THE WHIPLASH SMILE OF BILLY IDOL

It’s the recording news of early 1986, no doubt about it: Billy Idol’s long-awaited new album, Whiplash Smile should be in the stores by the beginning of March...to the relief of Idol-watchers everywhere. ROCK-SHOTS heard the inside scoop on this latest venture and we can report that Billy himself is describing it as “a very personal album.”