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John Doe Member of the Punk Rock Band X will be Signing his book Under the Big Black Sun at Bookends, Ridgewood

Bookends Ridgewood John Doe

when : Monday, May 16th @ 7:00pm
who : Member of the Punk Rock Band X, John Doe  will sign his new book: Under the Big Black Sun
where : Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ   07450   201-445-0726

Ridgewood NJ, X is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1977. Established among the first wave of American punk, the original members are vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalist/bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom and drummer D. J. Bonebrake. The band released seven studio albums from 1980 to 1993. After a period of inactivity during the mid to late 1990s, X reunited in the early 2000s, and currently tours.

Appearing authors will only autograph books purchased at Bookends and must have valid Bookends Receipt.

Availability & pricing for all autographed books subject to change.
First In Line Certificate use is the the discretion of Bookends. Blackout dates may apply.
Bookends cannot guarantee that the books that are Autographed will always be First Printings.
Autographed books purchased at Bookends are non-returnable.

While we try to ensure that all customers coming to Bookends’ signings will meet authors and get their books signed, we cannot guarantee that all attendees will meet the author or that all books will be signed.  We cannot control inclement weather, author travel schedules or authors who leave prematurely.

Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ   07450   201-445-0726

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A calmer Billy Idol owns up to wild days; signing memoir at Bookends in Ridgewood

2014 Bookexpo America - Day 2

A calmer Billy Idol owns up to wild days; signing memoir at Bookends in Ridgewood

OCTOBER 5, 2014    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY JOHN PETRICK
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

BOOKS

INVISION/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Billy Idol in a spring performance in Atlantic City.

WHAT: Musician Billy Idol signing his memoir, “Dancing With Myself” ($28, Touchstone Publishing)

WHEN: 7 p.m. Monday

WHERE: Bookends, 211 E. Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood.

INFO: book-ends.com

A surprising dichotomy emerges in “Dancing With Myself,” the new memoir by ’80s punk rocker Billy Idol. There’s the well-spoken guy who’s had his nose buried in books from the time he was a suburban middle class Brit kid in his high school uniform. And there’s the crack-smoking sex maniac who nearly died several times on drugs or on a motorcycle.

Working on the book – without the aid of a ghost writer — forced him to take a good long look at his undeniable tendency of going to extremes. “I am my own nemesis,” Idol said in a husky voice during a telephone interview last week from Los Angeles, where he lives. “You try to come to grips with your past, and face up to yourself, for all of the good and the evil. There are sort of two disparate elements in my character that help me to achieve my art. There is a difference between William Broad [his birth name] and Billy Idol.”

The writing style in his memoir reflects Idol’s literate side. “I have always loved books. I gravitated to books from the time I was very young, gobbling them up. Especially histories, or biographies. There was always a dream of mine to write a book. So when this chance came along, I thought to myself, I’m in this place in my life right now where I can look back a long way, and hopefully, still look forward, too,” said Idol, who will be at Bookends in Ridgewood Monday. “Some of the memories were just beginning to become corroded, and so I thought, god, if I don’t do it now, I’ll never be able to do it.”

Friendly, witty and articulate, Idol, 58, is not exactly what you would at first expect. At least, not compared to the sneering, demented-eyed, spiked blond, black leather bondage guy known for pumping a fist into the air and crying, “More! More! More!” with a “Rebel Yell.” That was one of his many hits from the mid 1980s. Others included “Eyes Without A Face,” “Dancing With Myself,” “Mony Mony,” and “White Wedding.”

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/a-calmer-billy-idol-owns-up-to-wild-days-signing-memoir-in-ridgewood-1.1102730#sthash.h5Hbe34D.dpuf