Andrew Cole, better known by his stage name Andy the Kid, (born 30 May 1984) is an Australian musician.

Biography

Cole was raised in

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, Australia. He played

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in several Townsville bands before he moved to

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, California, United States, in early 2008 to pursue a career in music. He joined Orange County outfit Neo Geo on bass in 2008, embarking on two

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's with the band in 2010 and 2011 and recorded an album with the band before leaving the group in 2012. After leaving, Cole went on tour with

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in 2012. When

broke up, he was asked by founding member and lead vocalist

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to join his solo project, and played bass and backing vocals for Static in 2013 and 2014. One of these tours was supported by industrial metal band Dope, who asked Cole to fill in on bass for a series of live shows across North America. In 2010, Cole joined Hollywood-based metal band We Are The Riot, with

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members Meegs Rascón and

Mikey "Bug" Cox Coal Chamber is an American nu metal band formed by Dez Fafara and Meegs Rascón in Los Angeles, California in 1993. Prior to Coal Chamber, the two had also created the band She's in Pain, in 1992. The original lineup also consisted of bassist ...

. The band is currently recording their debut album with Ulrich Wild in Hollywood, around Meegs and Mikey's tour schedules. The record is due for release in late 2015. Cole said of his solo effort: The lead single from the EP, "Cowboys Evolution (Rise Up)" was released on 27 February 2015, and is being used by the

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NRL team as their official theme song for the 2015 rugby league season. On 5 May 2015 Andy released his debut EP ''Linchpin'' as well as his cover of

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's "The Island", Which features Aaron Nordstrom from

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. Linchpin was produced by

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. May 2015 saw Andy the Kid head out on his first headline tour of Australia, which included a half time performance at the

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match at 1300SMILES stadium, in addition to shows in Townsville, Cairns, Melbourne, Sydney & Melbourne.

References

External links

Andy the Kid official website
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