Bootsauce was a

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based in

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. 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), and John "Fatboy" Lalley (drums). Their style combined

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and

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sounds. Two of their albums, '' The Brown Album'' and ''

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'' achieved Gold status in Canada. Their style was sometimes compared favorably to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

History

Bootsauce was founded in 1989 in Montreal. The band was nominated for a

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as Most Promising Group in 1991, and received a Juno in 1992 for their 1991 single " Everyone's a Winner", a

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cover. Their songs were played on MuchMusic. In 1992, Bootsauce was part of the cross-Canada Big, Bad & Groovy tour organized by MCA Concerts, along with Art Bergman. That year they released an album, ''Bull'' on the band's own label. In 1993, the band released the album ''Sleeping Bootie''. The song "Sorry Whole" was released as a single and reached #1 on the ''

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chart. Touring for the Sleeping Bootie album, Bootsauce played the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver for the first time on February 4th 1994.

Discography

Albums * '' The Brown Album'' (1990), Next Plateau Records * ''

'' (1992), Island Records * ''Sleeping Bootie'' (1993), Vertigo Records"Just the facts -Kudos and Kvetches"
/ ''Vancouver Courier'', June 26, 2014 * ''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) *"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) *"Each Morning After" (1995) *"Payment Time" (1996)

Awards

*Bootsauce was nominated as Most Promising Group at the

Juno Awards of 1991 The Juno Awards of 1991, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 3 March 1991 in Vancouver, British Columbia at a ceremony in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Paul Shaffer was the host for the ceremonie ...

. At the same ceremony, John W. Stewart was nominated for Best Album Design for ''The Brown Album''. *At the

Juno Awards of 1992 The Juno Awards (representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year ) from 1992, were awarded on 29th of March in Toronto at a ceremony in the O'Keefe Centre. Rick Moranis was the host for the ceremonies, which were broadcast ...

, "Everyone's a Winner" won the Juno Award for Best Dance Recording. *At the

, John W. Stewart was nominated for Best Album Design for ''Bull''. *At the

Juno Awards of 1996 The Juno Awards of 1996, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 10 March 1996 in Hamilton, Ontario at a ceremony in the Copps Coliseum. Anne Murray was the host for the ceremonies, which were broad ...

, David Andoff, Paul van Dongen, and Tara McVicar were nominated for Best Album Design for ''Bootsauce''.

References

External links

* - JAM! Canadian Pop Encyclopedia {{DEFAULTSORT:Bootsauce 1989 establishments in Ontario Musical groups established in 1989 Musical groups disestablished in 1996 Musical groups from Montreal Canadian funk rock musical groups Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year winners English-language musical groups from Quebec