Alan Baculis (bass)
Drew Ling (vocals)
Pere Fume [aka Perry Johnson] (guitar)
Marc Villeneuve (drums)
Sonny Greenwich Jr. (guitar)
Rob Kazenel (drums; replaced Villeneuve 1991)
John 'Fatboy' Lalley (drums; replaced Kazenel)
Fraser Rosetti (guitar; replaced Pere Fume)
Bootsauce was conceived in 1989 when Drew Ling and Pere Fume hooked up with Sonny Greenwich, Jr. after they all met by chance in future manager Steven Shipp's office.
The first album called 'The Brown Album' spawned two hits in "Play With Me" and the remake of Hot Chocolate's "Everyone's A Winner". The first tune won a MuchMusic Video Award and the second won them a Juno. Ian Astbury of The Cult saw them and was so impressed, they were asked to tour England with The Cult.
Unlike the first album and their second - 'Bull' - album No. 3, 'Sleeping Bootie', didn't reach the gold sales mark like the first two mostly do to the label's under-promotion in light of managerial and band member problems.
During the recording of 'Bootsauce', founding member Pere Fume left in a dispute with the handling of the band's career by the record label. Fume returned to his given name and formed Toronto band Fonzi. During the recording of the album they picked up Exploited guitarist Fraser Rosetti who were recording at the same studio in England.
Polygram released a greatest hits album shortly after the band's demise in 1996.
with notes from Marc Villeneuve.
Singles
1990 Masterstroke (Vertigo/Polygram)
1990 Scratching The Whole (Vertigo/Polygram)
1991 Everyone's A Winner (Vertigo/Polygram)
1991 Play With Me (Vertigo/Polygram)
1992 Whatcha Need (Vertigo/Polygram)
1992 Big, Bad & Groovy (Vertigo/Polygram)
1992 Love Monkey #9 (Vertigo/Polygram)
1992 Rollercoaster's Child (Vertigo/Polygram)
1993 Sorry Whole (Vertigo/Polygram)
1994 Moanie (Vertigo/Polygram)
1994 Caught Looking At You (Vertigo/Polygram)
1995 Hey Baby (Mercury/Polydor)
1995 Each Morning After (Mercury/Polydor)
Albums
1990 The Brown Album (Vertigo/Polygram)
1990 Re-Boot (Vertigo/Polygram)
1991 Bull (Vertigo/Polygram)
1993 Sleeping Bootie (Vertigo/Polygram)
1995 Bootsauce (Mercury/Polydor)
1996 Bootism: The Best Of Bootsauce (Mercury/Polydor)
Video
Compilation Tracks
Official Marc Villeneuve Website
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