Pulp


 * Name: Pulp
 * Origin: Sheffield, England
 * Years Active: 1978-2002
 * Label(s): Island
 * Genre(s): Alternative Rock, Britpop

Biography
Pulp were an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978 by Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar). They were originally known as "Arabacus Pulp," but this was shortened a year later. The members of Pulp were all schoolmates attending City Secondary School in Sheffield and supported fellow school band Crude in their first gigs. They are most famous in the UK, where their blend of disco-influenced pop-rock coupled with the down-to-earth "kitchen-sink drama"-style lyrics of frontman Cocker made them popular during the mid-1990s as part of the Britpop movement. In 1996 they won the Mercury Prize. After their last album We Love Life (2001), the band entered an extended hiatus.

Studio Albums

 * It (1983)
 * Freaks (1987)
 * Separations (1991)
 * His 'n' Hers (1994)
 * Different Class (1995)
 * This Is Hardcore (1998)
 * We Love Life (2001)

Compilations

 * Intro (1993)
 * Masters Of The Universe (1994)
 * Countdown 1992-1983 (1996)
 * Pulp Goes To The Disco (1998)
 * Freshly Squeezed (1998)
 * Pulped 1983-1992 (2000)
 * Hits (2002)
 * The Peel Sessions (2006)