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Danny Peyronel (born Daniel Augusto Peyronel, 1953, Buenos Aires) is a singer, songwriter, keyboard player and producer of Northern Italian and Southern French origin, best known for his work in rock groups such as the Heavy Metal Kids and UFO. He studied in the Manuel Belgrano school in the Belgrano neighborhood (barrio) within Buenos Aires proper. He grew up all over the world, but mostly in London, England.

Early years

He made his debut with the Heavy Metal Kids at London's Marquee Club in 1973. After recording two albums and world tours, Peyronel left the Kids in 1975 to join UFO as their first keyboard player where he also sang harmony vocals. Peyronel contributed to the song-writing as well, e.g. "Highway Lady" from the No Heavy Petting album. UFO later released a live album from the period when Peyronel was in the band called On With The Action, which was recorded live at London’s The Roundhouse. His songs from that period have been included in several UFO compilations and a recent EMI re-issue of the now seminal album "No Heavy Petting" credits him with initiating a change in the band's direction, which continued after his departure. His ballad "Martian Landscape", stands as one of UFO's most haunting and memorable pieces, and the all-out rocker "Can You Roll Her", as well as "On With The Action", appear to have stood the test of time.

After leaving UFO in July 1976 following several tours of the US, Europe and the UK, Peyronel formed his own band The Blue Max and recorded an album for Charisma Records. His main partner was Robin Millar on guitars and vocals. After a major tour of the UK, Peyronel left England and went off on a whirlwind of writing, producing and guest starring all over the world before returning to the UK. During this time he wrote the title track of Meat Loaf’s "Midnight at the Lost and Found" and the only hit to emerge from that album and be included perennialy in nearly every Meat Loaf compilation, including the platinum selling "Hits Out Of Hell". He also guest starred on and co-produced a live album by Riff, South America's leading hard-rock band, and, in the same region, produced the first major hit album by Virus, a band that would dominate the rock-pop scene in those parts for many years.

The 1980s and 1990s

Back in the UK, Peyronhel wrote the words to "Fear", which was included in Sade's second, multi-platinum album, Promise. He participated on an album by Nick Mason from Pink Floyd and Rick Fenn from 10 CC - the Mason-Fenn album Profiles; he co-wrote the only two songs with vocals and sang the lead vocal on one of them, "Israel", while Dave Gilmour from Pink Floyd sang "Lie For A Lie".

Peyronhel settled in Madrid, Spain, in 1984, where he guest-starred on an album by Banzai, a band led by Salvador Domínguez. Dominguez, Danny Peyronhel and brother Michel, started jamming together and out of this came Tarzen, a power-house band. They signed to ATCO Records and toured the US with Twisted Sister, and Europe and South America on their own. After two albums and nearly five years together, the group split up and Peyronhel moved to Los Angeles where he dabbled at songwriting and collaborating with Desmond Child, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith and Cher. He also produced a demo for a young local band called Razzle, who later became well known worldwide as Lit.^[1]

Present day

Peyronel relocated to Milan, and assembled a band to cut his debut solo album, Make The Monkey Dance, which was released in 2005. Musicians involved included Sinergia guitarist Luca Verde, bass player Max Zaccaro and drummer Mario Zapparoli. The album included re-workings of UFO’s "Highway Lady" and Meat Loaf’s "Midnight At The Lost And Found".

Peyronhel then rejoined a new lin-up of the Heavy Metal Kids. In 2003, they released Hit The Right Button.^[1]^[2]

Peyronhel lives in the South of France and is currently putting the finishing touches to the fifth Heavy Metal Kids album, Uncontrollable.

References

^ ^a ^b Heavy Metal Kids
^ MusicMight

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Van den Heuvel, J A, (1990). Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Encyclopedia, Arcana Editrice, Srl.
Fitch, V (1999). The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia, Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.
Sharpe-Young, G & Reynolds, D, (2003). A-Z of '80s Rock, Cherry Red Books Ltd.
Popoff, M, (2005). UFO Shoot Out The Lights, Metal Blade, Inc.

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 ==Early years==
-He made his debut with the Heavy Metal Kids at London's [[Marquee Club]] in 1973. After recording two [[album]]s and world tours, Peyronhel left the Kids in 1975 to join UFO as their first keyboard player where he also sang harmony vocals. Peyronhel contributed to the song-writing as well, e.g. "Highway Lady" from the ''[[No Heavy Petting]]'' album. UFO later released a [[live album]] from the period when Peyronhel was in the band called ''On With The Action'', which was recorded live at London’s [[The Roundhouse]].
+He made his debut with the Heavy Metal Kids at London's [[Marquee Club]] in 1973. After recording two [[album]]s and world tours, Peyronel left the Kids in 1975 to join UFO as their first keyboard player where he also sang harmony vocals. Peyronel contributed to the song-writing as well, e.g. "Highway Lady" from the ''[[No Heavy Petting]]'' album. UFO later released a [[live album]] from the period when Peyronel was in the band called ''On With The Action'', which was recorded live at London’s [[The Roundhouse]]. His songs from that period have been included in several UFO compilations and a recent EMI re-issue of the now seminal album "No Heavy Petting" credits him with initiating a change in the band's direction, which continued after his departure. His ballad "Martian Landscape", stands as one of UFO's most haunting and memorable pieces, and the all-out rocker "Can You Roll Her", as well as "On With The Action", appear to have stood the test of time.
-After leaving UFO in July 1976 following tours of the UK and US, Peyronhel formed his own band [[The Blue Max]] and recorded an album for [[Charisma Records]]. His main partner was Robin Millar on guitars and vocals. After a major tour of the UK, Peyronhel left England and went off on a whirlwind of writing, producing and guest starring all over the world before returning to the UK. During this time he wrote the title track of [[Meat Loaf]]’s "[[Midnight at the Lost and Found]]". He also guest starred on and co-produced a live album by Riff, South America's leading hard-rock band, and, in the same region, produced the first major hit album by Virus, a band that would dominate the rock-pop scene in those parts for many years.
+After leaving UFO in July 1976 following several tours of the US, Europe and the UK, Peyronel formed his own band [[The Blue Max]] and recorded an album for [[Charisma Records]]. His main partner was Robin Millar on guitars and vocals. After a major tour of the UK, Peyronel left England and went off on a whirlwind of writing, producing and guest starring all over the world before returning to the UK. During this time he wrote the title track of [[Meat Loaf]]’s "[[Midnight at the Lost and Found]]" and the only hit to emerge from that album and be included perennialy in nearly every Meat Loaf compilation, including the platinum selling "Hits Out Of Hell". He also guest starred on and co-produced a live album by Riff, South America's leading hard-rock band, and, in the same region, produced the first major hit album by Virus, a band that would dominate the rock-pop scene in those parts for many years.
 ==The 1980s and 1990s==