Personal Life
From 1986 to early 1989 McCoy was married to Anastacia (Stacy) Maisoneuve, also former girlfriend to Matti Fagerholm Aka Michael Monroe (Co-founder along with McCoy and front man for Hanoi Rocks) and former "wife" to Stiv Bators of the band `The Lords Of The New Church` (they had a pagan marriage which was not registered). McCoy and Anastacia also had a son named Sebastian. He is living in the UK studying Method Acting today.
In 1989 McCoy and Stacy divorced. Stacy died from Bronchial problems in 1990. In 1991 McCoy married Angela Nicoletti. She has since appeared on almost every project by McCoy.
McCoy was well known for his excessive drug and alcohol use in the 80's and 90's.
Besides music, McCoy is an avid painter and he also makes a lot of his own and his wife's clothes, along with designing jewelry, scarfs and other accessories. Ivo De Lange At Team IQ, who is McCoy's creative consultant, liked his paintings. McCoy had his first Art Exhibition last May 2010 at The Cable Factory In Helsinki, Finland titled `Pure McCoy Hits Canvas´. The Art Exhibition was a great success protected by The Kingdom Of The Netherlands. Team IQ and McCoy plan to have another one in the near future.
On 27 July 2009 a statue of McCoy (Sculpted in Wood by Matti Hulkko) was put up in Pelkosenniemi, Finland in the main square. All proceeds went to charity for newcomers in the music business.
McCoy's autobiography Sheriff McCoy: Outlaw Legend of Hanoi Rocks was published in English translation on 17 September 2009 by Bazillion Points Books.
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