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Pure Motive was an alternative rock band formed in 2009 in Durban, South Africa. The line-up comprised Shane Layden (guitar, vocals), Tanya Layden (guitar), Shirley Myburgh (bass) and Warren Bernard (drums). The band disbanded in 2010.
On the 30th of March, 2008, Shane began working on the recording of a song called "Dull Without You." Tanya created artwork for the song. The then recently married couple uploaded the project to MySpace on the 28th April 2008 under the name Pure Motive. (There were rumours that Martin Richard-Thomas III provided the drum beats and that Prof. Philip Shanya played the bass.)
Shane and Tanya decided to form a new band and so they invited a friend, Shirley Myburgh, who had played with Tanya previously, to play the bass. They developed a language of "sho" which further promoted creativity, even while chimply speaking. They invited a friend of Shane's, Warren Bernard, to be the drummer and his inventive beats were just what the group was looking for.
Pure Motive practised for a few months before playing their first gig at The Winston (performing after a band from Port Shepstone called Outbreak) on the 21st November, 2009. Recording of a rough demo version of "Death Becomes Us" (written by Tanya) commenced on the 7th of December, 2009, and the song was uploaded to MySpace on the 17th of December, 2009. By the 3rd of February, 2010, the demo had been played 1000 times. The band's second (and final) gig, a hastily arranged affair, took place at The Winston on the 29th January, 2010.
Various circumstances led to the stalling of a potentially legendary act. Shane and Tanya had a baby son. Warren moved to Australia and back. Attempts were made to continue, but it was not the same. Following two final practise sessions with Warren, a rough version of "Moonflow" was uploaded to MySpace on the 29th June, 2010, titled "Moonflow (Demo 2010)." Shirley called it quits. Warren called it quits. During 2011 a demo version of a song called "Hold You in the Sun" was recorded and uploaded to MySpace on the 29th December, 2011, (and then to SoundCloud on the 27th of January, 2012,) as a Pure Motive project (Tanya played the bass and Shane worked on the rest).
On Monday, the 7th of May 2012, Matthew Erskine joined the band on drums and then on Friday, the 18th of May 2012, Craig Laing joined on bass. This new phase was short-lived, amounting to a few practise jams before Shane and Tanya decided to move overseas. In November 2012, Shane and Tanya moved to the United Kingdom and a few months later they settled in Plymouth, England.
Shane had his heart set on reforming the band overseas. He worked on a demo version of "Moonflow" (uploaded on the 27th of July, 2014, to the Pure Motive MySpace page) and then later a song called "Dreaming of Dunes" together with a music video (uploaded to Pure Motive's YouTube Channel on the 10th of April, 2017,) but these were really just solo works which he later decided to remove. In the end he felt nothing could possibly compare to what might have been with the original band back in Durban.
And so, let it be known that Chane, Chanya, Chirley and Chwarren did in fact once live the dream, for a little while, together, as Pure Motive.