Heavy Metal Kids

The Heavy Metal Kids are a British glam rock band formed in 1973 by the merger of two previous bands: Heaven and Biggles. They took their name from a gang of street kids, featured in the novel Nova Express by William S. Burroughs.
The initial, pre-recording line-up consisted of Mickey Waller (guitar), Ronnie Thomas (bass and vocals), Gary Holton (lead vocals), Keith Boyce (drums) and Cosmo (guitar). They were the first signing by Atlantic Records' new London offices, having been spotted by their A&R man, Dave Dee. In January 1974, they recorded their first, self-titled album, produced by Dave Dee and engineered by Phil Chapman.
After several albums and singles, the band split with singer Gary Holton getting into acting where he famously starred in Auf Wiedersehen Pet, before his death in 1985 due to a combination of morphine and alcohol.
Since 2002, Heavy Metal Kids have reformed to play gigs and release new albums with singer Danny Peyronel on lead vocals and keyboard.
==Links to Peel==
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The band did their only session for Peel's show in 1974 and in an interview with Sounds, singer, Gary Holton described a story where he threw a Coke can at John Peel during the 1975 Reading Festival:
"When I go on stage, it's my fuckin' stage, y'know. It's mine," he insisted fiercely. "That's why if somefin' goes wrong I tend to get aggressive. When we played the Readin' Festival  f'rinstance, John Peel said somefin' just as I was rappin', so I lobbed a full Coke tin at 'im and it splashed all over 'is record decks. 'E was well pleased, I can tell you." 
Despite the incident, Peel continued liking the band with their 1976 single, She's No Angel, apparently a favourite of his around that time. 
==Sessions==
1. Recorded: 1974-07-02. First Broadcast: 23 July 1974. Repeated: 24 September 1974
*Rock & Roll Man / It's The Same / Hanging On / Runaround Eyes
==Other Shows Played==
*None, according to available playlists
==See Also==
*Singles Reviews
*Gigography 1975
*Sounds
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
Category:Artists