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.
