IF THE CHERRY BOMBZ, TRY YOUR LIGHTS
In a small hotel in a small town in England, the evening’s guests are not sure what to make of the Cherry Bombz. A Renaissance play might be a good start, given ex-Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy’s penchant for lace cuffs and delicate cheek-bones.
IF THE CHERRY BOMBZ, TRY YOUR LIGHTS
Andy Hughes
In a small hotel in a small town in England, the evening’s guests are not sure what to make of the Cherry Bombz. A Renaissance play might be a good start, given ex-Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy’s penchant for lace cuffs and delicate cheek-bones. Or even a decadent nightclub, with vocalist Anita as hostess? And they must not have even seen fellow ex-Rocks guitarist Nasty Suicide, who shot straight up to his room, or else mass check-out time would be ’round real soon.
Andy, Anita and I adjourn to the vacant TV room to find out how this band is rising from the ashes of the late, lamented Hanoi Rocks, and looking set to break their attendance records, eventually.
Anita was once a quarter of Toto Coello, an all-girl disco group that enjoyed a medium success with a couple of singles, and whose experience of live work consisted of miming to backing tapes. Rest assured, though: the Cherry Bombz are not about miming. This band is nothing if not for real.
“Touring is what it’s all all about,” agrees Anita.