HEAVY METAL KIDSBORN TO ROCK
(1973-2003)
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.
The Heavy Metal Kids shortly came back in 2003 for a swansong CD called Hit The Right Button (source: rock-photos.co.uk)
The Heavy Metal Kids shortly came back in 2003 for a swansong CD called Hit The Right Button (source: rock-photos.co.uk)
My Heavy Metal Kids TOP3 :
1. Anvil Chorus (1975)
2. Kitsch (1977)
3. Hit The Righ Button (2003)
4. Heavy Metal Kids (1974)
1. Anvil Chorus (1975)
2. Kitsch (1977)
3. Hit The Righ Button (2003)
4. Heavy Metal Kids (1974)
2 comments:
Je viens de découvrir ce blog et... hum... quelle excellente idée ! J'ai moi-même longtemps fonctionné à coup de compilations pour découvrir des groupes. Et hop, il passe dans ma liste de liens...
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Superb compilation!
Thank you very much!
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