013 - Billy Idol "Cyberpunk" (1993) (with Tone "DJ Xero" Bernard)

Fascinated by the burgeoning cyberculture movement of the 90s, as well as newly available technology for producing and recording music, 80s icon Billy Idol decided to go a slightly different direction than his typical punk-inspired new wave sound. Powered by a combination of William Gibson novels and electronic instruments, he would foist the 1993 album Cyberpunk upon the masses, who neither responded with praise or their hard-earned cash.To round out Season One of Jukebox Zeroes, Lee & Patrick welcome onto the program Tone "DJ Xero" Bernard, proprietor and curator of the SeeDarkly DisCOVERies blog, and New England-based goth/industrial DJ. Join the three of them as they hack into the VR mainframe of Idol's brain, to try to get to the bottom of this astounding failure of an album.This Month's Local Artist Feature: Downcity Armory - "Doublewiretap"