Billy Idol went unplugged at the 2014 CBGB Music & Film Fest on October 9. The former Generation X singer was joined by guitarist Steve Stevens for an acoustic set in front of a sold-out crowd in New York City.

Before the performance, Timothy Sommer interviewed Idol on stage about his new autobiography, "Dancing With Myself."

Idol rememebered the punk era of CBGB saying "When I first saw The Sex Pistols they were doing a Tuesday night residency some place with hardly anyone there. They were doing mostly covers then, mostly The Who songs or Small Faces, and Johnny would take the lyrics and instead of singing 'I want you to know that I love you baby' he'd sing 'I want you to know that I hate you baby'. And I think it just revolutionized how songs could be presented, and how you could make negativity positive, it was fantastic."

"We had really been into Velvet Underground and The New York Dolls, who were influencing artists like David Bowie and then Iggy & The Stooges and MC5," Idol continued. "So I knew about all that. By the late '70s we would hear and see The Ramones, Blondie, and The Talking Heads at CBGB. We loved what was going on in New York. That's why we wanted to get into punk rock because we knew very much it was all being inspired by what was going on in New York. New York was not only the mecca of punk and music, but living in England, you knew this is where so much great music had come from."

Billy Idol will stream"Kings & Queens Of The Underground," first new album in almost a decade, before its release on October 21.

Billy Idol debuted his new single, "Can't Break Me Down," from his upcoming album "Kings and Queens of the Underground" and it sounds like vintage Billy Idol. The former lead singer of the punk pop band Gen X will release his first new album in almost a decade on Oct. 21. Idol will release the new album on his own BFI Records via Kobalt Label Services.

"Can't Break Me Down" is available for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon. Fans who pre-order the song from iTunes will also get "Hollywood Promises," a bonus track that will not be available anywhere else.

Most of the new Billy Idol album was produced by Trevor Horn, who sat behind the mixing board for the prog-rock band Yes. Greg Kurstin produced two tracks on the new album, including "Can't Break Me Down." Trevor Horn, produced the Yes's only number one hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart." Greg Kurstin worked with Kelly Clarkson and Pink.

"Kings & Queens of the Underground" features the punk guitar of Steve Stevens guitar.

In a behind-the-scenes promotional clip, Billy Idol said "Making millions of records is fantastic but you want to make the right record," explained Idol in a behind-the-scenes clip. "So we really waited quite a long time for this sensual feeling, this cinematic, theatrical, 1080 pixels, high def wide screen cinema-scope version of this music, which that's the way it feels to me. It feels like a sound track."

"The majority of the songs on the album were written by Steve Stevens, Billy Morrison and myself," Idol added. "The music usually dictates when you put out an album, you feel you've got something worth while or you've got something that makes sense to you or something that seems fresh or progressing, moving your music along. That's what we look for."

Idol's last album was 2005's Christmas album.

Billy Idol will also deliver the keynote address at the upcoming 3rd Annual CBGB Music & Film Festival in New York, which will be presented by VVN Music on October 9 at the CBGB Festival Headquarters.

Idol will also releases his autobiography, "Dancing With Myself," on October 7.