Bootsauce

Bootsauce was a Canadian rock band based in Montreal.<ref name=strait /><ref name="Inc.1992">Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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),<ref>"Alan Prater: Always on the upbeat". Richard Burnett Montreal Gazette, February 9, 2015</ref> 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. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their style was sometimes compared favorably to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref name="junoawards.ca">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their songs were played on MuchMusic.<ref>"Godspeed You! Brash Songsters". By Mark Lepage, Maisonneuve, November 15, 2003</ref>

In 1992, Bootsauce was part of the cross-Canada Big, Bad & Groovy tour organized by MCA Concerts,<ref name="Inc.1992b">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="BarclayJack2011">Template:Cite book</ref> along with Art Bergman.<ref name="Inc.1995">Template:Cite magazine</ref> That year they released an album, Bull on the band's own label.<ref name="Inc.1992a">Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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. Touring for the Sleeping Bootie album, Bootsauce played the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver for the first time on February 4th 1994. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Discography

Albums

• The Brown Album (1990), Next Plateau Records
• Bull (1992), Island Records
• Sleeping Bootie (1993), Vertigo Records<ref>"Just the facts -Kudos and Kvetches" / Vancouver Courier, June 26, 2014</ref>
• 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)<ref name="junoawards.ca"/>
• "Love Monkey #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)<ref name="Inc.1995a">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• "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.

External links

• Template:Usurped - JAM! Canadian Pop Encyclopedia