Heavy Metal Kids

Heavy Metal Kids
Origin	London, England
Genres	Rock, glam rock, hard rock
Years active	1972–1985, 2002–present
Labels	Apple, Parlophone, RAK, Capitol, Columbia (US and Canada), EMI, MPL, Hear Music, MLP
Associated acts	Flash, The Koobas/(Gary & Stu), Uriah Heep, Jimmy Nail, Mark Knopfler, Casino Steel, The Kids, The Actors, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
Members	Keith Boyce Cosmo Justin McConville PJ Phillips
Past members	Ronnie Thomas Gary Holton Mickey Waller Dave Dee Danny Peyronel John Sinclair Barry Paul Jay Williams Marco Barusso Marco Guarnerio Matteo Salvadori John Altman Phil Lewis Ricky Squires Ronnie Garrity

The Heavy Metal Kids are a British hard rock band, formed in 1972 in London. The band's founding frontman Gary Holton, guitarist Mickey Waller, and early member Dave Dee are deceased.

The Heavy Metal Kids were formed 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.

Waller left the band shortly before they went in to Island Studios, to record the follow-up album Anvil Chorus, in January 1975, which was produced by Andy Johns. At this point keyboard player Danny Peyronel left to join UFO and was replaced by John Sinclair. Shortly after, Cosmo was replaced by Barry Paul, and the band moved to Mickie Most's RAK Records where they recorded Kitsch, which was produced by Most.

John Sinclair left to join Uriah Heep and was replaced by Jay Williams.

Keith Boyce left and was replaced by Ricky Squires, previously of the dEAd ENd KIdS on CBS records.

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