Billy Idol Nearly Died From Heroin Overdose At Peak Of His Music Career

Legendary rocker Billy Idol is surviving to show his tale. 

In a caller documentary, nan 69-year-old pulled backmost nan curtain connected 1 of nan darkest nights of his life arsenic he recounted a harrowing heroin overdose successful 1984.

Idol was near unconscious and "basically dying" conscionable arsenic his euphony profession was skyrocketing. 

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Billy Idol attends nan "Billy Idol Should Be Dead" premiere astatine nan 2025 Tribeca Festival. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)

The "Rebel Yell" rocker recalled his supplier addiction successful his documentary, "Billy Idol Should Be Dead," which premiered astatine nan Tribeca Film Festival connected June 10. 

"I was coming backmost successful triumph, and I astir ruined it," he confessed, according to People. "We flew to London wherever we met a load of our pals that we knew. They had immoderate of nan strongest heroin. Everybody did a statement aliases so… they each nodded retired isolated from for maine and this mate of mine."

While Idol’s friends passed out, nan "Eyes Without a Face" vocalist said he and his friend continued to do much heroin until nan business took a move for nan worse. 

"I was fundamentally dying. I was turning blue."

"I was fundamentally dying. I was turning blue," he said. "So they put maine successful an ice-cold bath, and I retrieve them stepping maine astir connected nan apical of nan building, connected nan roof."

Idol claimed that nan supplier didn’t look to beryllium a large woody during nan '80s.

Billy Idol successful 1987 (Ross Marino/Getty Images)

"A number of group were connected it… A batch of nan group we loved were each heroin addicts," he pointed out. "Lou Reed wrote nan opus ‘Heroin.’ You weren’t reasoning really vulnerable it was. In fact, you’re reasoning rather nan opposite. Maybe this could unleash something."

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The punk icon besides elaborate a chaotic travel to Bangkok, Thailand, successful nan precocious 1980s, erstwhile his son, Willem, was a baby. Despite nan chaos unfolding, his travels marked a turning constituent successful Idol’s life.

He remembered racking up an estimated $75,000 successful edifice damages. 

In his documentary, "Billy Idol Should Be Dead," he shared really a nationalist wake-up telephone yet made him committedness disconnected heroin for good. (Gary Gershoff/WireImage/Getty Images)

During nan aforesaid trip, Idol had a wake-up telephone that yet made him committedness disconnected nan supplier for good. 

According to People, Idol collapsed successful a edifice elevator arsenic nan doors opened and closed connected his unconscious body. 

A Hollywood prima happened to beryllium visiting nan state astatine nan aforesaid clip and recovered Idol successful a shocking state. 

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"Mel Gibson was location pinch his family connected holiday, horrified," he pointed retired successful nan doc.

Mel Gibson and his family discovered Idol unconscious successful a edifice elevator during a picnic successful Thailand. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Idol besides remembered picking up a ample log and hurling it done a solid window. His unruly behaviour prompted personification to telephone nan police.

Despite nan chaos, Idol shared that he saw nan ray astatine nan extremity of nan passageway during his drug addiction. He said nan tumultuous moments and brushwood pinch decease became nan wake-up telephone he needed.

"The metallic lining was I did put heroin down me. It was excessively horrible, nan full experience. It really really put maine off," he said.

Becoming sober, however, was a sadistic process for Idol.

Reps for Idol did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

In nan movie "Billy Idol Should Be Dead," nan punk icon besides shared a family revelation that rocked his world. 

Idol’s family opened up astir nan infinitesimal they learned he unknowingly fathered a boy during his chaotic "Rebel Yell" circuit successful nan 1980s. 

Idol opened up astir his supplier addiction astatine nan tallness of his fame. (Photo by Ross Marino/Getty Images)

"My hubby conscionable amazed maine pinch a 23andMe DNA trial arsenic a Christmas present," Idol's boy Brant’s mother revealed successful nan documentary. "And past a fewer weeks later, I get nan results backmost connected nan app and unfastened it and I’m like, who is this? This Brant. And it says his info’s like, New York, 1985, looking for my bio dad. I was like, ‘What?’"

Brant grew up believing that different man was his begetter until he started asking questions erstwhile a DNA trial didn’t statement up.

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"I was like, ‘Mom, is location a chance Mark mightiness not beryllium my biologic father?’ And she’s like, ‘Well, it’s beautiful crazy, but backmost successful nan day, we collapsed up and I really spent a play pinch Billy Idol,’" Brant remarked.

Idol said nan find was unexpected but yet welcome.

"I really enjoyed being a dad. I ever wanted a boy and a girl, and I finagled my measurement into a boy and a girl. In your ain daft way, you’ve achieved what you group retired to do," nan rocker said. "And I really had a boy that I didn’t realize, who I fathered connected nan Rebel Yell circuit without knowing it. So I someway finagled this arsenic well."

British-American vocalist Billy Idol, 2nd left, poses pinch family astatine nan unveiling of his prima connected nan Hollywood Walk of Fame successful Hollywood, Calif., connected Jan. 6, 2023. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

The "White Wedding" rocker first introduced fans to Brant publically successful 2023, erstwhile he stood proudly by Idol’s broadside during his Hollywood Walk of Fame prima ceremony.

Idol has 3 children, sons Brant Broad, Willem Wolfe Broad and girl Bonnie Blue Broad. He’s besides grandfather to 4 grandchildren done Brant and Bonnie. 

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Idol has sold much than 40 cardinal albums worldwide and was 1 of nan early stars of MTV successful nan 1980s. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)

Although Idol discovered that Brant was his boy decades later, nan rocker said he admired his enslaved pinch his different children.

"Once I saw Brant pinch Bonnie and Willem, they’ve each sewage nan aforesaid quirky consciousness of humor," Idol shared. "And erstwhile I saw that, I could spot he’s my son, really."

Brant echoed nan aforesaid sentiment arsenic he spent clip pinch nan legendary rocker. 

"He’s decidedly showed maine a batch of love, truthful I’m blessed," Brant said. "He’s a man who loves his family."

Idol has sold much than 40 cardinal albums worldwide and was 1 of nan early stars of MTV successful nan 1980s. Some of his biggest hits see "Dancing With Myself, "White Wedding," "Rebel Yell," "Mony Mony," "Hot successful nan City," "Flesh For Fantasy" and "Cradle Of Love."