Billy Idol's Sad And Often Troubling Life

[@GrungeHQ]

What do you think of Billy Idol's life and career over the years?

[@los__unicos2777]

one of my inspirations fr

[@AMentorway4u]

Its amazing what the human body can tollerate, while others die of a seemingly little thing.

[@RazorRevenge]

I adore Billy Idol. Every time I hear him on the radio I blast the speakers. I’ll forever be thankful for my father for the music he raised me on.

[@EllaGijsberta]

Absolutely, I adore his music, it got everything in it.

[@kathyo9420]

I’m glad he's still with us. He may be a boomer but he 100% represents the OG Gen X. Love him.

[@meganconn142]

I was once an addict with very little time to live. I'm 10 years sober now and what matters in life has really become clear. Godspeed Billy Idol ✌️ I know a little bit of where you're coming from. ❤️

[@deoge3278]

That's awesome. And I too can relate. Havent touched booze in 14 yrs...and clean from dope for 9. It's a hard road. But it is worth it.

[@shiTthebed86]

I know how you both feel. I'm 8 years free from subway sandwiches. Them meatball subs are highly addictive and can ruin your life at over £7 for just one foot long, they know you are going to buy a drink and probably a cookie too. So before you know it you are £10 in every trip you make. Me I was making 2-3 trips per day I was really quite dangerously hooked to the point I was spending over £10000 a year on sandwiches. I could have bought myself my dream car (Honda jazz 1.4i EX) after three years of addiction. I know own my very own Honda jazz and have grown up loads since then. I'm now going down the same road with jacket potato's but that a story for another day.

[@jenny2tone242]

@@shiTthebed86 😂

[@kamivenus753]

Congrats! 😊

[@angelaholmes8888]

I'm glad Billy is now sober and still alive 🙂

[@Kissameassa538]

“ A bit addicted to crack” that’s like saying you are a little bit pregnant. Don’t get me wrong I bloody love this man . ❤️🇬🇧

[@kamivenus753]

Right!? Lol

[@leesashriber5097]

Absolutely love Billy Idol and his music. I loved the 80's. He's had his demons but I hope he's on a good path now. 🙏😊

[@robertjones8771]

I ALWAYS Liked Mr.Idol!😖.💪🏾

[@heatherr0420]

I adore Billy Idol, and to this day I still have a crush on him. I love seeing him on Instagram with his grandkids. It shows a different side of him, one that's sweet and adorable. It just makes me love him even more. #foreverrebelyell

[@OddMavis]

Omg I love Billy Idol. He’s freaking amazing. ❤️ He’s still hot too lol

[@marymoor935]

My favourite song ever is Dancing with myself, still.put it on, and dance by myself🤣

[@Latrodectus_vv_]

When that "bitter taste" song came out I couldn't stop listening to it. It is excellent and soulful. One of my top songs still right now.

[@randym9147]

I always liked the guy's style. I had no idea he was such a puck up.

[@J1995M]

I feel bad that he struggled so hard with drugs and alcohol, but man do I love me some Billy Idol music.

[@pendarvis]

Billy is one of the most awesome humans I've ever had the pleasure to know. Amazingly intelligent, loving, generous and grateful. ...and still rides his motorcycle every single day.

[@shefrapeterson4511]

I ❤️ Billy Idol, Eyes without a face, is my favorite song! I ❤️ him in the wedding singer!

[@ericurdiales8978]

With such a rip roaring addicted personality, I’m so thankful he survived, and still going. I too have an addictive personality, and people that don’t, can’t truly understand it. You have to walk in the shoes of an addicted person to really get it. I’m in recovery as well, and have been sober since 2008. Unfortunately I severely broke my back by falling, and ended up with 5 vertebrae being fused. I have no choice but to take pain meds for the daily excruciating pain. I’m “physically addicted”, but I don’t use my medicine recreationally. I don’t get the warm fuzzies anymore, and haven’t in years, cuz the pain eats it up, which is just fine by me. Addiction sucks so bad, especially for those on illicit street drugs. They’re almost impossible to let go of. Thank goodness Billy made it through. He still has to be careful though, because addiction never goes away.

