The
look that defined Cyberpunk was mostly the dead
locks /rasta locks and sort of futuristic cyberpunk inspired styles by
New York's Steven Strauss .It was considered a great
risk for Billy to shed his established and recognizable look
, to try the dreadlocks and cyberpunk fashion . It would appear that Billy
really believed in the music and message of Cyberpunk ,to adopt
some of the cyberpunk persona and add it to the presentation of
the stage show . It may have been a lack of promotion
and maybe also that some of Billy Idol's public were
not quite ready to embrace this new concept . Which
contributed to that CyberPunk did not fare as well
. 
As
Billy reflected in recent interview " You see the
thing about Cyberpunk is that it was suppose to be like a home made record
, much like these rap bands are doing, all made really on home equipment
. But it was hard to make people understand that I was, sort of ,
making an alternative record. They don't allow you to make an alternative
record."
Quoting from my Idol -friend Carole Page Billy Idol Interview for complete interview check out Billy Idol's Official Homepage
Cyberpunk
was promoted partly with an interactive MAC format press kit
_ which navigates samples of sounds bytes , lyrics and graphics
from Album , in 1993 was a cutting edge concept ...
The
CyberPunk Tour involved the use of giant
video screens to produce a real -time BLENDO image .
Using multiple " Swarm Cameras " to inter link all the energy and synchrocity
of the live stage performances into one continuous Blendo Stream .
The
visual jamming of blendo technique is much like a deejay mixing different
records. Thereby throwing a combination of images at you at once .( Similar
to Brett Leonards virtual reality movie Lawnmover Man ) Also Leonard
directed " Shock to the System " and " Heroin " video's from CyberPunk
. Billy had added some of his own video 8 footage for these vids
.
From
Details Magazine July 1993
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cotton
velvet jacket & cotton shirt by Helmut Lang
( tie
by Dolce & Gabbana )
Upper Left :Distressed-velvet jacket and matching trousers by Paul Smith
The distressed velvet suit was also wardrobe for the video
.. Shock to the System .. And also some personal appearances such as the 1993 Billboard Awards presentation spot. .
Billy
Idol had modeled this wild sunglass
armored leather outfit on Jean Paul Gaultier's catwalk in 1992 ,
to the song "Neuromancer" from ,then , yet to be released CD"Cyberpunk"More Cyberpunk Live Idol PIXS
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