Pulp (band)
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| Pulp | |
|---|---|
 Jarvis Cocker performing with Pulp at the 2012 Coachella Festival | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Sheffield, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, post-punk,Britpop, indie rock, indie pop |
| Years active | 1978–2002, 2011 – present |
| Labels | Rough Trade Records |
| Associated acts | Relaxed Muscle Venini |
| Members | |
| Jarvis Cocker Candida Doyle Mark Webber Steve Mackey Nick Banks | |
| Past members | |
| Russell Senior Magnus Doyle Peter Mansell Simon Hinkler Peter Dalton Richard Hawley David Hinkler Wayne Furniss Jamie Pinchbeck Peter Boam Tim Allcard Steven Havenhand Gary Wilson Saskia Cocker Antony Genn Mark Swift Jimmy Sellers Philip Thompson David Lockwood Joshua Williams Nicky Rowe Katey Rigby Michael Paramore Captain Sleep Ian Dalton | |
Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Mark Webber (guitar), Steve Mackey (bass) and Nick Banks (drums). Leo Abrahams has been a touring member of the band since they reunited in 2011, contributing electric and acoustic guitar.
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 particularlyDifferent Class in 1995, which reached the number one spot in the UK Albums Chart.Different Class spawned four top ten singles, including "Common People" and "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 "kitchen sink drama"-style lyrics. Jarvis Cocker and the band became major figures in the Britpopmovement, and were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 1994 for His 'n' Hers; they won the prize in 1996 for Different Class. They headlined the Pyramid Stage of theGlastonbury Festival twice.
The band would release two further albums, This Is Hardcore (1998) and We Love Life(2001), after which they entered an extended hiatus, having sold more than 10 million records.[1]
On 8 November 2010, it was announced that Pulp would return to playing live in 2011, with dates at the Isle of Wight Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Sziget Festival, Primavera Sound, the Exit festival, and the Wireless Festival. A number of additional concert dates have since been added to their schedule.
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[edit]Early years: 1978–83
A 15-year-old Jarvis Cocker and his friend Peter Dalton, who was 14, conceived the band atThe City School in Sheffield. Cocker's original preference was to name the band after the film Pulp starring Michael Caine, though it was decided that this was too short. Instead, the two took inspiration from a copy of the Financial Times which listed the Arabicas coffee bean in its commodity index. Cocker and Dalton used this, with a slight spelling change, and the band became "Arabicus".[2] Early rehearsals took place in Cocker's house and featured Cocker, Dalton and Dalton's younger brother Ian. After finally deciding on "Arabicus Pulp", a fixed line-up was then established: Cocker, Dalton and two friends of theirs, David Lockwood and Mark Swift.[3] The band played their first public gig atRotherham Arts Centre in July 1980.[4] Later that year, Cocker met future member, Russell Senior who recognised Cocker from his charismatic sales techniques in his part-time job at the local fish market.[5]
Their musical style at this time was varied, approximately described as "a cross betweenAbba and The Fall".[6] A local fanzine also noted this eclecticism, describing them as sounding "as if they listen to the John Peel show every night in an endless quest for influences".[7] Indeed, in October 1981, they gave ademo tape to Peel, who granted them a Peel Session.[8] The session was a giant leap forward for the young band, who became well-known on the local music scene as a result. The tracks recorded were in the typical Sheffield sound of the time (cf. The Human Leagueand Comsat Angels): electronic New Wave and post-punk. These tracks were released in 2006 on The Peel Sessions compilation.
Despite their exposure on national radio, success was not forthcoming and, apart from Cocker, most of the core line-up left for university. Soon, a new set of musicians was gathered: Simon Hinkler (who later joined The Mission and produced All About Eve), David Hinkler, Wayne Furniss, Peter Boam, Gary Wilson, and Cocker's sister, Saskia. They managed to get enough local backing to record a mini-album in late 1982, entitled It (the title was a pun on pulp-it, as if the band were preaching to the audience[4]), which was released in April 1983 by Red Rhino Records. This largely consisted of folkish, romantic pop songs influenced by Leonard Cohen and was a change of direction from the Peel Sessions a few years earlier. The album was later released by Cherry Red records.
Though It failed commercially and fame was still elusive, the band continued to seek commercial success even to the point of recording a single, "Everybody's Problem"/"There Was". The single demonstrated a style shift advised by Red Rhino's Tony Perrin who had convinced Cocker that he "could write commercial songs like Wham!".[9] This approach also failed and Cocker was becoming unhappy with his chosen musical direction. He was set to break up the band and go to university himself before a practice with Russell Senior(violin, guitar, vocals) and Magnus Doyle (drums) led to the establishment of a new, more experimental, artier and noisier direction for Pulp. They were subsequently augmented by Peter Mansell (bass) and Tim Allcard (keyboards, saxophone, poetry).
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