Bootsauce

Bootsauce was a Juno Award-winning[2] Canadian rock band based in Montreal.[1][3] The band was composed of Drew Ling (real name Drew Thorpe) (vocals), Pere Fume (real name Perry Johnson) (guitar), Sonny Greenwich Jr. (guitar), Alan Baculis (bass guitar),[4] and John "Fatboy" Lalley (drums). Their style combined soul, funk and metal sounds. Two of their albums, The Brown Album and Bull achieved Gold status in Canada.

Bootsauce
Bootsauce, 1991 (From left: Al Baculis, Pere Fume, Sonny Greenwich Jr., Drew Ling)
Bootsauce, 1991 (From left: Al Baculis, Pere Fume, Sonny Greenwich Jr., Drew Ling)
Background information
OriginMontreal, Quebec, Canada
GenresFunk rock[1]
Years active1989–1996
LabelsNext Plateau Entertainment, Island Records, PolyGram, Vertigo Records
MembersDrew Ling
Pere Fume
Sonny Greenwich Jr.
Alan Baculis
John "Fatboy" Lalley
Rob Kazenel (Live Drums, 1989-90)
Marc Villeneuve (Live Drums, 1990-91)
Fraser Runciman (Guitar, 1994-96)

History

Bootsauce was founded in 1989 in Montreal. The band was nominated for a Juno Award as Most Promising Group in 1991, and received a Juno in 1992 for their 1991 single "Everyone's a Winner", a Hot Chocolate cover.[2] Their songs were played on MuchMusic.[5]

In 1992, Bootsauce was part of the cross-Canada Big, Bad & Groovy tour organized by MCA Concerts,[6][7] along with Art Bergman.[8] That year they released an album, Bull on the band's own label.[9] In 1993, the band released the album Sleeping Bootie. The song "Sorry Whole" was released as a single and reached #1 on the RPM Cancon chart.

Discography

Albums

  • The Brown Album (1990), Next Plateau Records
  • Bull (1992), Island Records
  • Sleeping Bootie (1993), Vertigo Records[10]
  • Bootsauce (1995), Polygram
  • Bootism: The Bootsauce Collection (1996), Vertigo Records

EPs

  • ReBoot (1991, EP), Polygram
  • Bum Steer (1992, EP), Polygram
  • Byfleet & New Haw (1995, EP), Polygram

Singles

  • "Masterstroke" (1990)
  • "Scratching the Whole" (1990)
  • "Play with Me" (1990)
  • "Sex Marine" (1991)
  • "Everyone's a Winner" (1991)[2]
  • "Love Monkey No.9" (1992)
  • "Whatcha Need" (1992)
  • "Big, Bad & Groovy" (1992)
  • "Rollercoaster's Child" (1992)
  • "Touching Cloth" (1992)
  • "Dogpound" (1992)
  • "Sorry Whole" (1993)
  • "Automatic" (1993)
  • "Moanie" (1994)
  • "Crack of Dawn" (1994)
  • "Caught Looking at You" (1994)
  • "Hey Baby" (1995)[11]
  • "Each Morning After" (1995)
  • "Payment Time" (1996)

Awards
  • Bootsauce was nominated as Most Promising Group at the Juno Awards of 1991. At the same ceremony, John W. Stewart was nominated for Best Album Design for The Brown Album.
  • At the Juno Awards of 1992, "Everyone's a Winner" won the Juno Award for Best Dance Recording.
  • At the Juno Awards of 1992, John W. Stewart was nominated for Best Album Design for Bull.
  • At the Juno Awards of 1996, David Andoff, Paul van Dongen, and Tara McVicar were nominated for Best Album Design for Bootsauce.

References
  1. Newton, Steve (4 February 2014). "20 years ago today: Bootsauce plays its first gig at the Commodore; anyone remember Bootsauce?". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. "Bootsauce". Juno Awards Database. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. Larry LeBlanc (30 May 1992). "Canada's Silk Toxic Goes Down Heavy". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1–41. ISSN 0006-2510.
  4. "Alan Prater: Always on the upbeat". Richard Burnett Montreal Gazette, February 9, 2015
  5. "Godspeed You! Brash Songsters". By Mark Lepage, Maisonneuve, November 15, 2003
  6. Larry LeBlanc (11 July 1992). "Concert-ed Efforts by Domestic Acts Lift Biz". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 39. ISSN 0006-2510.
  7. Michael Barclay; Ian A. D. Jack; Jason Schneider (2011). Have Not Been the Same: The CanRock Renaissance 1985-1995. ECW Press. pp. 107–. ISBN 978-1-55022-992-9.
  8. Larry LeBlanc (11 March 1995). "Bergmangets another chance with 'Hell'". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 51. ISSN 0006-2510.
  9. "Album Review, Inc". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 13 June 1992. pp. 1–51. ISSN 0006-2510.
  10. "Just the facts -Kudos and Kvetches" / Vancouver Courier, June 26, 2014
  11. "The Clip List". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1 April 1995. p. 44. ISSN 0006-2510.
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