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conversations.value: A title for this story could be 'Dancing with Myself'
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conversations.value: Dancing with Myself
  Our tour in South America coincided with the first Gulf War's Operation Desert Storm, and during the day we watched the attacks taking place in Iraq. It was an incredible thing to witness the impact of modern weapons, so clearly shown on TV.
  In between shows, when we had a few days off, we went to a little peninsula resort northwest of Rio called Búzios, a rather appropriate name as about all we did there was drink, party, and go into the little town to pick up girls. One day Mark Younger-Smith felt the effects of partying too hard and called for a doctor and nurse. He wouldn't say he'd overdone it, just that he didn't feel well and thought he needed a doctor. Later, as we were making our way to a little boat that would ferry us back to Rio, we ran into the doctor who was just coming from seeing Mark. When we asked the doctor his diagnosis, he said simply, "Intoxication."
  MY CAROUSING AROUND TOWN RESULTED in my entanglement in an episode notorious in American tabloid culture. In late 1990, Art Natoli had gotten to know a woman in her twenties named Heidi Fleiss. One night, Art took me to meet her and a few of her girlfriends at Trader Vic's. Over the course of the next few months, Heidi invited Art and me to some parties she'd planned in West Hollywood. A plethora of beautifully coiffured and fashionably dressed girls in their late teens or early twenties could always be found at these parties, as well as some well-known actors. It didn't take long to realize that these girls' "charms" were for sale. Art and Heidi had become close friends, and I would often snag a girl or two or three. They were very lovely, and nothing was asked of me in return. As a bachelor in my early thirties, why would I say no?
  During the U.S. tour to promote Charmed Life, Art met a girl in Florida called Miami. Though she was only eighteen, he brought her back to L.A. to live with him on Camino Palmero in Hollywood. They seemed very happy, but after a few months they had a fight and Miami ran off to Heidi's. The girls there were among the few friends she had made in L.A.
  Art really liked Miami and was distressed when she left him. When he found out she was staying at Heidi's, he freaked at the thought of Miami possibly working for Heidi. He told me he felt betrayed by Heidi and that he wanted Miami to return to Florida.
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conversations.value: Sanctuary Records released Devil's Playground on March 22, 2005. Unfortunately, the label was struggling financially at the time, and disintegrated not long after the album was released.
  We plowed on regardless and toured with Brian as our drummer in 2005 and 2006, but the relationship between Brian and Steve continued to deteriorate until I knew I had to do something about it. After we worked with producer Josh Abraham on two new songs, "New Future Weapon" and "John Wayne," for the greatest-hits package The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself, I made the decision to let Brian go. For his part, Brian was probably ready to move on, too, so everything was amicable. After this shift, the vibes in the band improved dramatically.
  Soon after Tichy departed, Steve came to me with the idea that the live show would benefit from having a second guitarist. In fact, this is what you normally hear on our records: two interweaving guitar tracks. So at Steve's suggestion, we brought in a second guitarist, Billy Morrison, who had previously played with the Cult. He has proved a perfect fit for many reasons, including his talent as a songwriter. In fact, six of the tracks on Kings & Queens of the Underground emerged from the Idol/Stevens/Morrison trifecta.
  Billy is from New Eltham in South East London, not far from Bromley, where I lived with my parents when the punk explosion began. He is ten years younger than me but got into punk at a very young age. By hanging with Guy Jardine, another Bromley punk who I've known for years who was older than Billy, he managed to bunk into gigs for free, so he saw a number of the early punk bands, including Generation X. He was a big fan of Valley of the Dolls when it was released in 1979, so when he joined the band, we started to play some selections from that album live. Not only is Billy Morrison a good mate and a link to my days of punk in the UK, but he's also become an integral part of the new Idol sound. And as if that is not enough, he has also been our battlefield reporter, taking fans for a ride around the world with his colorful Idol Live tour diary entries on BillyIdol.net, our official website.
  Over the past few years the band has jelled into what is without question the finest band I have ever had. We have toured the U.S. and Europe several times over and have had the pleasure of visiting several countries that at one time were either behind the Iron Curtain or part of former Yugoslavia, including Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, and Macedonia. Who would have thought it? A punk from Bromley bringing joy to ten thousand screaming fans in Moscow. Too wild for the chemistry teacher from South East London who called me "Idle" to comprehend, I'm sure. And does my older music still hold up? Blimey, I think it does!
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conversations.value: Born William Michael Albert Broad, BILLY IDOL is a multiplatinum recording artist and two-time Grammy nominee. Known for successfully merging his signature punk attitude with an appealing blend of pop hooks, dance beats, and gritty metallic crunch, Idol created some of rock's most indelible anthems, including "Rebel Yell," "White Wedding," and "Cradle of Love." Idol's latest release, his first studio album in nearly a decade, is titled Kings & Queens of the Underground. He lives in Los Angeles.