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Billy Idol revealed the surprising way he quit heroin.
The White Wedding hitmaker, 70, admitted that smoking crack helped him kick while appearing on the Club Random with Bill Maher podcast this week.
'Once you're trying to get off heroin, what do you go to? You go to something else. I started smoking crack to get off heroin,' the rock icon said.
'Did you really?' Maher asked, to which Idol replied, 'It worked. It worked.'
It comes after Idol revealed he nearly died from an overdose on heroin, days before he made his Top Of The Pops debut.
The singer reflected on his extreme rock and roll lifestyle amid the release of a new two-hour documentary, Billy Idol Should Be Dead.
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Billy Idol, 70, said that smoking crack helped him kick his heroin habit while appearing on the Club Random with Bill Maher podcast this week
Idol's life as a rocker was marred with addiction to heroin, pot, opium, an alcohol habit and a sex obsession; Pictured in 1988
The film addresses how Idol survived decades of excess, drug addiction and near-fatal accidents.
The musician admitted he nearly died from a heroin overdose, days before he was set to perform on Top Of The Pops in 1984, after the release of his hit album Rebel Yell.
'For a singer, you need a ton of breath. You have to be fit to be a singer. You can't just be up there,' he told our outlet.
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'You'd have a heart attack and die on stage, which would be interesting, but I much prefer to get through the gig and do another one.'
After debuting at the Tribeca Festival on June 10, Billy Idol Should Be Dead hit wide release on February 26.
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