Andy Cox

Andy Cox
Birth name Andrew Cox
Born (1956-01-25) 25 January 1956
Birmingham, England
Genres New wave, ska
Occupation(s) Guitarist
Years active 1978–present
Labels Sire
Associated acts The Beat
Fine Young Cannibals
Cribabi

Andy Cox (born Andrew Cox 25 January 1956 [1]) is a British guitarist, who along with Dave Wakeling, founded The Beat in 1978.[2]

He was born in Birmingham.

The Beat achieved eight Top 40 singles and three hit albums in the UK before announcing their break up in 1983. Some of their notable hits included "Mirror in the Bathroom", "Hands Off She's Mine" and "Can't Get Used to Losing You".

In 1985 he joined fellow Beat member David Steele and singer Roland Gift, to form Fine Young Cannibals.

In 1988, while Fine Young Cannibals were on hiatus, Cox and Steele released the instrumental house music single, "Tired of Getting Pushed Around", under the name of Two Men, A Drum Machine and A Trumpet. It reached #18 in the UK Singles Chart. In 2002, Cox formed Cribabi with Japanese vocalist, Yukari Fujiu, and released the album Volume on his own Fidela record label.

References

  1. "IMDb"/
  2. Woodstra, Chris. "Biography: The English Beat". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 April 2010.


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