McCoy (band)

Not to be confused with the American rock band The McCoys.

McCoy was a British heavy metal band from 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.

McCoy
Origin	London, United Kingdom
Genres	Hard rock, heavy metal
Years active	1976–1977 1983–1990 1998
Labels	Legacy Mausoleum Angel Air Records
Past members	John McCoy Paul Samson† Roger Hunt T-Bone Rees Al B. Romano Steve Linton Mike Sciotto Liam Genockey Ron Rebel Colin Towns

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

Discography

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

Band members

First Line-Up (1976)

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

1983 Line-Up

• T-Bone Rees – vocals
• John McCoy – bass guitar
• Steve Linton – guitar
• Paul Samson† – guitar
• Liam Genockey – drums
• Ron Rebel – drums
• Colin Towns – keyboards

Think Hard Line-Up

• T-Bone Rees – vocals
• John McCoy – bass guitar
• Paul Samson† – guitar
• Ron Rebel – drums
• Colin Towns – keyboards

Brainstorm Line-Up

• Al B. Romano – vocals and lead guitar
• John McCoy – bass guitar
• Michael Sciotto – drums

Other members

• Nikki Brooks - vocals
• Mark Keen† - guitar, backing vocals
• Arthur Guitar – guitar
• Bobby Rondinelli – drums

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