Billy Squier

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I have to admit, whenever I hear a Billy Squier song, I always think back to Billy Madison when Billy starts high school again and is blasting "The Stroke" and all of the kids give him weird looks because that song was popular in the early '80s.  

Billy Squier, born William Haislip Squier, released nine studio albums between 1980 and 1998.  The Boston-native started taking piano lessons when he was just nine and continued for three years, the third year because his grandfather bribed him to do so.  He soon after became interested in playing the guitar and bought his first one for $95, but he never took lessons.  Squier formed a band Piper in 1976 and they released two albums, their debut being Piper.  After the release of the album, Circus Magazine said it was the greatest debut album ever released by an American rock band.