Pure Joy

Acquiring their name from a song with the legendary British new wave group the Teardrop Explodes, Pure Delight had been among a small number of ’80s Seattle rings that drew more inspiration from English neo-psychedelic rock and roll than punk or rock. Like Weather Theater, Room Nine, as well as the First Idea, Pure Pleasure (originally known as the Dwindles) sounded similar to a group through the U.K. compared to the Pacific Northwest. Featuring Rusty Willoughby (vocals, electric guitar), Lisa Ruler (bass), and Jim Hunnicutt (drums, vocals), Pure Pleasure recorded their initial LP, Unsung, in 1987. The music group toured the Western world Coast using the Chameleons U.K., getting rave testimonials. The monitor “Sea” was spun on university radio stations; nevertheless, Pure Pleasure didn’t acquire very much mainstream attention. The brand new wave-ish experience of Pure Joy’s tracks was antithetical towards the organic din from the group’s Seattle peers; even though music group didn’t become as well-known because the city’s grunge symbols, they helped broaden the number of Seattle’s music picture. In 1989, the group released its second recording, Carnivore, on PopLlama Information, and then split up. After Pure Joy’s demise, Willoughby created the energy pop music group Flop with Nate Johnson (drums), Expenses Campbell (acoustic guitar), and Paul Schurr (bass). Flop documented three albums within the ’90s — Flop as well as the Revenge from the Mopsqueezer, Whenever You’re Prepared, and Globe of Today — before divorce. Authorized to Epic Information through the heyday of Seattle grunge, Flop had been dropped from the label before these were actually provided the support they had a need to discover an target audience. In 1995, Willoughby revived Pure Pleasure with Ruler and Hunnicutt. The trio released the recording Getz, The Worm on THE FANTASTIC Utopia, an imprint of Flydaddy Information, in 1998.