Andy Curran (lead vocals, bass)
Simon Brierley (guitars, vocals)
Michael Borkosky (guitars, leading and backing vocals)
Glenn Milchem (drums)
Eddie Zeeman (drums; replaced Milchem)
Following a hard rock stint in the 1980's with Toronto fixtures Coney Hatch, Andy Curran put together a new act called Soho 69. With several well-produced songs under their belt they shopped their demo as a band but were picked up by Alert Records (home of Kim Mitchell) as an Andy Curran solo project.
Alert president Tom Berry, a former Anthem Records employee (home of Rush and Max Webster) was well connected and managed to land Andy Curran & Soho 69 opening slots on tours with Rush and Kim Mitchell.
His eponymous debut album featured two moderately successful singles - 'License To Love' and 'No Tattoos'. In 1991 Curran won a Juno Award for 'Most Promising Vocalist', and was also nominated for 'Best Hard Rock Album'.
The album didn't fair well sales-wise and the band parted amicably with Alert due to contractual disagreements.
Being label-less wouldn't last long another deal was signed with Hypnotic in 1993, this time as Soho 69 (with Eddie Zeeman replacing the Milchem who had joined Blue Rodeo), and their debut CD, 'Scatterbrain', was produced by ex-Blue Peter member Chris Wardman (Chalk Circle, Sons Of Freedom, Art Bergmann).
They had medium rotation on MuchMusic with their single/video "Kiss My Boots", but extensive touring didn't help sales of the album which was generally too heavy sounding for Canadian radio.
The band once again parted ways with their label and was suspended while the members decided what to do next. Borkosky went on to join Alannah Myles on tour while Curran flirted with the on-again/off-again Coney Hatch reunions and had some fleeting success with the Q107-FM commissioned hockey song "Drop The Puck" featuring Rik Emmett (ex-Triumph) and Greg Godovitz (ex-Fludd, Goddo) on guitars and vocals. The song was used as an anthem during Toronto Maple Leaf game broadcasts and would eventually be released on an Attic Records sports anthems compilation.
1998 sees the reformation of the band under their new name, Caramel, with the addition of solo guitar whiz Virginia Storey (for the departed Borkosky). Their self-titled debut CD was released on 41 Records in the US.
Singles
as ANDY CURRAN
1990 License To Love
1990 No Tattoos
as SOHO 69
1993 Kiss My Boots
Albums
as ANDY CURRAN
1990 Andy Curran (Alert)
as SOHO 69
1993 Scatterbrain (Hypnotic)
as CARAMEL
1998 Caramel (41)
Video
as ANDY CURRAN
1990 License To Love
1990 No Tattoos
as SOHO 69
1993 Kiss My Boots
Compilation Tracks
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