punk rock’s sound, style, and fury, whose lip-curling sneer and fist-pumping persona vaulted him into pop’s mainstream as one of MTV’s first megastars, Billy Idol remains, to this day, a true rock ‘n’ roll icon. Now, in his New York Times bestselling autobiography, Dancing with Myself, Idol delivers an electric, “refreshingly honest” (Daily News, New York) account of his journey to fame—from his early days as front man of the pioneering UK punk band Generation X to the decadent life atop the dance-rock kingdom he ruled—delivered with the same in-your-face attitude and fire his fans have embraced for decades. Beyond adding his uniquely qualified perspective to the story of the evolution of rock, Idol is a brash, lively chronicler of his own career. A survivor’s tale at its heart, this sometimes chilling and always riveting account of one man’s creative drive joining forces with unbridled human desire is unmistakably literary in its character and brave in its sheer willingness to tell. With it, Billy Idol is destined to emerge as one of the great writers among his musical peers. “I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist. Pen to paper, I’ve put it all down, every bit from the heart. I’m going on out a limb here, so watch my back.” —Billy Idol

A Rolling Stone Top 10 Best Music Books of the Year “That’s what I’m talking about…Of all these memoirs, Dancing With Myself was the only one that stimulated my envy—made me want to be Billy Idol for five minutes….He’s a genuine romantic, writing in a kind of overheated journalese about his London punk rock roots…and then falling head over heels for America.” —James Parker, The New York Times Book Review In this highly original memoir—following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his rise to fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution—the iconic superstar tells the real story behind the sex, drugs, and rock ''n'' roll that he is so fabulously famous for, in his own utterly indelible voice.An early architect of punk rock’s sound, style, and fury, whose lip-curling sneer and fist-pumping persona vaulted him into pop’s mainstream as one of MTV’s first megastars, Billy Idol remains, to this day, a true rock ‘n’ roll icon. Now, in his New York Times bestselling autobiography, Dancing with Myself, Idol delivers an electric, “refreshingly honest” (Daily News, New York) account of his journey to fame—from his early days as front man of the pioneering UK punk band Generation X to the decadent life atop the dance-rock kingdom he ruled—delivered with the same in-your-face attitude and fire his fans have embraced for decades. Beyond adding his uniquely qualified perspective to the story of the evolution of rock, Idol is a brash, lively chronicler of his own career. A survivor’s tale at its heart, this sometimes chilling and always riveting account of one man’s creative drive joining forces with unbridled human desire is unmistakably literary in its character and brave in its sheer willingness to tell. With it, Billy Idol is destined to emerge as one of the great writers among his musical peers. “I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist. Pen to paper, I’ve put it all down, every bit from the heart. I’m going on out a limb here, so watch my back.” —Billy Idol

»Berättar hela den galna historien.« | ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE »Ive put it all down, every bit from the heart. Im going out on a limb here, so watch my back.« | BILLY IDOL En av de tidigaste punkarkitekterna soundet, stilen, ilskan vars putmun och muskelpumpande persona också tog honom till popens mainstream som en av MTV:s första megastjärnor: Billy Idol. I denna efterlängtade självbiografi redogör han glödande ärligt för hela karriären, från de tidiga åren som frontman för punkpionjärerna Generation X, till det dekadenta livet fyllt till bristningsgränsen av sex och droger som glamrockens superstjärna på åttiotalet. Allt levererat med samma in your face-attityd som fått fansen att älska honom i decennier. Förutom ett unikt inifrånperspektiv på rockens utveckling är Dancing with Myself en överlevares berättelse. Underhållande, chockerande, ständigt fascinerande. Om en mans kreativa kraft och ett ohämmat mänskligt begär. Boken är rikt illustrerad med tidigare opublicerade bilder. I översättning av Jens Ahlberg. BILLY IDOL, född 1955 i Stanmore i Middlesex, är en engelsk musiker, låtskrivare och skådespelare. Billy Idol blev först känd som tongivande medlem i punkbandet Generation X. Som soloartist kom han att bli en av MTV-erans största stjärnor, med låtar som »White Wedding«, »Rebel Yell« och »Dancing with Myself«. »Billy Idol bevisar att han är mer än en kaxig putmun och spikes i den här extremt frispråkiga självbiografin om hans privatliv och karriär. Vem hade kunnat tro att han var så djupsinnig och självreflekterande? Billy Idol får en att vilja ha More! More! More!« | NEWSDAY