Billy Idol: “I’m lucky to be still alive”

The 69 -year -old Billy Idol He just released his latest album, “Dream Into it” (Read the review here), and is now busy on tour in the United States together with Joan Jett. In an interview granted to USA Today, among the other themes touched, he recalled his past not really quiet telling himself lucky to be here today to be able to tell them. The musician from the British Christmas whose real name is William Michael Albert Broad He explained: “I am lucky to be here. If I did today what I was doing in the 80s, I would have died. Many didn’t make it.”

The former punk band frontman of Generation X He talked about his past problems with drugs and alcohol abuse, which also include an overdose in 1994. Idol defines himself as a ‘California Siber’, a term used to describe people who occasionally drink or smoke cannabis, refraining from any other drug. However, one should not think of him as an education, in fact he declares: “I certainly still have a wild side. There is still the boy who I don’t mind risk, but I try to keep him under control. The boy who is willing to move to another continent to start his life again or to play his future often”. Adding that it relates to a simple rule of conduct: “If I do something exaggerated, do not continue to do so the next day”.

Billy Idol He was among the musicians in nomination and do his own entrance into the rock and roll hall of hungerUnfortunately he was not elected. In the interview, carried out before the announcement, on this eventuality he had reflected: “If I did not have to enter, it would not be the end of the world because there is always another year. But if I do it, it will be an opportunity to thank the fans. They are the reason why we are here, I have remained next to it for better or for worse. And believe me, some moments have been difficult. This is why I continue to go on.”