15 Emotions In Motion Photos Remembering Billy Squier

1 - 10
11 - 15

15 Emotions In Motion Photos Remembering Billy Squier

Early '80s arena rock at its finest!

Published 4 months ago in Feels

Billy Squier’s powerful guitar riffs, massive rock anthems and charismatic performances are perfect representations hard rock of the early ‘80s. With three platinum albums and hits with heavy rotation on MTV, it seemed like the early ‘80s really appreciated him for it.

1984 was a whole different story, sadly. After two highly-successful albums had him opening for Queen before becoming a bonafide headliner of his own, he made a risky, shirt-tearing decision in the now-infamous “Rock Me Tonight” music video that his core fans say “torpedoed his career.”

Let’s not focus on that negativity, shall we? Let’s take a look back on good times that brought us massive hits like “The Stroke” and “Lonely is the Night.” Here are 15 photos remembering Billy Squier in the '80s!

1
The “Emotions in Motion” Album Cover

2
A Serious Pose In 1982.

3
Freddie Mercury & Billy Squier In The Studio - 1986

4
Famous Friends
Paul Stanley, Mike Tyson, Samantha Fox & Billy Squier in the China Club - New York, 1988

5
An ad for his "Don't Say No" album in 1981.

6
Promoting his "Signs of Life" Tour in 1985

7
A fan holds a poster of Billy's "Signs of Life" Tour in 1984-85.

8
A Backstage Pose - Late '80s

9
The Exact Moment
A risky move from his 1984 music video "Rock Me Tonight."

10
Def Leppard opening for Billy on their Pyromania tour at the New Haven Coliseum in Connecticut - March 22, 1983.
Billy Squier was influential in bringing Def Leppard to American audiences.