10 Outrageous Hard Rock Stories

10. Billy Idol Was Blow Darted By The Thai Army

During the 1980s, Billy Idol set a new bar for rock star bad-boy behaviour.

After years of living it large in New York, a string of misfortunes - including separating from the mother of his child, and a near-fatal crash involving a motorcycle and one too many sleeping pills - it was time for some good old fashioned R & R, and where better to go than the capitol of hedonism itself: Bangkok.

Idol, in true rock star fashion, rented out the penthouse suite of the Orient and set about partaking in every indulgence Bangkok had to offer, remarking in a VH1 documentary, “You can go to pharmacies out there, and the world's your oyster”.

With a gaggle of Thai women in tow and a cocktail of pharmacy-bought drugs, Idol managed to rack up $140,000 worth of damages. One can only imagine what went down during those three weeks in a true display of rock star party stamina…

After a prolonged, drug-fuelled stay, his time was up. A foreign dignitary was due to take the room that Idol had worked tirelessly to turn into a den of debauchery, but the blonde-haired, nostril-flaring rocker wasn’t quite ready to give up the party. According to Idol, the Thai army was called in, eventually having to sedate him, strap him to a gurney, and wheel him out. It's a wonder he escaped jail time.