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Billy Idol
  Nov. 30, 1955
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His real name is William Broad. The name Idol is based on a report card he received that said, "Billy is an idle student."
Before going solo in 1981, he was leader of the Punk band Generation X.
He suffered serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in 1990.
He played himself in the 1998 Adam Sandler movie The Wedding Singer.
Idol is the voice of Odin in the animated movie Heavy Metal 2000.
After a show in London in 1989, Idol was attacked by a fan who ran after him and stabbed him in the leg.
Billy is a vegetarian. He doesn't eat meat, but does wear leather. (thanks, tiffane - kalispell, MT)
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Comments:
The only reason Idol is a vegetarian is because according to him, rock and roll and food don't go together.
- tiffane, kalispell, MT
Billy Idol is a vegetarian. He became a vegetarian not due to animal rights but due to the fact of being a rocker, drinking and keeping weird hours, his stomach would get upset. So he made a conscious decision to stop eating meat to avoid the stomach problems. He loves his leather pants ;)
- ANNIE, Norman, OK
"After a show in London in 1989, Idol was attacked by a fan who ran after him and stabbed him in the leg." wtf?? Why would his fan stab him? =(
- Casey, Costa Mesa, CA
He is a vegetarian.
- tiffane, kalispell, MT
was in a motorcycle accident in 1990
- tiffane, kalispell, MT
also had a small part in oliver stones the doors movie
- marlow, perth, Australia

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