BILLY IDOL - Whiplash Smile (Reissue) warners-rhino Enlisting a brilliant cast of

Enlisting a brilliant cast of collaborators

The earliest recordings trace back to sessions held at Lissvik’s art school and Hägg’s rehearsal space between 2001 and 2004

lyrically it gathers memories of teenage friendship

inhabiting a personality-driven idiom with more charisma and originality than most anyone else

BILLY IDOL - Whiplash Smile (Reissue) warners-rhino Enlisting a brilliant cast of1LP Black Vinyl (2025 Reissue). The album burst into life with guitarist Steve Stevens suitably muscular riffing on the opening Worlds Forgotten Boy, and its clutch of flashy, hi octane anthems (Dont Need A Gun, Soul Standing By, and Fatal Charm) played to Idols strengths, with their punk and hard rock credentials given a mainstream sheen and embellished with dancefloor friendly beats by producer Keith Forsey.