Pulp (band)

Pulp
Jarvis Cocker 2011 in Sziget
General information
origin	Sheffield , England
Genre (s)	Indie pop , art rock , Britpop
founding	1978, 2011
resolution	2002, 2013
Website	pulppeople.com
Founding members
Vocals , guitar	Jarvis Cocker (1978-2013)
Guitar , keyboard , vocals	Peter Dalton (1978-1982)
percussion	Ian Dalton (1978-79)
Last occupation
Vocals , guitar , keyboard	Jarvis Cocker
Keyboard	Candida Doyle
Electric bass	Steve Mackey
guitar	Mark Webber
Drums	Nick Banks
Guitar (tour musician)	Richard Hawley
Guitar, violin	Russell Sr.

Pulp was a British rock band that was founded in 1978 by teenagers Jarvis Cocker and Peter Dalton in Sheffield under the name "Arabicus Pulp". She was one of the most important exponents of Britpops in the 1990s; it has not been active since 2013.

history

Jarvis Cocker (left) and Nick Banks (2012)

In the beginning, Jarvis Cocker and Peter Dalton appeared with changing players. They used the names Arabicus (after the coffee type Arabica ) or Arabicus Pulp (after the feature film Pulp ) for a short time , before they decided on pulp in November 1978 .

After the release of freaks and internal turmoil, the band had a stable line up around 1987. Jarvis Cocker moved to London in 1988 and began studying film at St. Martin's College. With separation arose in this time, another drive, it was not published until 1,992th

Only after the success of My Legendary Girlfriend did a few more singles appear on Steve Beckett's gift label, including Babies , which brought the band a major deal on Island Records . His 'N' Hers , the major debut, made it into the UK Top Ten and received excellent reviews.

In 1995 the single Common People climbed to number two in the UK singles charts. The song is about a rich Greek student who wants to get to know the life of ordinary people in London. There has been much speculation about the identity of the woman, according to media reports it could be the artist Danae Stratou, wife of Yanis Varoufakis .

The album Different Class rose from 0 to 1 in the album charts and reached platinum status in its second week. The band also became known through Disco 2000 , which can be found on the same album. This was their most commercially successful song.

In 1998, the dark album This Is Hardcore and the pre-single Help The Aged sold below expectations, despite positive reviews. After the long player We Love Life (2001) produced by Scott Walker and a best-of album (2002), the band found itself in a creative break of several years.

In 2011/12 Pulp returned to the stage with a reunion tour. Cocker and band have performed at the Primavera Festival in Barcelona , the Melt ( Ferropolis ), the Wireless Festival in London and the Reading and Leeds Festivals , among others . The tour ended on December 8, 2012 with a performance in Sheffield, the town where it was founded. The last concert is the theme of the documentary Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets from 2014. Since the band's last appearance on February 2, 2013 on the Jonathan Ross Show , Pulp has been inactive again.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	His 'n' Hers	-	-	-	UK9 gold (55 weeks)UK	-	First published: April 18, 1994
1995	Different class	DE71 (9 weeks) DE	AT24 (12 weeks) AT	-	UK1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (75 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 30, 1995
1998	This is hardcore	DE24 (6 weeks) DE	AT20 (6 weeks) AT	CH31 (5 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (25 weeks)UK	US114 (2 weeks) US	First published: March 30, 1998
2001	We love life	DE25 (3 weeks) DE	AT36 (3 weeks) AT	CH78 (2 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (4 weeks)UK	-	First published: October 22, 2001

More studio albums

• 1983: It
• 1987: freaks
• 1992: Separations

Compilations & EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1994	The Sisters EP	-	-	-	UK19 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 23, 1994
1996	Countdown 1992-1983	-	-	-	UK10 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 11, 1996
2002	Hits	-	-	-	UK71 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 18, 2002

More compilations

• 1993: Intro - The Gift Recordings
• 1994: Masters of the Universe (Pulp On Fire 1985-86)
• 1998: Pulp Goes to the Disco
• 1998: Freshly Squeezed ... the Early Years
• 1998: Primal: The Best of the Fire Years 1983-1992
• 1999: On Fire
• 2003: Pulp It Up

Live albums

year	title	Remarks
2006	The peel sessions	First published: October 23, 2006
2012	Party clowns: Live in London 1991	First published: November 12, 2012

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1993	His 'n' Hers lip gloss	-	-	-	UK50 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 15, 1993
1994	Do You Remember the First Time? His 'n' Hers	-	-	-	UK33 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 21, 1994
1995	Common People Different Class	DE77 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH42 (3 weeks) CH	UK2 platinum (17 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 22, 1995
	Sorted for E's & Wizz / Mis-Shapes Different Class	-	-	-	UK2 silver (13 weeks)UK	-	First published: September 25, 1995
	Disco 2000 Different Class	DE47 (17 weeks) DE	AT14 (9 weeks) AT	-	UK7th gold (17 weeks)UK	-	First published: November 27, 1995
1996	Something Changed Different Class	-	-	-	UK10 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 25, 1996
1997	Help the Aged This Is Hardcore	-	-	-	UK8 (10 weeks) UK	-	First published: December 10, 1997
1998	This Is Hardcore This Is Hardcore	-	-	-	UK12 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 16, 1998
	A Little Soul This Is Hardcore	-	-	-	UK22 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 8, 1998
	Party Hard This Is Hardcore	-	-	-	UK29 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 7, 1998
2001	Sunrise / The Trees We Love Life	-	-	-	UK23 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 8, 2001
2002	Bad Cover Version We Love Life	-	-	-	UK27 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 15, 2002

More singles

• 1983: My Lighthouse
• 1983: Everybody's Problem
• 1985: Little Girl (with Blue Eyes)
• 1986: Dogs Are Everywhere
• 1987: They Suffocate at Night
• 1987: Master of the Universe
• 1991: My Legendary Girlfriend
• 1991: countdown
• 1992: OU
• 1992: babies
• 1992: Razzmatazz

literature

• Owen Heatherley: These Glory Days. An essay on Pulp and Jarvis Cocker. translated by Sylvia Prahl. Edition Tiamat / Verlagshaus Klaus Bittermann, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-89320-168-6 .
• Jarvis Cocker: Mother, Brother Lover - Lyrics. translated by Michael Kerkmann. Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-8270-1157-2 .

swell

1. ↑ Pulp's Common People and Syriza: pop's most intriguing mystery sorted? In: The Guardian. May 7, 2015.
2. ↑ The girl who inspired Jarvis Cocker to write Pulp's "Common People" is ... In: Musikexpress. May 8, 2015.
3. ↑ "Common People" by Pulp: Does Jarvis Cocker sing about Mrs. Varoufakis? In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 8, 2015.
4. ↑ Pulp turn back time at Sheffield homecoming gig on nme.com (accessed October 5, 2018)
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Pulp at laut.de
• Pulp at Discogs (English)