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Steve Stevens explains the shocking techniques that made Billy Idol's 'Rebel Yell' a milestone for guitar sound design

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Daily Express

Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens admits how he truly feels about that Rebel Yell ray gun

Stevens is regarded as a rock legend. As if being Idol's long-term musical partner for forty years isn't enough, he is the man (and fingers) behind that epic riff on Michael Jackson's Dirty Diana. He ...
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“We wanted the listeners to know that the pirates are on their way!”: How guitarist Steve Stevens kickstarted Billy Idol’s classic hits White Wedding and Rebel Yell

Guitarist Steve Stevens starred alongside Billy Idol on two of the greatest rock anthems of the ’80s — White Wedding and Rebel Yell. And with both songs, it was Stevens who landed the first blow with ...
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Why Steve Stevens used toy ray guns to create Rebel Yell’s “space-age gunfight” guitar solo

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“The last thing Billy and I wanted to do was retread and say, ‘Hey, let’s do another Rebel Yell.’ We’ve already done that”: Guitar hero Steve Stevens lifts the lid ...

Billy Idol’s first new album in a decade, Dream Into It, is aptly titled. Most didn’t think it would happen, as it’s all too easy for elder statesmen to lean (rather than dream) into their back ...
Austin American-Statesman

'I still got what you need': Billy Idol's 'Rebel Yell' annihilates Austin's Moody Center

Billy Idol annihilated Moody Center with his signature sneer during a stopover in Austin supported by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Sunday. Jett and Idol, the king and queen of choosing distinct punk ...