The Heavy Metal Kids were formed in 1973 & with the line-up of Gary Holton, Keith Boyce, Ronny Thomas, Danny Peyronel (later to join UFO) & Micky Waller. The band's brand of good-time rock was never really heavy metal, and they even shortened their name to The Kids for their second album 'Anvil Chorus'.
Lack of commercial success lead them to change to the RAK label for the final
album 'Kitsch' in 1977. However, Gary Holton's over-the-top perfomances lead
to frictions in the band - by the time 'Kitsch' was released, the band had already
split. Despite rumours that Gary would join either Boxer or Uriah Heep, neither
came to anything, and he moved onto a career in TV acting. He almost became
a household name when he got a role in the TV series 'Auf Wiedersen Pet', but
this was cut short when he died in 1985, victim of heroin addiction.
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View photos from the Marquee, New Years Eve, 1975 &
1976
Read more about Heavy Metal Kids at Artist
Direct
Danny Peyronel has his own site here,
he has solo album out now.
A new Heavy Metals Kids album 'Hit the Right Button' was released in 2003:
check out the official HMK web-site
for more details.
