Andy Curran (musician)

Andy Curran is a Canadian rock musician.[1] He was originally prominent as the co-lead vocalist and bassist for the rock band Coney Hatch,[2] with whom he released three albums in the 1980s. Following Coney Hatch's initial breakup, he formed a new band consisting first of guitarists Harold Smith and Ray Buck with drummer Jack Fuller, and then guitarists Michael Borkosky and Simon Brierley with drummer Glenn Milchem.[1] Milchem left the band early on due to his extensive other commitments as a session musician, and was replaced by Eddie Zeeman.[1]

They were signed to Alert Records, although the label opted to bill Curran as a solo artist.[1] The self-titled debut album Andy Curran was released in 1990,[3] receiving Juno Award nominations for Most Promising Male Vocalist and Best Metal/Hard Rock Album at the Juno Awards of 1991.[4] Curran won the award for Most Promising Male Vocalist.[5]

Following that album, however, Curran and his bandmates opted to work under the band name Soho 69. As Soho 69, they released the album Scatterbrain in 1993.[6] In 1994, Curran, as a solo artist, recorded a cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl" for the tribute album Borrowed Tunes: A Tribute to Neil Young.[7]

In the late 1990s Curran and Brierley reemerged with the new project Caramel, which released a self-titled album in 1998.[8] Curran was also a songwriting collaborator with Kim Mitchell on Mitchell's 1999 album Kimosabe.[9]

In the early 2000s Curran joined Anthem Records as an artists and repertoire manager.[10] He cowrote two more songs for Mitchell's 2007 album Ain't Life Amazing,[11] and participated in the recording of Coney Hatch's 2013 reunion album Four and selected reunion concerts.[12]

In 2021, he appeared on two tracks by Alex Lifeson, released on Lifeson's website.[13] Curran and Lifeson have a new band, Envy of None, with vocalist Maiah Wynne.[14]