Play Pulp Radio

Pulp

10,699,933 plays (564,075 listeners)

711 shouts

Add to my Library Share

Sheffield, England (1978 – 2002)

Formed 1978 in Sheffield, England and originally called “Arabacus Pulp” (although they shortened it to Pulp within a year), Pulp achieved sudden success some thirteen years after their formation and became known during the Britpop era as much for their music as for frontman Jarvis Cocker’s antics (notably conducting a stage invasion during Michael Jackson’s performance of PlayEarth Song at the 1996 BRIT Awards). The band has gone through several changes, with the best known and most stable lineup being Cocker, keyboardist Candida Doyle (the longest tenured member aside from Cocker, joining in 1984), bassist Steve Mackey, drummer Nick Banks, guitarist/violinist Russell Senior and guitarist Mark Webber.

Achieving little success off the back of a Peel session in 1981, Pulp were finally able to release their debut album, It, in 1983. This album and its 1986 follow-up, Freaks, showcased a Pulp keen on Nick Drake (notably on the single PlayMy Lighthouse), with strong folk roots and little sign of the tendencies for storytelling and acid house music which would eventually bring forth success. After the release and commercial flop of Freaks, the band disbanded for a year, though formed a year later to record a third album, Separations. Delayed for three years after its recording, Separations showed Cocker’s increasing exposure to acid house, featuring multiple synths, and a hit single, PlayMy Legendary Girlfriend, which helped Pulp’s career start to rocket.
Read more… Edit

Top Albums

See more

Top Tracks

1 Play
Disco 2000 full track
2,811
2  
2,706
3 Play
Babies full track
1,564
4 Play
1,516
5 Play
Something Changed full track
1,376
6 Play
Mis-Shapes full track
1,311
7 Play
Underwear full track
1,293
8 Play
1,072
9  
1,053
10 Play
I Spy full track
1,012
10 Play
Pencil Skirt full track
1,012
12 Play
Live Bed Show full track
860
13 Play
Monday Morning full track
824
14 Play
Bar Italia full track
771
15 Play
Help The Aged full track
756
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).
See all 711 shouts

Videos

See more

Listeners

See more

Recent Activity

Related Journals

See more

More Information

Links
Band Members
Labels

Email Newsletter

Universal Music Group Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Pulp from Universal Music.