Site map
Home index
Welcome
Biography - including a section about the Tennants ads
Gary Shail shares his memories - Exclusive! April 2006
An interview with Gary Holton - Melody Maker, 1984
An interview with Gary Holton - Daily Mirror, 1985
An interview with Gary Holton - NME, 1975
Auf Wiedersehen Pet
Heavy Metal Kids - plus many of Gary's other musical projects
A live review of Heavy Metal Kids - NME, 1975
A review of Anvil Chorus - Classic Rock, 1975
An interview with Stein Groven - unknown origin
Pump Boys & Dinettes
Rest In Peace
An interview with Donna Holton - unknown origin, 1985
An obituary - TV Times: February 15, 1986
Photo gallery
Gary's quiz
Useful links
Contact us
Our Guest book
Site history
March 2009
Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday Garyholtonsite, happy birthday to us! The website is six years old this month, big thanks to everyone who has contributed both with material and words of support! Check out the new images of Gary in the "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" section of the Gallery..
February 2009
Check out the new images on the Gallery page and Neil Brooks has been a busy boy again and set up another Facebook group! If you're a connoisseur of fine music then you'll want to join the Heavy Metal Kids group.
January 2009
Happy New Year everybody! If you're part of the Facebook generation then you'll be more than welcome to join Neil Brooks' tribute to Gary. There's only ten members so far, so join Neil and I and add a few more fans to the list!
December 2008
Happy Christmas everybody! What's that? You want to see some MORE photos of Gary? Check out the gallery page...
November 2008
Well those pesky meddlin' Kids are only in the studio again recording some fine rock'n'roll tunes for our listening pleasure. Danny and the boys have been busy in Milan recording the new studio album SONGS FOR SWINGING LOSERS!
25 October 2008
After a tea break that the Heavy Metal Kids would be proud of, we're back with an update! 23 years on and Gary's memory still lives on. Thank you to you all for your emails and messages which marked the anniversary of Gaz's death. An article on when Gary worked in Nottingham's Dog and Bear pub can now be found on the Biography page.
25 October 2006
21 Years ago today saw the tragic death of Gary Holton, and we'd like to
present some fan fiction to mark the occasion. Many thanks to
Kevin Mccormick for allowing us to display this on the site.
25 June 2006
Four out-take videos added to our AWP page and a new image added to our
gallery page.
23 June 2006
Thanks to those nice chaps at NTL, we had to take an unscheduled tea-break.
Cheers for your patience, we're back!
8 April 2006
Quadrophenia star Gary "Spider" Shail shares his memories of Gaz. Huge
thanks and big respect for you Gary! Also, three new images added to our
gallery page.
3 September 2005
Some fantastic video footage of HMK live added to our HMK page! A very big
thanks goes to Lars Reynold for sending this in.
22 February 2005
10k visitors today!!! Thanks to all our visitors and emails/guest book signings of
support!
17 february 2005
Four new AWP photos on the gallery page
2 January 2005
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We have new additions to our gallery page including:
- Two new photos of HMK live in 1975, thanks to Lars Reynold
- Newspaper scans featuring Gary in the 'other photos' section, thanks to
Andy Clayton
26 September 2004
We've added a section dedicated to Holton and Steel on our gallery page after a
deluge of photos from Stein Groven - cheers!
6 July 2004
Two images added to our gallery page, and a TV Times article added to the
Auf Wiedersehen Pet page
26 February 2004
We have hit the milestone of our 5,000th visitor today - a big thank you to those
of you who have helped us on our way, and here's to the next 5,000!
13 February 2004
A rewrite of our Heavy Metal Kids page with lots of extra info, plus a bit of
housekeeping has uncovered a couple of additions to our gallery page.
3 February 2004
Bloody Hell! An update!!! Five spanking new photos added to our gallery page
and new HMK 2004 tour dates on the home page.
27 October 2003
Three new photos added to our Auf Wiedersehen Pet page and a new look for
our site: Sunburst with White Scratchplate!!!
23 September 2003
A new photo of the cast in rehersal added to our Pump Boys & Dinettes page
with the full version added to the other photos section of our gallery page
25 August 2003
Even more in-depth information from the coroner added to our rest in peace page
14 August 2003
Our hit counter registered our 2,500th visitor today - many thanks to everyone
who has visited the site and supported us so far
10 August 2003
Our rest in peace page has been updated with more information and quotes
29 July 2003
An obituary to Gary taken from TV Times added to our rest in peace page
15 June 2003
Three more images added to our gallery page
7 June 2003
We've added 17 sound clips of Gary as Wayne to our Auf Widersehen Pet page
28 May 2003
Yet another three pictures added to our gallery page
27 May 2003
Another large update to the Heavy Metal Kids section of our gallery page. Many
thanks to HMK's Danny Peyronel for letting us reproduce these on our site
26 May 2003
Our hit counter registered our 1,000th visitor today - many thanks to everyone
who has visited the site so far
23 May 2003
An interview with Donna Holton taken after Gary's Death, added to the
rest in peace page
15 May 2003
Yet another interview with Gary added to the biography page, and a live review
added to the Heavy Metal Kids page, both taken from NME magazine in 1975
10 May 2003
Another interview with Gary from 1985, reflecting on his lifes' work has been
added to the biography page
5 May 2003
Catch A Falling Star photos added to the Heavy Metal Kids page
3 May 2003
A video of Heavy Metal Kids live has been added to the HMK page
30 April 2003
A video, sound clip and information added to the Heavy Metal Kids page about
the TV theme tune Gary wrote and performed for Murphy's Mob
24 April 2003
An interview with Gary added to the biography page,
--and-- a review of Anvil Chorus added to the Heavy Metal Kids page
19 April 2003
A site map and history page added, and a huge update to the gallery page
12 April 2003
Every site should have one - a useful links page added today
10 April 2003
A very special addition to our gallery page sent in by Casino Steel himself!!!
3 April 2003
An interview with Casino Steel added
- find it in the Holton Steel section of the Heavy Metal Kids page
30 March 2003
Biography page added - A brief history of Gary
26 March 2003
A huge new interactive quiz added, and a guest book!!!
19 March 2003
Gallery page added
16 March 2003
Hit counter added - get visiting!
12 March 2003
Official launch of the site
Screenshots of the site as it was first launched
