Andy Curran (musician)

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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]

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  3. ↑ "Andy Curran hopes humor makes the difference". Ottawa Citizen , December 7, 1990.
  4. ↑ "Rap music makes presence felt in '91 Juno Awards nominations". Montreal Gazette , February 7, 1991.
  5. ↑ "Celine Dion a double winner at Junos; Dutoit, MSO claim classical-album prize". Montreal Gazette , March 4, 1991.
  6. ↑ "A Curran affair returns". Hamilton Spectator , December 30, 1993.
  7. ↑ "Rich musical textures from Neil Young". Edmonton Journal , September 18, 1994.
  8. ↑ "Tragically brilliant New albums from The Hip, Beastie Boys, Trisha Yearwood, Caramel". Waterloo Region Record , July 16, 1998.
  9. ↑ "Kim Mitchell: Still doin' rock 'n' roll duty". Victoria Times-Colonist , November 20, 1998.
  10. ↑ "Junkhouse guitarist Achen dies". Hamilton Spectator , March 17, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Mitchell returns to rockland minus a lyricist". Telegraph-Journal , July 4, 2007.
  12. ↑ "Happenings on the Scene - Coney Hatch plays 'Four' at The 40". Brandon Sun , August 21, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Alex Lifeson".
  14. ↑ "Alex Lifeson Has Recorded 10 Songs for New 'Envy of None' Project".
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