The Cherry Bombz – Coming Down Slow LP
I love the obscure cool shit most of all. First there was a Finnish punk band called Pelle Miljoona Oy with Andy McCoy on guitar and Sam Yaffa on guitar also. Andy began talks with Michael Monroe and the two formed Hanoi Rocks. Hanoi Rocks will be seen here on Perfectenschlag soon with many releases. After Hanoi Rocks broke up, Andy took the remaining band and formed Cherry Bombz with Anita Chellemah on vocals. Anita had been in an all girl pop outfit Toto Coelo, a British group who were a one hit wonder band put together by producer Barry Blue who also worked with Banannarama and also wrote songs for Diana Ross and Celine Dion. The Cherry Bombz were considered the ‘new’ Hanoi Rocks by many.
This Cherry Bombz release was recorded live at the Marquee club in 1986. It is the French version on High Dragon Records. They never released a full length record but had many recorded and released songs. The did a good cover of “Hot girls in love” by Loverboy.
Andy is a very interesting guy. He played with Iggy Pop on tour in 1989. He was the first Finish artis with a gold record when Samantha Fox covered his tune “The Best is yet to come”. He has written two books, had a documentary made about his life, played with the U.K. Subs on an album, he is an avid and successful painter and was a member of Bam Magera’s band. Bam has a tattoo of Andy on his arm.
