Andy Curran (musician)

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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Andy Curran". AllMusic.
^ "Coney Hatch returns with original players". Toronto Star, December 23, 1986.
^ "Andy Curran hopes humor makes the difference". Ottawa Citizen, December 7, 1990.
^ "Rap music makes presence felt in '91 Juno Awards nominations". Montreal Gazette, February 7, 1991.
^ "Celine Dion a double winner at Junos; Dutoit, MSO claim classical-album prize". Montreal Gazette, March 4, 1991.
^ "A Curran affair returns". Hamilton Spectator, December 30, 1993.
^ "Rich musical textures from Neil Young". Edmonton Journal, September 18, 1994.
^ "Tragically brilliant New albums from The Hip, Beastie Boys, Trisha Yearwood, Caramel". Waterloo Region Record, July 16, 1998.
^ "Kim Mitchell: Still doin' rock 'n' roll duty". Victoria Times-Colonist, November 20, 1998.
^ "Junkhouse guitarist Achen dies". Hamilton Spectator, March 17, 2010.
^ "Mitchell returns to rockland minus a lyricist". Telegraph-Journal, July 4, 2007.
^ "Happenings on the Scene - Coney Hatch plays 'Four' at The 40". Brandon Sun, August 21, 2014.
^ "Alex Lifeson".
^ "Alex Lifeson Has Recorded 10 Songs for New 'Envy of None' Project". 25 June 2021.