associated_acts years_active birth_place label name background birth_date genre article_title birth_name occupation
the beat fine young cannibals cribabi 1978 -- present birmingham , england sire andy cox non_vocal_instrumentalist 25 january 1956 new wave , ska andy cox
 andrew cox guitarist
andy cox

andy cox -lrb- born andrew cox 25 january 1956 -rrb- is a british guitarist , who along with dave wakeling , founded the beat in 1978 .
he was born in birmingham .
the beat achieved eight top 40 singles and three hit albums in the uk before announcing their break up in 1983 .
some of their notable hits included `` mirror in the bathroom '' , `` hands off she 's mine '' and `` ca n't get used to losing you '' .
in 1985 he joined fellow beat member david steele and singer roland gift , to form fine young cannibals .
in 1988 , while fine young cannibals were on hiatus , cox and steele released the instrumental house music single , `` tired of getting pushed around '' , under the name of two men , a drum machine and a trumpet .
it reached # 18 in the uk singles chart .
in 2002 , cox formed cribabi with japanese vocalist , yukari fujiu , and released the album `` volume '' on his own fidela record label .
