Billy Idol’s son Willem Wolf Broad, also known as Willem Wolfe, has followed in his father’s footsteps and gone on to sing in bands and DJ. According to Rock NYC, he was in the band FIM with his childhood friend Brandon Rauch; the video for the song “Almost Dead,”(via YouTube), features a gothic wedding vibe, bringing to mind the famous “White Wedding” video made by his parents nearly 40 years earlier. In a 2010 interview with the New York Daily News, Idol spoke of the influence his son had on his own listening habits, noting “For example, I’m very interested in what my son is doing. He’s more into bands like Radiohead than my music. That doesn’t change the feeling I have for my music.”
Broad and Wolfe have gone on to form an indie-pop duo called JUGGS, but per Rock NYC the band doesn’t seem to fit into any particular genre of music as they incorporate electronics with guitar, bass, keys, and vocals to create songs that range from post-punk to danceable to chill beachy jams. Writer Alyson Camus at Rock NYC wrote in 2021, “It’s always unusual to see the son of a rockstar doing his own thing and being totally humble and unassuming.”
That same year, Wolfe posted a photo to his Instagram account in which he wore a leather jacket with no shirt, ripped black pants, and blonde spiky hair. The look was very reminiscent of his famous father.
