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Arabacus Pulp

Pulp
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Jarvis Cocker performing with Pulp
at the 2012 Coachella Festival
Background information
Origin Sheffield, England
Genres
Years active
  • 1978–2002
  • 2011–2013
Labels
Associated acts
Past members Jarvis Cocker
Candida Doyle
Nick Banks
Steve Mackey
Mark Webber
Peter Dalton
Ian Dalton
David Lockwood
Mark Swift
Philip Thompson
Jimmy Sellers
Jamie Pinchbeck
Wayne Furniss
David Hinkler
Simon Hinkler
Peter Boam
Tim Allcard
Michael Paramore
Magnus Doyle
Russell Senior
Peter Mansell
Captain Sleep
Steven Havenhand
Antony Genn
Richard Hawley

Pulp were an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their best-known line-up from their heyday (1994–1996) consisted of Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Russell Senior (guitar, violin), Mark Webber (guitar, keyboards), Steve Mackey (bass) and Nick Banks (drums). Senior quit in 1996 and returned for tours in 2011, while Leo Abrahams had 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 particularly Different 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 reluctant figures in the Britpop movement, 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 as a component of the Britpop "big four", along with Oasis, Blur and Suede.


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