My earliest memories of Billy Squier is from when my brother and I got into “Lonely Is The Night” from Guitar Hero: Rocks The ‘80s" when we were growing up.

I also recall seeing copies of “Emotions In Motion” and “Don’t Say No” at the 24 South Main location of Gallery Of Sound before it closed.

When I first got into my dad’s band, “L.A. Trash”, he mentioned that his singer, Alan, used to break out into certain songs during rehearsals, and “The Big Beat” was one of them.

I featured it on the first mixtape I ever made in 2013.

I eventually checked out “The Tape Of The Tape” and it became one of my favorite albums.

This only covers Billy’s first three albums, but it’s proof that there’s more to him than “The Stroke” and “Lonely Is The Night”.

His music is effortlessly cool and truly fantastic.

As always, I’ve made a special little playlist of my favorites as an audio companion for my backstory!

Listen here: Retronaut Favorites: Billy Squier