Jordy Birch

Jordy Birch
Jordy Birch
Background information
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Indie-rock Alternative Rock
Years active	1991 - present

Jordy Birch is a Canadian singer-songwriter and music producer born in Vancouver, BC. Birch first began releasing his music with the rock band Pure, formed in Vancouver in 1991. Pure was discovered at Vancouver's Music West Conference in 1991, when they went there to showcase their demo, impressing amongst others, an executive from Restless Records. They were subsequently signed by Warner/Reprise and the band's song "Greedy" was used in the Ralph Bakshi animated movie Cool World.^[1] Pure had several #1 singles in Canada, and their song "Blast" reached #22 on the American Billboard charts. ^[2][3]

After Pure, Birch went onto having a solo career, with the #1 single, "Moola Moola" in 2002. In 2008 he formed a new group called Guilty About Girls. Joining him in the band is Mark R. Henning on Bass, and DJ Lucas T. Poth on drums and programming. Guilty About Girls is now a part of the Vancouver artist's collective, Boutique Empire.^[4] Their single "Candy Candy" was a radio hit across alternative radio and also reached #1 on iTunes. ^[5]

References

1. "Pureafunalia - Pure". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
2. "Todd Simko, Guitarist for Pure".
3. "Pureafunalia - Pure". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
4. "Guilty About Girls".
5. "Can Indie".