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In 2005, Billy Idol recieved a lawsuit from Jack Thompson who said that his song "White Wedding" had rascist overtones. He then was legally required to change the title to "Ethnically Diverse Wedding".
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About Jon: Jon Peter Lewis was a finalist on American Idol's third season. Following his successful run on 'Idol' and subsequent 50-city tour, he began writing and recording songs with impressive results. Presently living in Los Angeles, Jon has appeared on numerous national television programs, including The Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Good Day Live, Regis & Kelly!, MTV, TLC, and The CBS Early Show. Jon has been a recent contributor to Rolling Stone.com and will be featured in People magazine's upcoming 'Idol' success book. He will ... be profiled in the original series, Frequency, jamming with Grammy nominee Dave Koz, which is set to air on Public Television stations this summer.
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"White Wedding" was rumoured to be a "nasty put down" by Idol and then-girlfriend Perri Lister, directed at Idol's sister for thinking that getting married was the answer to getting pregnant. In the 2001 recording of VH1 Storytellers Idol refutes that, saying his sister's wedding was simply inspiration for the song, which quickly took on its own form. Years after the video, Idol's sister is still married with three children.
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Billy became involved with a group of like-minded friends, whom became known as The Bromley Contingent, formed around 1975. They were huge followers of the Sex Pistols & the punk movement in general. He had a dabble even then at writing his own songs, along with another of the members, known then as Susan Dallion. She was later to go on to bigger things & became Siouxsie Sioux with the Banshees.
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A few of Idol's songs could be heard playing in the New York dance clubs. "Dancing With Myself" had been remixed, and Idol heard the song being played at a club one night. The idea was to capitalise on the song's popularity by re-releasing it on his own.
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This is probably Billy Idol's best record, as it captures the polished punk doing what he does best -- writing songs for mainstream radio. Hard Rock guitar work, ultrasleek studio polish and the songs "Rebel Yell" and "Eyes Without A Face" brought the cartoon Punk into homes everywhere.
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