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Pulp (band)

Pulp
Pulp performing at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2023
Pulp performing at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2023
Background information
OriginSheffield, England
Genres
DiscographyPulp discography
Years active
  • 1978–2002
  • 2011–2013
  • 2022–present
Labels
Spinoffs
Members
Past members
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Pulp are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. At their critical and commercial peak, the band consisted of Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Russell Senior (guitar, violin), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Nick Banks (drums, percussion), Steve Mackey (bass) and Mark Webber (guitar, keyboards).

Throughout the 1980s the band struggled to find success, but gained prominence in the UK in the mid-1990s with the release of the albums His 'n' Hers in 1994 and particularly Different Class in 1995, which reached the number one spot in the UK Albums Chart. The album spawned four top ten singles, including "Common People" and "Mis-Shapes/Sorted for E's & Wizz", both of which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. Pulp's musical style during this period consisted of disco-influenced pop-rock coupled with references to British culture in their lyrics in the form of a "kitchen sink drama"-style. Cocker and the band became reluctant figureheads of the Britpop movement,[4] and were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 1994 for His 'n' Hers; they won the prize in 1996 for Different Class and were nominated again in 1998 for This Is Hardcore. Pulp headlined the Pyramid Stage of the Glastonbury Festival twice and were regarded among the Britpop "big four", along with Oasis, Blur and Suede.[5][6]

The band released We Love Life in 2001 and then took a decade-long break, having sold more than 10 million records.[7] Pulp reunited and played live again in 2011, with dates at the Isle of Wight Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Pohoda, Sziget Festival, Primavera Sound, the Exit festival, and the Wireless Festival. A number of additional concert dates were afterward added to their schedule. In January 2013, Pulp released "After You", a song originally demoed for We Love Life, as a digital download single. It was the band's first single release since "Bad Cover Version" in 2002. On 9 March 2014, Pulp and filmmaker Florian Habicht premiered the feature documentary Pulp: A Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets at SXSW Music and Film Festival in Austin, Texas. The film toured the international film festival circuit and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories in the US in November 2014.[8][9] It is the first film about Pulp (and Sheffield) that has been made in collaboration with the band. The band once again went on hiatus following this, but in 2022, Cocker announced that the band would be reuniting for a second time to play a series of shows in 2023.[10]

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  2. ^ Gerard, Chris (24 July 2016). "The 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the '90s - Part 4 (40 - 21)". PopMatters. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2005. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ^ Sheppard, Justin (7 March 2007). "Jarvis Cocker not into 'Britpop'". Prefix. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013. I hated that term [Britpop] and never considered Pulp to be a part of that...
  5. ^ Hann, Michael (25 August 2013). "Suede – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  6. ^ Campion, Freddie (23 April 2012). "Band of the Week: The Drowners". Vogue. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  7. ^ Brown, Glyn. "Darren Spooner: Who the Hell Does He Think He Is?[dead link‍]". The Independent. 23 October 2003. Retrieved on 25 September 2009.
  8. ^ "Oscilloscope". Oscilloscope Films. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  9. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (18 November 2014). "Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Pulp to reform (again) for 2023 concerts". The Guardian. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

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