McCoy (band)

McCoy
Origin	London, United Kingdom
Genres	Hard rock, heavy metal
Years active	1976–1977 1983–1990
Labels	Legacy Mausoleum Angel Air Records
Past members	John McCoy Paul Samson† Roger Hunt T-Bone Rees Al B. Romano Steve Linton Mike Sciotto Bobby Rondinelli Liam Genockey Ron Rebel Colin Towns

McCoy was a British heavy metal band under the new wave of British heavy metal era. John McCoy also led his own band under the simple name McCoy during the 1980s, which has been integrated with members of bands like Iron Maiden, Samson and Gillan.

The band was formed by John McCoy before he went to play in Gillan. Paul Samson would later form Samson.

Discography

• Mini Album/Oh Well (EP), 1983
• Think Hard, 1984
• Think Hard... Again, 1998 – A compilation of Think Hard and Oh Well with two additional tracks
• Brainstorm, 1999
• Live 1977, 2000
• Unreal - The Anthology (Compilation), 2007

Band members

First Line-Up

• John McCoy – bass guitar
• Paul Samson† – lead guitar and vocals
• Roger Hunt – drums

Other members

• Nikki Brooks – vocals
• T-Bone Rees – vocals
• Mark Keen† - guitar, backing vocals
• Al Romano – guitar, lead vocals
• Steve Linton – guitar
• Mike Sciotto – drums
• Bobby Rondinelli – drums
• Liam Genockey – drums
• Ron Rebel – drums
• Colin Towns – keyboards

See also

• List of new wave of British heavy metal bands

External links

• McCoy at Rockdetector
• Greene, Jo-Ann "Unreal: The Anthology Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation