Steve Stevens says he used toy ray guns to make Rebel Yell’s iconic solo “more than just notes” and execute the “space-age gunfighter solo” he had in his mind.

WATCH BILLY IDOL AND STEVE STEVENS PERFORM REBEL YELL BELOW (RAY GUN GUITAR SOLO AT 3 MINUTES) Stevens added: "I used to collect these Made-in-China ray guns and toys and little robots and stuff.

"They were shooting at us with antiaircraft guns," says Rabiya Mesmari, a 28-year-old soldier turned rebel whose glazed eyes peered out from under a white New York Yankees baseball cap.