1. Andy McCoy is best known for his role as the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the rock band Hanoi Rocks, but has played with Iggy Pop and a variety of other groups.
21 Facts About Andy McCoy
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Andy McCoy got some help with the lyrics from legendary Ian Hunter.
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Andy McCoy worked with Nasty Suicide under the moniker "The Suicide Twins" and released the album Silver Missiles And Nightingales in 1986, which featured a guest appearance by Rene Berg.
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In 1988 Andy McCoy released his first solo-album titled Too Much Ain't Enough.
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Andy McCoy became the first Finnish artist to have a gold record in the US, when Samantha Fox recorded a cover of The Suicide Twins' song "The Best Is Yet to Come".
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The rest of 1988 and some of 1989 Andy McCoy spent touring as the guitarist for Iggy Pop.
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In 1989 Andy McCoy appeared on the UK Subs' album Killing Time.
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Andy McCoy formed the band Shooting Gallery and married Angela in October 1991.
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Also in 1995, Andy McCoy appeared on The 69 Eyes' songs "Vietnamese Baby" and the song "Wild Talk" from the album Savage Garden.
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Besides working with Grease Helmet, Andy McCoy has performed with several other bands including the new band for a Finnish punk singer, Pelle Miljoona as well as Bam Margera's band in which he toured in Australia in 2015.
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Andy McCoy released an EP "Soul Satisfaction" in December 2018 and toured with Pelle Miljoona Oy from November 2018 to late August 2019.
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Andy McCoy released a new single "Seven Seas" on 15 August 2019, with the announcement of a tour starting in 2020 and a full album release on 27 September the same year.
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Andy McCoy hosted an art exhibition with an acoustic gig at Hard Rock Cafe in Helsinki on the release day of the single Seven Seas.
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Andy McCoy was born in Pelkosenniemi, Finland, but grew up in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Besides music, Andy McCoy is an avid painter and he makes a lot of his own and his wife's clothes, along with designing jewellery, scarfs and other accessories.
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Andy McCoy held his first Art Exhibition Andy McCoy Hits Canvas at The Cable Factory in Helsinki in 2010.
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On 27 July 2009 a statue of Andy McCoy was erected in the main square of Pelkosenniemi.
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Andy McCoy was previously married to Anastasia Maisonneuve, the ex-girlfriend of his Hanoi Rocks bandmate Michael Monroe, and the former common-law wife of musician Stiv Bators.
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Andy McCoy was married to Angela Nicoletti between 1991 and 2021.
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Andy McCoy entered Finland's Celebrity Big Brother on 3 September 2013.
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When Dave Grohl met Andy McCoy, he said 'I have met my first rockstar.