Bootsauce

Bootsauce
Bootsauce, 1991
Background information
Origin	Montreal, QC, Canada
Genres	Funk/Rock
Years active	1989 – 1996
Labels	Island Records
Members
Drew Ling Pere Fume Sonny Greenwich Jr. Alan Baculis John “Fatboy” Lalley
Former members
Rob Kazenel - Live Drums 89-90 Marc Villeneuve Live Drums 90-91

Bootsauce was an off the wall Canadian rock band formed in Montreal in 1989. Often compared to Red Hot Chili Peppers, they combined soul, funk and metal sounds and were considered by many to be ahead of their time. Bootsauce was Drew Ling (vocals), Pere Fume (guitar), Sonny Greenwich Jr. (guitar), Alan Baculis (bass guitar), and John “Fatboy” Lalley (drums).

Discography

Albums

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

Singles

• "Masterstroke" (1990)
• "Scratching the Whole" (1990)
• "Everyone's a Winner" (1991)
• "Play with Me" (1991)
• "Love Monkey #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.
• Three of their albums, The Brown Album, Bull and Bootsauce received Juno Award nominations for "Best Album Design".
• In 2004, the Canadian music magazine Chart named the band's cover of Hot Chocolate's "Everyone's a Winner" the worst Canadian song ever recorded.

External links

• Bootsauce - JAM! Canadian Pop Encyclopedia

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