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Pure was an alternative rock band from Vancouver Canada that made several records throughout the nineties. After separating in 1999 each member had gone on to pursue different avenues in the music industry until 2006 when Mark Henning and Jordy Birch began collaborating on new music together. As of 2008 Todd Simko has recorded and performed with Henning's new group Combine the Victorious , while Birch and Henning have formed their own band called Guilty About Girls . More information is available through the Bio link below.

Bio

Here's what some of us are up to these days. Have a look, listen, enjoy.

Combine the Victorious - Disagreements
Guilty About Girls - EP1

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/24/2006
Band Members: Jordy Birch - vocals
Todd Simko - guitars
Mark Henning - keyboards
David Hadley - Bass
Leigh Grant - drums
plus Jim Hobbs - drums from 1997-99

Original Reprise Records releases Available Again
"Greed" ep 1992

"Pureafunalia" album 1993

"Generation Six-Pack" 1996
Influences: We drank a lot of beer. And a lot of it was dodgy, but a lot of it came in green bottles too. There was a little bit of Jack, a little bit of Johnny, usually some Stohli, and if there was red there had to be white, right?

Here's a brief interview with the great Steve Anthony before playing our Spiritual Pollution video on Much Music.Spiritual Pollution

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Blast (first version)

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Sounds Like: Depends on who you ask doesn't it?

Pure

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Anna Is A Speed Freak

Feverish

Chocolate Bar

Record Label: Reprise/Warners , Mammoth
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

The songs are missing

Hey,For whatever reason, it seems that Warner's Music Group has tightened its hold on the digital community and now our songs, which have been so happily playing on this site for over two years, are g...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:14:00 GMT

Majors vs. Youtube

So I just got a note from Jordy stating the Anna is a Speed Freak video has been removed from the Youtube site.  Checking, it has indeed been taken down, with a message that reads "This video is no lo...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:54:00 GMT

Collaborations

It's fun to be working with Jordy and Todd again.  It's been a long time between these years but I think we're doing some good stuff.Todd has been recording with Combine the Victorious, giving...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:35:00 GMT

New Song!

Not a new Pure song but Guilty About Girls has a new track that is pretty cool. It's called VRGN and there are two mixes on the page right now. Maybe click over and have a listen. I think it's the ...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:06:00 GMT

It aint a reunion but...

... I'd just like to say a big Thank You to Todd for recording such amazing guitars last night. He's been helping me to finish off the next Combine the Victorious ep, and even though we only represen...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:47:00 GMT

Todd Simko to play with Combine the Victorious

Hello there! I'm pleased to announce that Todd Simko has agreed to play with Combine the Victorious at our next show here in Vancouver. Mr. Simko was kind enough to lend his talents to one of CtV's ...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:36:00 GMT

Pure Available on iTunes June 2-2008

Hi Everyone,So thanks to the work of Mr. David Hadley, working all the way from Australia, we are now able to say our albums will become available once again through the iTunes Music Store. Dave also...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 12:46:00 GMT

Guilty About Girls - PLAYING LIVE

Hi there,Hopefully a few of you may read this little note. Jordy Birch's new band, Guilty About Girls, will be performing this Thursday, April 17th, at the Plaza Nightclub, here in Vancouver. I'm jo...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:28:00 GMT

Performing Live

All right, I confess that the headline might seem a bit cheap, as Pure is NOT performing live together again. However, Guilty About Girls (Jordy's new group that I'm playing with) has booked a show f...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:56:00 GMT

News

HelloSo I just wanted to write a quick note about the group that Jordy has formed: Guilty About Girls. It's a three piece with Jordy (of course) singing and playing guitar, Mr. Pil Colins on drums an...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:29:00 GMT