| Designed by | Akasha Archer |
| Imprint | Touchstone |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | US |
| Copyright | 2014 |
| First Printing | 2014-10 |
| Pages / Font | 326 pages |
| ISBN | 978-1-4516-2850-0 |
| EAN 5 | 52800 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 782.42166092--dc23 |
| Chapters | Prologue: They Say If You Hear The Bang, You're Still Alive
Part 1: London
One: I Let Out My First Rebel Yell
Two: England Swings Like A Pendulum Do
Three: Rock 'N' Roll High School: Long Hair, Flares, And Hash Tobacco Cigarettes
Four: Sucking In The '70s
Five: And Then There Was Punk
Six: In A Revolution, One Year Equals Five
Seven: Generation X Marks The Spot: William Broad Becomes Billy Idol
Eight: A Night At The Roxy
Nine: Punk Comes Of Age When The Two Sevens Clash
Ten: Youth Youth Youth: Break On Through To The Other Side
Eleven: White Light, White Heat, White Riots
Twelve: Not Selling Out, But Buying In
Thirteen: Bands Across The Ocean
Fourteen: Ready Steady Go
Fifteen: And I Guess That I Just Don't Know
Sixteen: You Better Hang On To Yourself
Part II: New York City
Seventeen: A Rock 'N' Roll Conquistador Invades America And Burns His Boats Upon Arrival
Eighteen: Making Mony Mony: A Left-Coast Fusion Of Punk And Disco
Nineteen: If You Can Make It Here
Twenty: Hot In The City: The Making Of Solo Billy Idol
Twenty-One: Hollywood Daze And Tequila Nights
Twenty-Two: I Want My MTV: Videos Thrills The Radio Star
Twenty-Three: Rebel Yell With A Cause
Twenty-Four: A Change In Pace Of Fantasy And Taste
Twenty-Five: Everybody Must Get Rolling Stoned
Twenty-Six: The Roar Of A Lion And A Nonstop Global Orgy
Twenty-Seven: Just A Perfect Day
Twenty-Eight: King Death: An Aborted Film Project Signals The End Of An Idol Maker
Twenty-Nine: Top Of The World, Ma
Thirty: Return To Splendour
Thirty-One: The Luck Of The Irish
Part III: Los Angeles
Thirty-Two: We Need A Miracle Joy, We Need A Rock And Roll Boy
Thirty-Three: La Vie Enchanté
Thirty-Four: City Of Night
Thirty-Five: Trouble With The Sweet Stuff
Thirty-Six: Drunken, Stupid & Naked
Thirty-Seven: I Bear A Charmed Life, Which Must Not Yield
Thirty-Eight: Hollywood Promises
Thirty-Nine: Have A Fuck On Me
Forty: The Madam And The Preacher
Forty-One: Mind Fire
Forty-Two: Bitter Pill
Forty-Three: My Road Is Long, It Lingers On
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Index Prologue: They Say If You Hear The Bang, You're Still Alive
Part 1: London
One: I Let Out My First Rebel Yell
Two: England Swings Like A Pendulum Do
Three: Rock 'N' Roll High School: Long Hair, Flares, And Hash Tobacco Cigarettes
Four: Sucking In The '70s
Five: And Then There Was Punk
Six: In A Revolution, One Year Equals Five
Seven: Generation X Marks The Spot: William Broad Becomes Billy Idol
Eight: A Night At The Roxy
Nine: Punk Comes Of Age When The Two Sevens Clash
Ten: Youth Youth Youth: Break On Through To The Other Side
Eleven: White Light, White Heat, White Riots
Twelve: Not Selling Out, But Buying In
Thirteen: Bands Across The Ocean
Fourteen: Ready Steady Go
Fifteen: And I Guess That I Just Don't Know
Sixteen: You Better Hang On To Yourself
Part II: New York City
Seventeen: A Rock 'N' Roll Conquistador Invades America And Burns His Boats Upon Arrival
Eighteen: Making Mony Mony: A Left-Coast Fusion Of Punk And Disco
Nineteen: If You Can Make It Here
Twenty: Hot In The City: The Making Of Solo Billy Idol
Twenty-One: Hollywood Daze And Tequila Nights
Twenty-Two: I Want My MTV: Videos Thrills The Radio Star
Twenty-Three: Rebel Yell With A Cause
Twenty-Four: A Change In Pace Of Fantasy And Taste
Twenty-Five: Everybody Must Get Rolling Stoned
Twenty-Six: The Roar Of A Lion And A Nonstop Global Orgy
Twenty-Seven: Just A Perfect Day
Twenty-Eight: King Death: An Aborted Film Project Signals The End Of An Idol Maker
Twenty-Nine: Top Of The World, Ma
Thirty: Return To Splendour
Thirty-One: The Luck Of The Irish
Part III: Los Angeles
Thirty-Two: We Need A Miracle Joy, We Need A Rock And Roll Boy
Thirty-Three: La Vie Enchanté
Thirty-Four: City Of Night
Thirty-Five: Trouble With The Sweet Stuff
Thirty-Six: Drunken, Stupid & Naked
Thirty-Seven: I Bear A Charmed Life, Which Must Not Yield
Thirty-Eight: Hollywood Promises
Thirty-Nine: Have A Fuck On Me
Forty: The Madam And The Preacher
Forty-One: Mind Fire
Forty-Two: Bitter Pill
Forty-Three: My Road Is Long, It Lingers On
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
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