Young Billy Joel Biopic Chronicles His Pre-Fame Psychedelic Rock Years

Before he became famous as a solo artist, Billy Joel was one half of Attila, a psychedelic rock duo from Long Island. Joel's bandmate in Attila (and, before that, the Hassles) was drummer Jon Small, the other guy in the photo above. Small was married to a woman named Elizabeth Weber, but she left him and married Joel instead. Shockingly enough, the band did not stay together. Later on, Weber and Joel broke up, and a depressed Joel attempted suicide more than once. After his second suicide attempt, Small found him and brought him to the hospital. He and Joel made up. Joel and Weber made up, too, and Weber eventually became Joel's manager. That sounds like a movie, right? Especially if we're going to make biopics of every damn famous musician?

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