He's the symbol of 80s punk rock. With flashy clothes and a mohawk, Billy Idol remains a cult favourite and starred in a hit film along the way, the aptly titled The Wedding Singer.

A loud and pugnacious performer, with punk at his core, when his punk band, Generation X, broke up in 1981, oft-sneering singer Billy Idol moved to New York City and embarked on the transformation from scrawny punk-rocker to scrawny new-waver.

The concept of the music video meant a new outlet for promoting music – the revolutionary idea of pairing music with image was perfect for Idol. And with that, Idol became an MTV darling, when MTV meant something! Classics such as Dancing With Myself and White Wedding brought his sneer to millions of people...