Thomas recalls Ricki Farr, the band’s manager (whose boxer father Tommy once fought Joe Louis), suggesting the group call themselves The Heavy Metal Kids (from the writings of William Burroughs).

The booklet coming with The Albums 1974-76 notes Johnny Rotten saw Heavy Metal Kids live and that the Sex Pistol “ripped off” their frontman Gary Holton. It's an assertion in keeping with a default ...

Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard recently revealed how heavy metal changed his life. He talked with DJ Matt Pinfield about the hard rock albums he listened to as a kid. The influence of Black Sabbath ...