BILLY IDOL
Devil's Playground (Sanctuary)
Reviewed by John Sekerka

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How long does it take to forget the career skidding "Cyberpunk" fiasco? Billy's hoping thirteen years will suffice. So let's turn the clocks back and pretend we're air punching to "Rebel Yell," c'mon I know you wanna. That's better. Sure Billy's got a coupla extra crinkles in his jaw, but the white hair stands up (smart move fella), and Steve Stevens is back crunching out roaring guitar riffs. Billy can still scream out the rippers (surprisingly fetching ones to boot) and croon out the ballads (sob), so there's no need to pretend the eighties went and died. It's a win-win situation, and along with the Duran Duran comeback (original line-up thank you very much), this pretty well completes the cycle we had only dreamt of.

© 2005 - John Sekerka