Buell decided to pen her own tell-all bio shortly thereafter, resulting in the release of "Rebel Heart: An American Rock N' Roll Journey" in 2002. Buell was interviewed extensively for the superb book, "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk", as well as for Aerosmith's tell-all bio, "Walk This Way". By 1985, Buell was fronting a new band, called the Gargoyles, which only resulted in an obscure self-titled single (on the Jeff Dahl's Ultra Under Records label) several years later. The group issued an EP in 1981, "Cover Girl", which featured contributions by the likes of Rick Derringer and the Cars' Ben Orr and Ric Occasek (the latter two of whom guested on readings of Iggy Pop's "Funtime" and the obscurity "Little Black Egg," both of which would turn up years later with Orr's vocals replacing Buell's on 1995's "Just what I needed" ). Having been around the rock & roll scene for a long time by now, it was only natural that Buell would eventually put together her own band, as 1980 saw the formation of the B-Sides. Despite Rundgren knowing that he wasn't the father, the pair reconciled and Rundgren supported the baby.
But the brief fling resulted in Buell giving birth to daughter Liv in 1977. Buell also had a whirlwind romance with Aerosmith's Steven Tyler during 1976 - which ended when Buell was alarmed by Tyler's drug abuse. Besides Rundgren, Buell subsequently dated some of rock's biggest names - Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Iggy Pop, Rod Stewart, Stiv Bators, and Elvis Costello. The plan worked, as Buell became a Playboy Playmate in 1974. Goldsmith, who convinced the model to take some test photos for Playboy magazine. It was through Rundgren that Buell met rock photographer L. Shortly thereafter, Buell began a relationship with Todd Rundgren, who had just begun one of the most commercially successful periods of his career. Buell's mother encouraged her daughter to pursue a career in modeling, and when she was 18-years old, she relocated to New York City and began a career as a Ford model. Born on July 14, 1953, and raised in Virginia, Buell was smitten by rock & roll at an early age, first by Elvis, before the Beatles and the Rolling Stones invaded the U.S. It's not the smattering of records that former model/groupie Bebe Buell has issued that she's best known for, but rather her stormy affairs with a variety of rockers, as well as being the mother of actress L. Buell.īebe Buell : all vocals / 1 to 6 : C. 1 Gargoyle /2 Lust never sleeps /3 Cosmic kiss /4 Bored baby /5 Top of the pops /6 Little bit o' whore /7 Jacuzzi jungle /8 13 wrong turns /9 Claw bite /10 I'll be your sister.ġ to 6 produced by Mr Ratboy & C.