He played bass guitar in several Townsville bands before he moved to Los Angeles, United States, in early 2008 to pursue a career in music.
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.
[5] In 2010, Cole joined Hollywood-based metal band We Are The Riot, with Coal Chamber members Meegs Rascón and Mikey "Bug" Cox.
[5] Cole said of his solo effort: WATR is still my priority and focus, however with the boys doing Coal Chamber, the Andy the Kid record gives me a project that is uniquely mine.
[8][9] On 5 May 2015, Andy released his debut EP Linchpin as well as his cover of Pendulum's "The Island", Which features Aaron Nordstrom from Gemini Syndrome.