[1] James Mudriczki, Neil McDonald, Anthony Szuminski and Kevin Matthews met on a bus on their way to watch The Stone Roses play at Spike Island on 27th May 1990.
A name instantly identified by most Mancunians in the early 1990s for the paper letters 'P'-'U'-'R'-'E'-'S'-'S'-'E'-'N'-'C'-'E', which were plastered around Manchester city centre, on derelict buildings, and on bridges (the most notable being the railway bridge opposite the Haçienda).
‘Planet Helpless’ was released in 2002 and was a huge success in Greece, reaching number 4 in the album charts.
Puressence toured this album in Greece with huge shows supporting Suede and Iggy Pop.
[3] In 2006, the band released a single titled "Palisades" on new Manchester label Reaction, followed by an album, Don't Forget To Remember, in September 2007.
Within a week the album had entered the Top 30 outselling the likes of Foo Fighters and Led Zeppelin.
They passed out free CD singles of "Don't Know Any Better" to many fans around the United States.
In Autumn 2009, the band released a ‘best of’ compilation ‘Sharpen Up The Knives’ and played their largest ever UK gig in front of 3,500 people at the Apollo in Manchester.
The line up includes Mudriczki on vocals, Steven Kelly on guitars and programming and John Patterson who is the drummer and multi instrumentalist.
In December 2024, Puressence returned to Greece to play their second successive sold out show of their comeback at Floyd in Athens.
The album also produced three more singles, "India", "Traffic Jam in Memory Lane" and "Casting Lazy Shadows."
Mani, bassist for the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, appeared as record producer on "Standing in Your Shadow."
Contains: Emotion, Petrol Skin, Mist, Scapa Flow, Siamese, Telekinesis, Suck The Knife, Fifteen Years, Bright Star, Black Snow, All Star, Moss Side Lonely, Only Holy Maybe, Let Down, Offshore, and many more.
Puressence's fourth album, entitled Don't Forget To Remember, was recorded at Revolution studios in Manchester and produced by Andy Macpherson.
[8] Puressence played a Manchester Academy show to celebrate English Rugby and Soccer team wins on 13 October 2007.
Track listing: Released: 2 May 2011 Caserta Red In August 2003, after more than 12 years with Puressence, guitarist and founding member McDonald left the band.
Puressence decided to leave Island Records and sign with a new Manchester label called Reaction.