[@nickyking3143]

I wad a teen in the 80's and was a Billy Idol fanatic 💚💛💜

[@sirenthomas4595]

7 when rock the cradle of love came out lmaoooo...why was I listening to him that young lol

[@sherryshane9797]

It's nice to see him now as he's older

[@Jason-nn9pl]

Nothing against Billy Idol but I'm glad he didn't get the part for T2, that would have sucked!

[@OldMovieRob]

Alright, now I've got something to chat with my eye doctor about: So, just wondering, how do you remove contact lenses when they fuse to your eyeballs?

[@blondie944]

That would of been awesome seeing billy idol as a terminator

[@LenorJohnson-k7l]

He still looks good at his age now

[@michaelscriver5395]

Rebel yell

[@raquelvargas148]

Mi amor platónico ❤❤ My love Billy 😍❤

[@dalehoward3704]

I'm glad Billy Idol is alive and doing well. Great music ❤

[@jerryrichards8172]

These guys look back at there addictions like badges of passage.

[@katelist8367]

Melissa Gilbert? 😳

[@donnamascio8610]

That !

[@lenaaustin6692]

Lol Half-pint.

[@kamivenus753]

Lol right

[@allybrosia3725]

She’s so homely. Billy was lunching with that one 😂

[@janpatterson6302]

Power to you Billy. My all time favorite song wad white wedding

[@hollywood423]

It was my dad's bungalows across the street from the Whisky

[@Learntoswim77]

Billy was beautiful.

[@LenorJohnson-k7l]

Love Billy idols music

[@bobcurtis3958]

Would have been cool to see him play the T-1000!

[@jlamberto4456]

A friend is a recording engineer who was a tech at a studio where Billy Idol was supposed to record in the 90's. According to him, they spent a few days and didn't record a note. It was stardust and professional girlfriends the whole time. Those studios are expensive and though ultimately Idol was paying for the time, I'm sure the record label wasn't impressed.

[@mightyturkeyneck3498]

I've taken most drugs over the years, & I can actually personally identify with some of these crazed stories. But I'll say this: whilst I am not ENDORSING hard drugs, I have to avow that no drug ever got me in more trouble with the authorities than alcohol. I was quite familiar with the drunk tank, & the times I've taken a beating from police, it's been when I am blind drunk acting like a psycho. Hey, I still smoke weed (& take a little speed from time to time), but I haven't been drunk in about 6 years now. & in those years, I have had zero interactions with the police. I just get high, sit in my room & write, instead of bein drunk & going out on the town hall blacked out & full of drunken rage & bravado. Hell was inevitably the result. I have a much more "manageable" life now, to heist a word from the 12-Step people.🦃

[@daskritterhaus5491]

took my kid to outdoor concert former CNE stadium Toronto. she boasted about it at school next week even showed them the ticket stub. the guitarist was something else.

[@Varkalis1]

I have a hard time believing he was at the Chateau Marmont the night John Belushi died.

[@freyamckenzie5583]

Funny that.

[@sherryshane9797]

Looks like his dad

[@LenorJohnson-k7l]

Is he still alive?

[@nancisantos3914]

Será que seus pais ainda estão vivos

[@freyamckenzie5583]

Billy Idol, Sagittarius ♐ with Moon in Gemini ♊, Acsendant in Gemini ♊ born during the year of The Wood Goat 🐐, life path seven. Hope he likes God. Jim Morrison was Sagittarius ♐ born during the year of The Water Goat 🐐.

[@los__unicos2777]

What am I

[@allybrosia3725]

Can you expound on this?

[@actsismmljcorrectlyobeyed6190]

When an image you're trying to exhibit becomes your idol god.

[@grantm902]

Were his parents siblings...?

[@ivettrzepielova6566]

What.. ?? Are you crazy? 😠

[@kamivenus753]

😂😂