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Gary Holton

From: London, United Kingdom
Active: 1952–1985
Releases: 1

About

Gary Frederick Holton (22 September 1952 – 25 October 1985) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He was the frontman of the band Heavy Metal Kids (1972–1977), worked with Casino Steel (1981–1984), and played the part of Wayne Norris (a.k.a. 'London') in the UK television comedy Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–1985). Holton died from an overdose of morphine combined with alcohol in 1985.

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Member of

The Vikings 1981–1981 lead vocals
Heavy Metal Kids now
Gary Holton and Casino Steel now eponymous
The Crowd now

Discography

Albums 1

Sing It to Me 1989

Links

Reference

Vocal supporting musician

The Damned now

Also known as

Gary Frederick Holton

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: dda0ffef-ba10-445e-91b1-987bd1d6e1a9
ISNI: 0000000107870269

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.