New documentary Billy Idol Should Be Dead is in theaters starting today (2/26) and tracks Billy Idol’s life and career from one of the original UK punks as part of Generation X to MTV icon and international superstar, and through his battles with alcohol and drug abuse, a motorcycle accident that nearly took his life, and making it out the other side.
Billy Idol Should Be Dead was directed by music video giant Jonas Åkerlund and mixes rare archival footage with new interviews and animation. Those interviews include Billy, but also longtime solo collaborator Steve Stevens and Generation X’s Tony James and Derwood Andrews, plus Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong, Miley Cyrus, Guns N’ Roses‘ Duff McKagan, The Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones and Paul Cook, Pete Townshend, Duran Duran’s John Taylor, and more.
You can watch the official trailer below and find a theater near you here.
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