Drew 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]Canadianrock 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.
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 RPMCancon chart.
Bootsauce was nominated as Most Promising Group at the
Juno Awards of 1991. At the same ceremony, John W. Stewart was nominated for Best Album Design for The Brown Album.
At the
Juno Awards of 1992, "Everyone's a Winner" won the Juno Award for Best Dance Recording.
At the
Juno Awards of 1992, John W. Stewart was nominated for Best Album Design for Bull.
At the
Juno Awards of 1996, David Andoff, Paul van Dongen, and Tara McVicar were nominated for Best Album Design for Bootsauce.