Bootsauce

Bootsauce
Bootsauce, 1991 (From left: Al Baculis, Pere Fume, Sonny Greenwich Jr., Drew Ling)
Background information
Origin	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Funk rock[1]
Years active	1989–1996
Labels	Island Records
Members	Drew Ling Pere Fume Sonny Greenwich Jr. Alan Baculis John “Fatboy” Lalley
Past members	Rob Kazenel - Live Drums, 1989-90 Marc Villeneuve - Live Drums, 1990-91 Fraser Runciman - Guitar, 1994 or 1995-96

Bootsauce was a Canadian rock band formed in Montreal in 1989. The band received a Juno Award for their 1991 single "Everyone's a Winner", a Hot Chocolate cover.^[2] 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 soul, funk and metal sounds.

Discography

Albums

• The Brown Album (1990)
• Re-Boot (1991)
• Bull (1992)
• Sleeping Bootie (1993)
• Bootsauce (1995)
• Bootism: The Bootsauce Collection (1996)

Singles

• "Masterstroke" (1990)
• "Scratching the Whole" (1990)
• "Everyone's a Winner" (1991)^[2]
• "Play with Me" (1991)
• "Love Monkey No. 9" (1992)
• "Whatcha Need" (1992)
• "Big, Bad & Groovy" (1992)
• "Rollercoaster's Child" (1993)
• "Sorry Whole" (1993)
• "Moanie" (1994)
• "Caught Looking at You" (1994)
• "Hey Baby" (1995)
• "Each Morning After" (1995)

Awards

• Bootsauce was nominated for the Juno Award for "Most Promising New Group in 1991.
• "Everyone's a Winner" won the Juno Award for "Best Dance Recording" in 1992.
• "The Brown Album" and "Bull" both achieved Gold Album sales in Canada.
• Three of their albums, The Brown Album, Bull and Bootsauce received Juno Award nominations for "Best Album Design".

References

External links

• Bootsauce - JAM! Canadian Pop Encyclopedia