- Andy Cox
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Andy Cox
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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Born = birth date and age|1956|1|25Birmingham ,England
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Genre = Ska, rock
Associated_acts = The BeatFine Young Cannibals
Cribabi
Occupation =Guitarist
Years_active = 1978–present
Label = Sire
URL =Andy Cox (born
25 January 1956 ,Birmingham ) is a Britishguitarist who, along withDave Wakeling , founded The Beat (known in theUnited States as The English Beat) in 1979.In 1985 he joined Beat
bassist David Steele andsinger Roland Gift inFine Young Cannibals . In 1988, while FYC were on hiatus, Cox and Steele released theinstrumental house music single "Tired of Getting Pushed Around" under the name Two Men, a Drum Machine and a Trumpet, reaching number 18 in theUK Singles Chart . By 2002 Cox formed Cribabi with Japanesesinger Yukari Fujiu and released thealbum "Volume" on his own Fidelarecord label .He is still involved with the
music industry .
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