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]