Geoff Cox Explained

Geoff Cox
Birth Date:1951 3, df=yes
Birth Place:St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Show:Coxy's Big Break
Station:Seven Melbourne
Prime Victoria
Timeslot:Saturday 5.30 pm
Country:Australia

Geoff Cox (born 13 March 1951)[1] is an Australian musician and media personality. He is often referred to as "Coxy".

Cox is most notable for having played drums with Brian Cadd, and with the bands Cycle, The Bootleg Family Band and Avalanche. He also filled in as drummer with the Little River Band while Derek Pellicci recovered from burns following a barbecue accident.[2] [3] He later became a light entertainment presenter on the Seven Network. In the 2000s, he hosted the travel program Coxy's Big Break.[4]

Cox has been an Australia Day Ambassador.[5] He has supported other charitable causes, including the Cabrini Institute[6] and Zoos Victoria.[7]

In 2008, Cox survived bowel cancer.[8]

One of his earliest TV performances was on Countdown, in a short documentary which led viewers through the process of making Australian Crawl's music single, "Beautiful People".[9]

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Notes and References

  1. News: On This Day . 11 March 2009 . melbourneobserver.com.au . 26 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091016133612/http://melbourneobserver.com.au/ob_11mar09_p28z.pdf . 16 October 2009 .
  2. News: Pellicci to miss much of tour. 16 January 2015. The Canberra Times. 1 June 1978.
  3. Web site: Little River Band - Live Shows. graehamgoble.com. 26 January 2010.
  4. Web site: meet the team . coxy.com.au . 26 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040908225151/http://www.coxy.com.au/vic/meettheteam/ . September 8, 2004 .
  5. Web site: Moonee Valley welcomes new citizens on Australia Day . 24 January 2008 . mvcc.vic.gov.au . 26 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080730083509/http://mvcc.vic.gov.au/Page/page.asp?Page_Id=1345&h=0 . July 30, 2008 .
  6. Web site: Cabrini Health Australia Thanks Donors. mothercabrini.com. 26 January 2010.
  7. Web site: Our Ambassadors . 2008 . zoo.org.au . 26 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081207142640/http://www.zoo.org.au/Default.aspx?DN=ec65f482-25ef-42e3-8553-8af4e0878f7e . 7 December 2008 .
  8. News: Lucky health break for big Coxy. Devlyn. Darren. 24 December 2008. heraldsun.com.au. 26 January 2010.
  9. Web site: Australian Crawl in the Studio (1979) . YouTube . 2021-04-14.

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