Pulp are an English rock band founded in 1978 in Sheffield. Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Russell Senior (guitar, violin), Candida Doyle (keyboards), Nick Banks (drums, percussion), Steve Mackey (bass), and Mark Webber were their best-known lineup during their heyday (1992-1997). (guitar, keyboards).
The band struggled to achieve success during the 1980s, but rose to fame in the UK in the mid-1990s with the publication of the albums His ‘n’ Hers in 1994 and, in particular, Different Class in 1995, which peaked at number one in the UK Albums Chart. The album produced four top 10 singles, including “Common People” and “Sorted for E’s & Wizz,” which both charted at number two in the United Kingdom. During this time, Pulp’s musical style was disco-influenced pop-rock with allusions to British society in their lyrics in the manner of a “kitchen sink drama”-type. Cocker and the band became reluctant figureheads of the Britpop movement, winning the Mercury Music Prize in 1996 for Different Class and being nominated again in 1998 for This Is Hardcore. Pulp played the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury twice and was considered one of the “big four” Britpop acts, with Oasis, Blur, and Suede.
