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Rebel Yell is the second studio album by English rock musician Billy Idol. It was released on 10 November 1983 by Chrysalis Records. After the release of his self-titled debut album, Idol continued his collaboration with Keith Forsey and Steve Stevens.
The album was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York. Initially recording without a drummer, utilizing only the electronic drum machine LinnDrum, Forsey and Stevens later decided to hire Thommy Price to play drums on some of the songs. Musically, Rebel Yell is a rock album with a strong influence of new wave music. The cover sleeve and images were shot by Brian Griffin. Idol got the idea to name the album Rebel Yell after attending a party with The Rolling Stones and drinking the Rebel Yell whiskey.
After its release, Rebel Yell received positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. In the United States, it peaked at number six on the Bilboard 200 and also peaked into the top ten in other countries, such as Canada, Germany and New Zealand. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it double platinum for shipment of two million copies across the United States.
Four singles were released from the album. The accompanying music videos for all singles received heavy airplay on then newly launched television channel MTV.
The rebel yell was a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.
Rebel yell can also refer to:
- Rebel Yell (whiskey), a whiskey brand introduced in 1849
- Rebel Yell (roller coaster), a roller coaster premiering in 1975 at Kings Dominion near Richmond, Virginia
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Rebel Yell (album), a 1983 album by Billy Idol
- "Rebel Yell" (song), the title track of the 1983 Billy Idol album
- Rebel Yell, a 2009 novel by Alice Randall.
Rebel Yell is a brand of Kentucky straight Bourbon whiskey. The brand name is currently owned and marketed by Luxco, and the bourbon itself is distilled and bottled under contract by Heaven Hill at its Bernheim distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. Rebel Yell is bottled at 40% alcohol by volume (80 proof).
Rebel Yell is a wooden racing roller coaster located at Kings Dominion, near Doswell, Virginia, north of Richmond. It opened with the park in 1975.
"Rebel Yell" a hit song by English rock singer-songwriter Billy Idol, featured on the album of the same name (1983). When first released as the lead single, it charted outside the UK Top 40, but a re-issue in 1985 reached No. 6. In the US, it peaked at No. 46. The song was named the 79th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. This song was included in the video games Guitar Hero World Tour, WWE 2K16 and as a downloadable track for the Rock Band series. In addition, "Rebel Yell" appeared in the documentary Warren Miller's Impact. The 1999 digital remastered version appeared in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain as an in-game cassette tape.
The rebel yell was a battle cry used by Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. Confederate soldiers used the yell during charges to intimidate the enemy and boost their own morale, although the yell had many other uses. No audio recordings of the yell exist from the Civil War era, but there are audio clips and film footage of veterans performing the yell many years later at Civil War veteran's reunions. The origin of the yell is uncertain, though it is thought to have been influenced either by Native American war cries or a Scottish war cry tradition.
Units were nicknamed for their apparent ability to yell during battle. The 35th Battalion of Virginia Cavalry "White's Cavalry" were given the nom de guerre of "Comanches" for the way they sounded during battle.
Usage examples of "rebel yell".
From somewhere deep inside him, a rebel yell clawed its way up his throat and out between his teeth.
Now came from the forest a vast shout, the defiant rebel yell and nobody in the column doubted that Jackson was there.
Now and then the wild and thrilling rebel yell rose above the roar of cannon and the crash of rifles.
He remarked several times that he would piss Rebel Yell if he could.
An infantry regiment, which had been forming in the town, also came up at full speed, uttering the long, high-pitched rebel yell.
Almost at the same instant rose that shrill, piercing Rebel yell, which one who has once heard it rarely forgets, and this was followed by a crashing volley from apparently a regiment of rifles.
Some reached shelves of the plateau almost at the mouths of the guns and hung there, their comrades falling dead or dying around them, but now the rebel yell began to swell along the vast line, and reached the ears of those in the ravine.
He saw the danger of it on the first charge, running with his sword pointing at the Yankees, yelling the famous Rebel yell, shit, and tripping on the rocks and ruts and clods of earth hiding in the weeds.