Billy Squier recalled being told he’d never work again after refusing an invitation to tour with Ringo Starr’s All-Starr Band. He spent four years as a member of the former Beatle’s touring group from ...

I have a complicated relationship with the music of Billy Squier. For better or worse, I grew up listening to “classic rock” radio, so my youthful musical diet consisted of “Fly Like an Eagle” ...

MTV had a big year in 1981, soaring from scrappy upstart to hotly demanded cable network during the few months that followed its Aug. 1 debut. Billy Squier had a banner year as well, enjoying ...

On the wings of the big arena-rock anthems, big, chunky guitar riffs and, of course, big hair, rocker Billy Squier was a big man on the music scene in the 1980s. To be sure, the hair factor has been ...

The arena rock boom of the late 70s and early 80s came riding in on a wave of one-named bands. Journey, Foreigner, Kiss, Kansas, Styx, Heart, Speedwagon. Okay, we cheated on the last one, but you get ...

After stints in two bands which he didn’t feel were playing the kind of material he wanted to be doing, Billy Squier decided to give it one more chance before quitting the music business. The ...