Album: Devil's Playground by Billy Idol (2005)
Genre: Post-Punk | Style: Rock/Pop | Mood: Crazy
Format: Album

Description: Devil's Playground, released March 22, 2005 is the sixth full-length studio album by Billy Idol and features his first studio album in over a decade (the latest being 1993's Cyberpunk), and his first new studio songs since 2001 (Idol's cover of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" on Greatest Hits). The album also reunited Idol in the studio with guitarist Steve Stevens and producer Keith Forsey. All songs were written or co-written by Idol except "Plastic Jesus". The album was engineered and mixed by Brian Reeves at the Jungle Room in Los Angeles.

Idol and the band supported the album with a world tour of rock festival appearances in 2005 and 2006, including several performances on the Vans Warped Tour.

The song "Scream" was used in an episode of Viva La Bam, in which Idol also guest starred, where he and Bam Margera sing it as they go down the highway.

Artist Background: Born William Michael Albert Broad in Middlesex, England, in 1955, the first child of Bill and Joan Broad. When he was 2, his father moved the family to Long Island, New York, in pursuit of the American dream. They returned 4 years later (now with a baby sister, Jane) to Dorking. America made a big impression on Billy; he loved the big cars and rock music. The family moved next to the Running Horses Public House in Mickleham, until 1963, while their home in Goring, Sussex, was being built. The... Part of the Stanmore, Middlesex, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Related Artists: Generation X, Duran Duran, The Police, INXS

Music Scene: Part of the Stanmore, Middlesex, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Post-Punk movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Post-Punk, Rock/Pop, Crazy, 2000s, Album

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Devil's Playground, released March 22, 2005 is the sixth full-length studio album by Billy Idol and features his first studio album in over a decade (the latest being 1993's Cyberpunk), and his first new studio songs since 2001 (Idol's cover of "Don't You (Forget About Me)" on Greatest Hits). The album also reunited Idol in the studio with guitarist Steve Stevens and producer Keith Forsey. All songs were written or co-written by Idol except "Plastic Jesus". The album was engineered and mixed by Brian Reeves at the Jungle Room in Los Angeles.

Idol and the band supported the album with a world tour of rock festival appearances in 2005 and 2006, including several performances on the Vans Warped Tour.

The song "Scream" was used in an episode of Viva La Bam, in which Idol also guest starred, where he and Bam Margera sing it as they go down the highway.

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