Bootsauce was a Juno Award-winning

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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 ''Bull'' achieved Gold status in Canada.

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.

Discography

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

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'' (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 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) *"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 ceremoni ...

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

, "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

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