2006-09-23 09:18:29 · 13 answers · asked by earl 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I love Billy Idol! Yeah, he's the greatest from the 80's! Hands Down!
(Rock the Cradle of Love) !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOh2I2crkPg
2006-09-23 09:20:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well Ozzy reached full status of rock star in the 80's packed arenas, way too many songs to mention, he had nothing but some of the best guitarists
Billy Idol was a star but not the greatest.. how many known songs he has versus Ozzy? if it wouldnt have been for Steve Stevens...
2006-09-23 16:30:24 · answer #2 · answered by Trick Rocks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Billy Idol was damn cool, but I don't think he was the best of the decade by any means. There are a lot of contenders I'd say, but no clear winner.
2006-09-23 16:24:41 · answer #3 · answered by Rock N' Roll Junkie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
George Michael.
or Madonna.
Gimme "The Honeydrippers Volume One" as the best album of the 1980's, especially Robert Plant's perfect recreation of "Rockin' at Midnight."
2006-09-23 16:35:07 · answer #4 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He isn't even close, there are way too many rock stars that were much better than he that they are way too numerous to mention. If he were so great why did he only have a couple of hits and then disappear?
2006-09-23 16:23:22 · answer #5 · answered by cabjr1961 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Patti Smith
2006-09-23 16:20:33 · answer #6 · answered by ^ _ ^ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty much all by opinion, but if you ask me, it was Van Halen. Sure there was the underground scene of Thrash metal and such, but it would contradict their ethnic to call them "rock stars". (Same for punk rock like Dead Kennedy's, or Black Flag.)
I love Quiet Riot, too.
2006-09-23 16:26:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres too many... way more then there are in the 2000's. man, someone really has to come out and change the music industry cause the way its going now, theres no good bands. we need sumthing good, something that can go platinum 15 times on their first album like guns n roses.
2006-09-23 16:28:15 · answer #8 · answered by fukuoka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pat Benetar
2006-09-23 16:24:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well that's a subjective question. Sales-wise I beleive it was Duran Duran and Simon Le Bon...
2006-09-23 16:26:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