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Billy Idol To Release First New Music In 7 Years

Written by Johnson Stephen on August 11, 2021

‘Bitter Taste’ is the first brand new music in seven years from Billy Idol and is the first single to be lifted from his new release ‘The Roadside EP’, which is set for release on 17^th September 2021 via Dark Horse Records.

Produced by Butch Walker (Green Day, Weezer, Pink), ‘The Roadside EP’ takes Billy Idol into new but familiar waters full of colour, power, atmosphere, attitude and mystery. On ‘The Roadside EP’, Billy Idol is joined by his friend and collaborator since 1981, guitarist and co-songwriter Steve Stevens.

‘Bitter Taste’ features some of Idol’s most introspective and confessional lyrics ever, as he confronts death, rebirth, and his personal growth in the thirty-one years since his near-fatal 1990 motorcycle accident.

”I think everyone has been feeling more reflective (during the pandemic). So, it seemed quite logical and natural to write something about my motorcycle accident” Idol explains before adding ”Certainly, the motorcycle accident was the catharsis, the wake-up moment. A little bit of me got left on that roadside. But it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing in the end;it was a wake-up call. Maybe on that roadside I left behind the irreverent youthful Billy and opened the door for a more attentive father and a more sensitive musician.”