Andy McCoy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Andy McCoy
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Oct 11, 1962(1962-10-11)
Age	62
Birthplace	Pelkosenniemi
Country	Finland
Horoscope	Libra

Andy McCoy Biography

Andy McCoy is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on October 11, 1962 in Pelkosenniemi, Finland. Lead guitarist of the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks who is a close friend of Bam Margera.

He was also a guitarist for Iggy Pop.

Before Hanoi Rocks, McCoy had become well known in his home country, Finland, due to his work in the punk rock band Pelle Miljoona Oy. During this time McCoy was talking with Matti Fagerholm (better known as Michael Monroe) to start a band of their own, but because McCoy was currently in Pelle Miljoona Oy, he told Monroe to start the band without him in 1979. After McCoy left Pelle Miljoona Oy, he joined Monroe in Hanoi Rocks, with another former-Pelle Miljoona Oy member, Sam Yaffa. At this point, the Hanoi Rocks line-up consisted of Michael Monroe (lead vocals), Andy McCoy (lead guitar), Nasty Suicide (rhythm guitar), Sam Yaffa (bass) and Swedish Gyp Casino (drums).

Hanoi Rocks released their first album in 1981 titled Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks, with eight out of ten tracks written by McCoy. The album was produced by Andy McCoy and Michael Monroe who were known as “The Muddy Twins”. In 1982 Hanoi Rocks recorded and released their second studio album Oriental Beat in London. The original cover’s back side featured Andy McCoy’s then girlfriend Anna’s naked breasts painted blue and red with “Hanoi Roxx” written across it. After the album’s release, the band moved to London the same year, and subsequently fired drummer Gyp Casino before hiring Hanoi Rocks fan Nicholas Dingley, better known as Razzle, as drummer. The line-up with Razzle is considered the definitive version of Hanoi Rocks. Later that year the band released Self Destruction Blues, which had Razzle on the cover, but he didn’t play on the album, because it was actually a compilation of old singles. The tour for the album took the band to Asia for the first time. The next year 1983, the band released Back to Mystery City and after that, in 1984, the band worked with producer Bob Ezrin, and released Two Steps from the Move. Before this, McCoy had written most of the songs by himself, but for this album Bob Ezrin helped McCoy with the writing, along with Monroe. He also got some help with the lyrics from legendary Ian Hunter (of Mott The Hoople). After Razzle’s death, Sam Yaffa left the band due to personal differences with McCoy (amongst other reasons he was now engaged to Anna, McCoy’s former girlfriend known from the Oriental Beat cover). The band tried out new members (amongst them The Clash ex-drummer Terry Chimes and bassist René Berg), but things didn’t work out, so the band disbanded in 1985.

He was formerly married to Anastacia “Stacy” Maisoneuv, they divorced and, as of 2013, he has not looked to remarry.

Andy McCoy Net Worth

Andy McCoy is one of the richest Guitarist from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andy McCoy 's net worth $6 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was in a Finnish punk rock band called Pelle Miljoona Oy.

Not limited to any one style, he can play glam rock, punk rock, rock ‘n’ roll, and flamenco.

Antti Hulkko (born 11 October 1962), better known as Andy McCoy, is a Finnish musician. He is best known for his role as the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the rock band Hanoi Rocks, but has also played with Iggy Pop and a variety of other groups. McCoy’s works cover a wide range of music genres, including rock ‘n’ roll, punk rock, flamenco, glam punk, glam rock, blues rock and hard rock. He is also an avid painter.

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Who is Andy McCoy Dating?

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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. She and McCoy have a son together named Sebastian. McCoy has been married to Angela Nicoletti since 1991.

Facts & Trivia

Andy Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Andy McCoy celebrates birthday on October 11 of every year.

In 1995 McCoy’s second solo-album Building on Tradition was released and, aside from Hanoi Rocks, it became McCoy’s biggest success. The album’s biggest hit “Strung Out” was originally meant for Shooting Gallery, but it was not recorded until the second solo-album. For the tour for Building on Tradition, McCoy assembled the band Live Ammo, which featured McCoy (guitar, vocals), Angela McCoy (vocals), Dan Lagerstedt (guitar, vocals), Andy Christell (bass), Gyp Casino (drums) and Christian André (keyboards). Christell had to soon leave the band for family reasons, so Lagerstedt started to play bass. André was also fired from the band, and they soon disbanded.