Pure Rubbish was published in such music magazines as Rolling Stone,[1][2] Spin, Billboard, Guitar World, Kerrang!, Metal Edge, Houston Press, etc.
The band's first show on December 9, 1995, was a KISS tribute concert with Personality Crisis bassist Robin Geiger completing the lineup.
After seeing Pure Rubbish at the Westheimer Street Festival Morgan "Donor" Thompson at 14 years old was recruited to fill the bass position in summer 1996.
A friendship with the members of Nashville Pussy resulted in Pure Rubbish opening for the band the following year on a summer east coast tour.
The band booked a recording session with producer Daniel Rey (Ramones, Misfits) in New York City while in town.
On the first date of the tour in Los Angeles, Todd Singerman brought A&R coordinator Scott Givens of Ozzy Osbourne's Divine Recordings out to see the band.
Around this time, Willie Dunivan passed the lead vocal duties to his son Derek who at 15 assumed the frontman role for the band.
Upon returning to Houston after the tour and on the request of Scott Givens and Lemmy, Sharon Osbourne flew down to see the band play a showcase gig in October.
May 2001 saw the band play Ozzfest UK at Milton Keynes, England and three shows in London supporting Motörhead and the Backyard Babies.
Shortly after Ozzfest that summer, the band's debut full-length album Glamorous Youth was slated for release but was stopped because the label thought the production was too dated.
They were frustrated over the Mike Clink produced Glamorous Youth album being shelved, but were anxious to record their new songs and start touring again.
A feature article in "Rolling Stone" magazine surfaced that July, which chronicled Pure Rubbish's tour escapades through the eyes of the youngest band to ever play on Ozzfest.
Roadrunner wanted the band to keep their original hard rock style and conflicts arose regarding which songs to record for a full length Pure Rubbish album.
Pure Rubbish officially split up in April 2003 with Derek and Evan continuing to pursue their musical aspirations in their band Penny Royal, and Mike and Jarrett forming the Urgencies in summer 2003 with Al G. and Shawn.
Derek Dunivan was featured in the book "Uncommon Sound" (2006) written by John Engel about left-handed guitar players.