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The Roadside EP by Billy Idol
The Roadside EP is an EP by Billy Idol, released in 2021. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Bitter Taste”, on 5 lists with a best position of #4.
The Roadside, Billy Idol's EP from September 17, 2021, is his first new music since Kings & Queens of the Underground in 2014, his first release on George Harrison's Dark Horse Records and only his second EP, four decades on from Don't Stop in 1981. Butch Walker produced it, and Steve Stevens, the guitarist Idol teamed up with when he moved to New York to go solo, plays on every song.
The old Generation X sneer has settled into something more reflective. Lead single "Bitter Taste" looks back at the 1990 motorcycle crash that nearly cost him his leg, a subject Idol said he'd needed some 30 years to let marinate before he could write about it. It's a rock singer taking stock, with Stevens' guitar still giving the songs their bite.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Roadside EP on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bitter Taste | 5 | #4 | – | 2021 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.