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IMPURE WAS FOUNDED BACK IN SUMMER 1997 IN THE FOLLOWING LINE-UP:
HENRY MANN (VOKILLS)
DENNIS BEGGER(GUITAR)
MARCEL SCHULZ (GUITAR)
BJOERN GERSCHERMANN (DRUMS) AND
JOGI NEUMANN (BASS)
AFTER 2 MONTHS OF EXISTING THE BAND HAD THEIR FIRST LIVE SHOW IN A LOCAL YOUTH CLUB AND THEIR DEFINITION OF DEATH METAL WAS HIGHLY ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE AUDIENCE. IN DECEMBER 1997 THEY HIT THE STUDIO TO RECORD THEIR FIRST 4 SONG DEMO TAPE ENTITLED ´GOD HAS TURNED TO´
WITHIN THE MONTHS IMPURE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN THEIR PLAYING AND SONGWRITING ABILITIES AND THEY HIT THE STUDIO AGAIN IN JULY 1998 TO RECORD THEIR SECOND DEMO ´FORSAKEN...THE BASTARD BREED´ WHICH WAS THE FIRST STEP FOR THE BAND INTO THE EUROPEAN UNDERGROUND.
A YEAR LATER IMPURE DECIDED TO RELEASE THEIR FIRST CD ENTITLED ´SOMETHING EVIL´ AND THE BAND WAS REALLY SURPRISED BY THE SUCCESS OF THIS CD. AFTER THE RELEASE OF SOMETHING EVIL BJOERN GERSCHERMANN (DRUMS) QUIT THE BAND IN JUNE 2000 AND MARCO DI BARTOLO ENTERED THE IMPURE CAMP TO PLAY THE DRUMS.
IN JANUARY 2001 AN EUROPEAN TOUR WAS PLANNED BY JOGI/IMPURE AND DANIEL ROJEWSKI/AWAKEN PRODUCTIONS WITH REGURGITATION FROM THE UNITED STATES BUT ONE WEEK BEFORE THE TOUR STARTS IT WAS CANCELLED, BECAUSE BRIAN BAXTER WAS NOT ABLE TO LEAVE THE UNITED STATES - SO IN EXCHANGE, BRIAN BAXTER INVITED IMPURE TO PLAY THE LEGENDARY OHIO DEATH FEST IN APRIL 2001.
IN JUNE 2001 THE BAND RECEIVED THE FIRST OFFERS FROM DIFFERENT LABEL AND THEY DECEIDED TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THE CANADIAN LABEL C.D.N RECORDS FOR ONE CD. IMPURE HIT THE STUDIO IN DECEMBER 2001 TO RECORD THEIR SECOND CD ´IN DISRESPECT TO MANKIND´ WITH MICHAEL BOHN AS THEIR NEW GUITARIST AFTER MARCEL SCHULZ HAD TO LEAVE THE BAND IN SEPTEMBER 2001. THIS CD WAS FINALLY RELEASED IN MARCH 2002.
THE YEAR 2002 WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFULL YEAR FOR IMPURE. THE BAND PLAYED THE MOST IMPORTANT UNDERGROUND FESTIVALS IN EUROPE LIKE THE FUCK THE COMMERCE (V) OPEN AIR, MOUNTAINS OF DEATH OPEN AIR, GOTHENBURG DEATH FEST, LUDWIGSHAFEN DEATH FEST. ETC. AFTER THE MOUNTAINS OF DEATH OPEN AIR. IN AUGUST 2002 DENNIS BEGGER (GUIT) QUIT THE BAND BECAUSE HE HAD NO TIME TO COMBINE HIS STUDIES AND THE MUSIC. REPLACEMENT FOR DENNIS BEGGER (GUIT) WAS FOUND IN RALF KANTEL (GUIT) REALLY SOON!
IN APRIL 2003 MARCO DI BARTOLO LEFT THE BAND IN CASE OF PERSONAL AND MUSICAL DISAGREEMENTS. SO THE BAND HAD TO CANCEL ALL SHOWS FOR THE YEAR 2003, BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT IT WOULD TAKE A LONGER PERIOD TO FIND A GOOD AND SUITABLE DRUMMER TO COMPLETE THE LINE UP. THE BAND CHECKED OUT A FEW GUYS AND IN THEIR OPINION NO ONE OF THEM HAD THE BALLS TO PLAY BRUTAL MUSICK. AFTER A WHILE THE BAND RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A GUY CALLED SPENCER PREWETT - LOCATED IN CANADA - ASKING IF IMPURE IS STILL SEARCHING FOR A DRUMMER! HE SENT A VIDEO OF HIMSELF PLAYING DRUMS AND THE BAND DECIDED TO TAKE HIM AS THEIR NEW DRUMMER! SPENCER ARRIVED ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2004.
AFTER A MONTH OF REHEARSING TOGETHER, JOGI NEUMANN DECIDED TO LEAVE THE BAND IN CASE OF PERSONAL REASONS AND AFTER TWO MORE MONTHS IMPURE WAS BURIED BY THE REMAINING MEMBERS.
IMPURE PLAYED SHOWS WITH THE FOLLOWING ACTS (ONLY TO MENTION A FEW):
KRISIUN, DEEDS OF FLESH, BRODEQUIN, DISGORGE (US), PYAEMIA, DEEP RED, VISCERAL BLEEDING, KAAMOS, DISAVOWED, IMMERSED IN BLOOD, RESURRECTED, HARMONY DIES, BRUTUS, DESPONDENCY, HOUR OF PENANCE, BK49, PROPHECY, C.B.T, EXHUMED, CENTURIAN, SEVERE TORTURE, INCANTATION, MANGLED, GOREROTTED, EMBEDDED, TEARS OF DECAY, PROFANITY, REGURGITATION, SPAWN OF POSSESSION, INSISION, INIQUITY, GODLESS TRUTH, CONVENT AND MANY MORE
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