THE REAL McCOY BAND
Touring Finland celebrating Andy's long career on 'SAILING DOWN THE YEARS TOUR' November 2009.
Band members:
- Andy McCoy (FIN), lead and rhytm guitars, vocals
- Chris Shiflett (US), lead and rhytm guitars, vocals
- Dan Lagerstedt (SWE), bass, vocals
- Angela McCoy (US), female vocals, percussions and keyboards
- Jolle Atlagic (SWE), drums
See AndyMcCoy.com Tour -section for dates, venues and links to ticket stores!
Brief bio
Long story short. Andy started his music career in the seventies and had bands called Nymphomaniacs, Briard (the 1st punk rock act in Finland btw) and Pelle Miljoona Oy. The first half of the eighties was purely Hanoi Rocks who made 5 studio albums and toured Europe, Mid- and Far East and finally the US. After Hanoi Rocks broke up, Andy re-located to Europe, wrote a book called "From Hanoi to Eternity", formed Cherry Bombz, which toured Europe and US, recorded unplugged album Suicide Twins and also made the first solo album "Too Much Ain't Enough". Around 1988 Andy moved back to California and played lead guitar on Iggy Pop's "Instinct" world tour.
To celebrate the fresh 90's, Andy got married with Angela Nicoletti. He formed Shooting Gallery that published one self titled album. Andy also had several projects with other musicians, e.g. Nicky Hopkins (R.I.P.), Sebastian Bach, 69 Eyes etc etc. Just before mid 90's he moved back to Europe. The second Andy McCoy solo album "Building on Tradition" was published 1995. Andy reformed another version of Shooting Gallery and toured Scandinavia. Later on he also joined forces with Pete Malmi (R.I.P.) to form Briard Revisited. They did one album and toured Finland. In the late 90's Andy filmed the cult movie "The Real McCoy" and also recorded soundtrack for the film.
Andy met Michael Monroe and they started to work together on the Hanoi Rocks CD box project early 2001. Soon they found themselves talking and jamming together. One thing led to another and soon a band Hanoi Revisited was introduced. Also Andy's book "Sheriff McCoy" came out at that time, late 2001. Spring 2002 Hanoi Rocks was reborn and ready to see the daylight the second time. After seven years, three albums, lots of touring and numerous gigs Hanoi Rocks have broken up for good. The band reached the climax by doing eight farewell gigs in just six days at club Tavastia in Helsinki Easter 2009.
Currently Andy has a new band called The Real McCoy Band.
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