Growing up in New York — specifically in Queen’s Kew Gardens — a young Steven Schneider would go to see all-night rock and roll movies at the Eighth Street Playhouse in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village.

British rockstar Billy Idol is one of the most beloved icons of the '80s. However, it wasn't until his hit song, and his album’s namesake, Rebel Yell that he truly became a bona fide superstar in ...