Rebel's HELL

BILLY RUINED HIS LIFE WITH DRUGS & ALMOST DIED..

- by MARC BAKER

WHITE Wedding was a 1980s anthem when, with his peroxide hair and snarling attitude, Billy Idol epitomised the sex, drugs and rock'n'roll punk dream.

Now a new documentary about the rocker reveals how he almost died after snorting heroin days before launching his solo career in the UK.

Billy had just conquered America with his breakthrough 1983 album Rebel Yell.

He says: "I did OD and nearly died. I came back to the UK in triumph in 1984. I was due on Top Of The Pops. We met some pals and they had some of the strongest heroin.