Andy McCoy

Antti Hulkko (born 11 October 1962), better known as Andy McCoy, is a Finnish musician. He is most famous for his role as the lead guitarist and main songwriter of Hanoi Rocks, but has also played with Iggy Pop.

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 known to be an avid painter.

Biography

Hanoi Rocks (1979–1985, 2001–2009)

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).

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You Gotta Let It Go

by: Andy McCoy

Get your rocks off
now baby don't you dare to stop
Yeah you've yearning
to start searching learning to let go
from what holds you back
Just learn to let it go
Love can make it grow
You gotta let it go
You gotta let it go
Go let it flow
Gotta make it grow
You gotta let it go go
Go with the flow
You're old enough to know
Make up your mind girl
Out there it's a wild world
Open the door hit the dance floor
The stuff that gets you off
out there there's plenty more
Just gotta let it go
Learn to make it flow
Just go with the flow
Gotta let it go
Learn to make it flow
You're old enough to know
You want the front row
Well then go with the flow
Every nights a last show
Now if I had a bit of money
And used a little bit of sense
I might come up with something
That'll last till the end
Lord I've tried so hard
to make ends meet
But always end up with nothing
Where will this misery lead
But til then I've learned to let it go
Real love can make it grow
Just go with the flow
You want the front row
well then go with the flow
Every shows the last show
Just dare to let it go
Take a change it'll flow
You'll discover when you go
Well once upon a time
I thought everything would be alright
Then at the blink of an eye
Disaster struck at speed of light
Lord I fell down to my knees
God help me please
Can't squeese blood out of a rock
Sometimes the bad times gotta stop
No can't squeese blood out of a rock
Cos I've got nohing left to hock
Life's such a short dance
Like a one night romance
Grow with your mistakes
Skip the blow the fakes and flakes
Cut yourself frec from the chains of pain
Learn to let it go
Take a chance and it'll flow
You gotta let it go
You've gotta let it go
Go with the flow
Gotta let it go go go go go




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