Key facts
- Origin
- Sheffield , South Yorkshire , England
- Genres
- Britpop art rock indie pop post-punk indie rock alternative rock
- Works
- Discography
- Years active
- 1978–2002 2011–2013 2022–present
- Labels
- Rough Trade Red Rhino Fire Island
- Spinoffs
- Relaxed Muscle Venini
- Members
- Jarvis Cocker Candida Doyle Nick Banks Mark Webber
- Past members
- Russell Senior Steve Mackey See Band members section for others
- Website
- welovepulp .info
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Pulp
- Official website
- welovepulp.info
- Image
- Pulp 2012 cropped.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pulp (band)
- inception
- 1978-00-00
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- social media followers
- 67000
- end of work period
- 2013-00-00
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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). The band's "kitchen sink drama" lyrics, coupled with its references to British culture, led to Cocker and Pulp becoming reluctant figureheads of the Britpop movement.
The band struggled to find success during the 1980s, but gained UK prominence in the mid-1990s first with His 'n' Hers (1994), which was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Its follow-up, Different Class (1995), won the Mercury Prize, reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and spawned four top ten singles, including the number two hits "Common People" and "Mis-Shapes/Sorted for E's & Wizz". The band's sixth album, This Is Hardcore (1998), also debuted at number one in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. At their peak, Pulp headlined the Pyramid Stage of the Glastonbury Festival twice and were regarded among the Britpop "big four", along with Blur, Oasis and Suede.