Billy Idol | Club Random with Bill Maher
3/2/20261 hr 20 min
Rock royalty is in the house. Billy Idol sits down with Bill Maher and nothing is off-limits. From snorting heroin backstage to smoking crack to kick the heroin habit (“it worked!”), Idol tells stories that would make most publicists quit on the spot. They swap sharp takes on Frank Sinatra being a drunk bully to his son, debate whether John Lennon could really hold his own without Paul McCartney and trace the Beatles’ takeover of America. Idol reveals how a near-fatal overdose left him turning blue in a hotel room, how a brutal motorcycle accident became his real turning point...
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First 90 secondsBill Maher· Host0:00
While you were remodeling your backyard to make it more, you know, zen-y, uh, we were remodeling our merch store to make it more random. [laughs] We've slapped our new logo on T-shirts, tie-dyes, hoodies, and hats, and all with premium printed labels. Look, I wasn't kidding. We have it, because tags are like the junk mail of clothing. All merch is available exclusively at clubrandom.com. Once again, that's clubrandom.com. [upbeat music] When you should be dead.
Billy Idol· Guest0:33
Well, the late '70s, '80s, '90s as well.
Bill Maher· Host0:35
All those decades.
Billy Idol· Guest0:37
Yeah.
Bill Maher· Host0:37
Oh.
Billy Idol· Guest0:37
[laughs] [laughs] Club Random.
Bill Maher· Host0:40
[laughs] Uh, do you know a guy? I hear you know people.
Billy Idol· Guest0:46
Well, I wouldn't start now.
Bill Maher· Host0:47
Oh, I wouldn't.
Billy Idol· Guest0:48
[laughs] Club Random.
Bill Maher· Host0:51
Billy.
Billy Idol· Guest0:52
Hi.
Bill Maher· Host0:53
Rock royalty in the house. [laughs] Rock and roll royalty. [laughs] You look the same.
Billy Idol· Guest1:01
Yeah.
Bill Maher· Host1:01
[laughs] You look like a- Just about. [laughs] ... a, an East London badass, ready- Yeah ... you look like you're ready to kick some ass. [laughs] You do.
Billy Idol· Guest1:12
Aah.
Bill Maher· Host1:13
And I'm sure you could.
Billy Idol· Guest1:14
Yeah.
Bill Maher· Host1:16
[laughs] Yeah.
Billy Idol· Guest1:16
These boots.
Bill Maher· Host1:17
You and your droogies.
Billy Idol· Guest1:18
Yeah.
Bill Maher· Host1:18
Remember that?
Billy Idol· Guest1:20
Yeah, of course.
Bill Maher· Host1:21
That movie.
Billy Idol· Guest1:22
Yeah.
Bill Maher· Host1:23
That must have affected you.
Billy Idol· Guest1:24
Yeah, Clock Orange. Yeah.
Bill Maher· Host1:26
'Cause it was, like, something you