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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Touchstone Books
Publication date
September 29, 2015
Pages
326
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781451628517
ISBN-10
145162851X
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
Original list price
$17.00
Subjects
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Living Like a Runaway | White Line Fever | 18 and Life on Skid Row | Slash | It's So Easy | Tommyland | Rocks | Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll
Living Like a Runaway | White Line Fever | 18 and Life on Skid Row | Slash | It's So Easy | Tommyland | Rocks | Sex, Drugs, Ratt & Roll
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Chosen by Rolling Stone as one of the 10 Best Music Books of 2014
âThatâs what Iâm talking aboutâ¦Of all these memoirs, Dancing With Myself was the only one that stimulated my envyâmade me want to be Billy Idol for five minutesâ¦.Heâs a genuine romantic, writing in a kind of overheated journalese about his London punk rock rootsâ¦and then falling head over heels for Americaâ (James Parker, The New York Times Book Review).
An early architect of punk rockâs sound, style, and fury, whose lip-curling sneer and fist-pumping persona vaulted him into popâs mainstream as one of MTVâs first megastars, Billy Idol remains, to this day, a true rock ânâ roll icon.
Now, in his New York Times bestselling autobiography, Dancing with Myself, Idol delivers an electric, ârefreshingly honestâ (Daily News, New York) account of his journey to fameâfrom his early days as front man of the pioneering UK punk band Generation X to the decadent life atop the dance-rock kingdom he ruledâdelivered with the same in-your-face attitude and fire his fans have embraced for decades. Beyond adding his uniquely qualified perspective to the story of the evolution of rock, Idol is a brash, lively chronicler of his own career.
A survivorâs tale at its heart, this sometimes chilling and always riveting account of one manâs creative drive joining forces with unbridled human desire is unmistakably literary in its character and brave in its sheer willingness to tell. With it, Billy Idol is destined to emerge as one of the great writers among his musical peers.
âI am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist. Pen to paper, Iâve put it all down, every bit from the heart. Iâm going on out a limb here, so watch my back.â âBilly Idol
âThatâs what Iâm talking aboutâ¦Of all these memoirs, Dancing With Myself was the only one that stimulated my envyâmade me want to be Billy Idol for five minutesâ¦.Heâs a genuine romantic, writing in a kind of overheated journalese about his London punk rock rootsâ¦and then falling head over heels for Americaâ (James Parker, The New York Times Book Review).
An early architect of punk rockâs sound, style, and fury, whose lip-curling sneer and fist-pumping persona vaulted him into popâs mainstream as one of MTVâs first megastars, Billy Idol remains, to this day, a true rock ânâ roll icon.
Now, in his New York Times bestselling autobiography, Dancing with Myself, Idol delivers an electric, ârefreshingly honestâ (Daily News, New York) account of his journey to fameâfrom his early days as front man of the pioneering UK punk band Generation X to the decadent life atop the dance-rock kingdom he ruledâdelivered with the same in-your-face attitude and fire his fans have embraced for decades. Beyond adding his uniquely qualified perspective to the story of the evolution of rock, Idol is a brash, lively chronicler of his own career.
A survivorâs tale at its heart, this sometimes chilling and always riveting account of one manâs creative drive joining forces with unbridled human desire is unmistakably literary in its character and brave in its sheer willingness to tell. With it, Billy Idol is destined to emerge as one of the great writers among his musical peers.
âI am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist. Pen to paper, Iâve put it all down, every bit from the heart. Iâm going on out a limb here, so watch my back.â âBilly Idol
Editions
Hardcover
from Touchstone Books (October 7, 2014)
9781451628500 | details & prices | 326 pages | 5.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $28.00
About: “I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist.
About: “I am hopelessly divided between the dark and the good, the rebel and the saint, the sex maniac and the monk, the poet and the priest, the demagogue and the populist.
from Gardners Books (October 7, 2014)
9780857205582 | details & prices | 336 pages | List price $33.80
About: In this original memoir following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution, the iconic superstar tells the real story behind the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that he is famous for.
About: In this original memoir following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution, the iconic superstar tells the real story behind the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that he is famous for.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Touchstone Books (September 29, 2015)
9781451628517 | details & prices | 326 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $17.00
About: Chosen by Rolling Stone as one of the 10 Best Music Books of 2014 âThatâs what Iâm talking aboutâ¦Of all these memoirs, Dancing With Myself was the only one that stimulated my envyâmade me want to be Billy Idol for five minutesâ¦.
About: Chosen by Rolling Stone as one of the 10 Best Music Books of 2014 âThatâs what Iâm talking aboutâ¦Of all these memoirs, Dancing With Myself was the only one that stimulated my envyâmade me want to be Billy Idol for five minutesâ¦.
With Gregory McDonald |
Reissue edition from Warner Books Inc (August 1, 1986); titled "Fletch and the Man Who"
9780446355605 | details & prices | 4.00 × 5.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $4.99
This edition also contains Fletch and the Man Who
About: “A girl jumped off the motel’s roof.
This edition also contains Fletch and the Man Who
About: “A girl jumped off the motel’s roof.
CD/Spoken Word
Unabridged edition from Simon & Schuster (June 30, 2016)
9781442380332 | details & prices | 5.10 × 5.80 × 0.90 in. | List price $39.99
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