The decadent autobiography of HANOI ROCKS co-founder Andy McCoy, Sheriff
McCoy: Legend of Hanoi Rocks, is now available in English for the first
time in a deluxe hardcover edition through Bazillion Points Books.
Touted as the last great rock n roll memoir, Andy McCoy s autobiography
covers the legendary guitarist s life and exploits from childhood
through the early 2000s rekindling of Hanoi Rocks. McCoy helped
introduce punk to Finland with his teenaged band Briard before
befriending glamorous Michael Monroe and forming Hanoi Rocks. Based for
a time in a Stockholm subway station, the band embarked on wild
life-changing and death-defying thrill ride around the world, touring
Europe, London, and America, and also Israel, Brazil, Thailand, and
Japan.
After Hanoi Rocks dissolved following the death of drummer Nicholas
Razzle Dingley in Hollywood in December 1984, McCoy carried on with
Suicide Twins, Cherry Bombz, a successful solo career, and a stint as a
sideman to Iggy Pop. Meanwhile, Hanoi Rocks over-the-top image and
streetwise bending of punk, glam, and rock n roll inspired a generation
of platinum-selling bands.
McCoy s 204-page hilarious and harrowing autobiography includes dozens
of rare candid photos, a deluxe embossed cover, a lengthy select
discography spanning three decades of rarities, and a new 2009 preface
written by McCoy after the final breakup of Hanoi Rocks. The book
features guest appearances by Guns N Roses, Motley Crue, the UK Subs,
Ofra Haza, Kid Creole, Bob Marley, Lita Ford, David Coverdale of
Whitesnake, Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls, Stiv Bators, various
Brazilian street urchins, the LAPD, British customs officials, and the
Israeli Army Security Forces.
According to the author: This book is entertainment for entertainment s
sake, for lovers of rock n roll history and people who have a taste for
the macabre. "
