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Pulp were an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their best-known line-up from their heyday (1992–1997) 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). 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. The album 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 references to British culture in their lyrics in the form of a "kitchen sink drama"-style. 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 among the Britpop "big four", along with Oasis, Blur and Suede.The band released We Love Life in 2001 and then took a decade-long break, having sold more than 10 million records. Pulp reunited and played live again in 2011, with dates at the Isle of Wight Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Pohoda, Sziget Festival, Primavera Sound, the Exit festival, and the Wireless Festival. A number of additional concert dates were afterward added to their schedule. In January 2013, Pulp released "After You", a song originally demoed for We Love Life, as a digital download single. It was the band's first single release since "Bad Cover Version" in 2002. On 9 March 2014, Pulp and filmmaker Florian Habicht premiered the feature documentary Pulp: A Film about Life, Death & Supermarkets at SXSW Music and Film Festival in Austin, Texas. The film toured the international film festival circuit and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope Laboratories in the US in November 2014. It is the first film about Pulp (and Sheffield) that has been made in collaboration with the band.

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Genres rock brit pop indie rock electronic synth-pop

Albums

  1. It
    1983
  2. Sudan Gerri
    1984
  3. Freaks
    1987
  4. Separations
    1992
  5. His ’n’ Hers
    1994
  6. Different Class
    1995
  7. This Is Hardcore
    1998
  8. We Love Life
    2001

Other releases

  1. My Lighthouse
    1983
  2. Everybody’s Problem
    1983
  3. Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) and Other Pieces…
    1985
  4. Dogs Are Everywhere
    1986
  5. They Suffocate at Night
    1987
  6. Master of the Universe
    1987
  7. My Legendary Girlfriend
    1991
  8. Countdown
    1991
  9. O.U. (Gone, Gone)
    1992
  10. Babies
    1992
  11. Razzmatazz
    1993
  12. Intro: The Gift Recordings
    1993
  13. Lipgloss
    1993
  14. Fiction Romance
    1994
  15. Do You Remember the First Time?
    1994
  16. The Sisters EP
    1994
  17. Masters of the Universe: Pulp on Fire 1985–86
    1994
  18. Pulp Live
    1995
  19. Get Frisky… With Pulp
    1995
  20. Common People
    1995
  21. 1995-06-24: Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, UK
    1995
  22. Carry On Camping
    1995
  23. Mis‐Shapes & Sorted for E’s & Wizz
    1995
  24. Disco 2000, Part One
    1995
  25. “Planet Live!”: Concert 14
    1996
  26. Cafè Concerto
    1996
  27. Countdown 1992–1983
    1996
  28. Something Changed
    1996
  29. Help the Aged
    1997
  30. Help the Aged / Tomorrow Never Lies
    1997
  31. 1998-06-20: Live Hardcore: Loreley Festival, Bornich, Germany
    1998
  32. The Fear
    1998
  33. This is Glastonbury
    1998
  34. This Is Hardcore
    1998
  35. Freshly Squeezed: ...the Early Years
    1998
  36. A Little Soul
    1998
  37. Goes to the Disco
    1998
  38. Party Hard
    1998
  39. Primal: The Best of the Fire Years 1983-1992
    1998
  40. On Fire
    1999
  41. The Trees / Sunrise
    2001
  42. Bad Cover Version
    2002
  43. Grandfather’s Nursery
    2002
  44. Hits
    2002
  45. The Peel Sessions
    2006
  46. 2002-07-05: The Eden Project, Cornwall, UK
    2009
  47. Party Clowns: Live in London 1991
    2012
  48. After You
    2013
  49. 2001-08-12: Peel Session
  50. 2002-12-14: The Magna Centre, Rotherham, UK
  51. John Peel’s 40th Anniversary Party, London, UK