Heavy Metal Kids: Kid's Stuff
Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 6 July 1974
JUST HOW heavy are the Heavy Metal Kids? They peer at us from advertisements clad in top hats, patched jeans, braces, big boots and flat caps. And it comes as no surprise to hear they do their shopping for clothes at the flea markets of Paris.
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