Bootsauce

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Bootsauce
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Bootsauce, 1991 (From left: Al Baculis, Pere Fume, Sonny Greenwich Jr., Drew Ling)
Background information
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres Funk rock [1]
Years active19891996
Labels Next 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)

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.

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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

EPs

Singles

Awards

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References

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