Billy Idol Interview

Madhouse Magazine: Welcome Billy, today, I want to get to the core of Billy Idol. The dirt, the gossip, the fact and fiction. The filth and the fury, if you will. 

Billy Idol: Oh I will. Sure man, bring it on. I am an open book. 

Madhouse: I read that when you were ten, you got kicked out of the Scouts for kissing a girl. Did that really happen, or was it a bit of myth-making on your part?

Billy Idol: That’s absolutely true. It wasn’t just any girl though, It was the scoutmasters wife. It broke my mother’s heart because the Scouts were connected to the school. My mother was very religious, so she was very involved in it all. Yeah, it was the Scout summer fair or something and I was snogging his wife on the grass in front of everybody. They threw me out for that. Crikey, I should have got a badge!

Madhouse: So apparently you were very fond of the ladies and you did quite well with them? 

Billy Idol: [laughs] yes you could say that. It was an endless supply. I remember a crazy story, one time I was fist-fucking Madonna in San Francisco. My hand gets caught in the nookie jar you might say. Like a virgin, my ass. It was like driving my motorcycle through the holland tunnel if you get my drift. Anyway I am in it up to my shoulder and she froze up on me. She was writhing around while dragging me around the hotel room. The bell hop tried spraying us down with a hose so she would loosen up and free me. Eventually the fire department came and used the jaws of life to extricate me.

Madhouse: What about drugs? 

Billy Idol: No thanks I don’t do drugs anymore

Madhouse: [laughs] Yes can you tell us about when you did? 

Billy Idol: My diet consisted of reds, vitamin C, cocaine, smack, opium, ecstasy and of course women. I OD’d 19 times. I flat lined 7 times.

Madhouse: What happened in Thailand?

Billy Idol: Bangkok!? I sure did. That is the perfect name for that place. Me, Michael Jackson and Bubbles went there for a sex and drugs holiday. Michael went to find some lady boys and left me and Bubbles to our own device. Bubbles always had the best drugs. Anyway 2 weeks straight we got insanely high and almost burnt the city to the ground. The movie ‘Hangover’ was loosely based on my time in Bangkok. Eventually the Thai police and military had to sedate me and bubbles, tie us to gurneys and send us back to the states. We spent an entire 14 hour flight in the baggage compartment. 

Madhouse: You had that terrible motorcycle accident and almost lost your life and your leg. Tell us about that.

Billy Idol: Yeah it was pretty bad but I also lost some really cool acting roles. I was going to have a much bigger part in ‘The Doors’ movie, but I also lost out on the lead in ‘Terminator 2’. I was going to play doughboy in ’Boyz n the Hood’ – they got Ice Cube to replace me. I would have killed that role. Others include ‘Fried Green Tomatoes’, ‘A League of Their Own’ ‘The Crying Game’ and the one I am sick about is ‘My Cousin Vinny’. Pesci was good but I would have knocked that out of the park. 

Madhouse: So recently you have been in the news for being a hero. 

Billy Idol: Yeah, I am just me man. I delivered a baby on my motorcycle. I saw a couple in distress on the side of the road. The lady was in labor. I threw her on the back of my bike and took off for the hospital. The baby could not wait, and the bumpy ride certainly did not help. I knew we were not going to make it to the hospital in time, so I pulled the bike over. I delivered the baby on the back of my motorcycle, like a trained doctor. I even cut the umbilical cord with my teeth and circumcised the baby. They named the baby after me, little Willy.