(Vocal/instrumental group, 1978–2002, 2011–present) This Sheffield band secured their first John Peel session when still at school (1981). Pulp then enjoyed/endured over a decade of cult success. Albums and singles pulsed out occasional sounds of potency, with Jarvis Cocker’s droll observational lyrics fitting snugly over indie guitars that brushed occasional electronica on tracks like ‘My Legendary Girlfriend’. By ...
6, and ‘No Particular Place To Go’ to No. 3. ‘Nadine’, ‘Run, Rudolph, Run’ and ‘You Never Can Tell’ (later to be used so effectively on the Pulp Fiction (1994) soundtrack by Quentin Tarantino), also scored. This burst of brilliance also revitalized his career in his homeland. In May 1964, Berry toured the UK to a tumultuous ...
its ‘Miserlou’ single sold moderately well, and he appeared in associated assembly line movies such as 1963’s Beach Party. When ‘Miserlou’ was heard over the opening credits to 1994’s Pulp Fiction, Dale rose anew as an elderly icon of a new generation of fans. Styles & Forms | Sixties | Rock Personalities | The Dave Clark Five | Sixties ...
injury sustained in polluted water, he became an environmental activist. He is best known for ‘Misirlou’ (1962), which brought him to a new audience when used in the movie Pulp Fiction (1994) and led to his comeback. Dale is left-handed but learned to play on a right-handed guitar without re-stringing it, effectively playing the instrument upside down. He was ...
Archis Tiku (bass), Lucas Wooller (keyboards) and Tom English (drums) – deliver a view of the north-east of England that is refreshingly different to the sterilized slants on London. Like Pulp before them, they somehow undermine pop stardom, dissecting it and revealing it as a sham. At the same time, there is an abstraction in lines like ‘I’ll ...
while August 2008 saw him venture into reality television with the premiere of VH1 series I Want To Work For Diddy. Styles & Forms | Nineties | Rock Personalities | Pulp | Nineties | Rock ...
had been discussing Egyptian cosmology and science fiction with record producer Alton Abraham. The pair decided to put together a band that combined jazz, mythology, black pride and pulp science fiction. At the helm would be Blount, who assumed the persona of ‘Sun Ra, Traveler of the Spaceways’. They built up a fantastic backstory for Ra as ...
time of writing, though, what will become of Blur following the departure of their guitarist, Graham Coxon, remains to be seen. The third Britpop kings were Pulp, a Sheffield group led by the geeky and witty former art student Jarvis Cocker. Although Pulp had been in existence since 1978, it was not until 1995, ...
Spotted Bowie Fan Yet it’s not difficult to spot his fans. Whether it be Gary Numan, Echo & The Bunnymen, Joy Division, The Smiths/Morrissey, Suede or Pulp, something about their affected delivery, the esoteric subjects of their lyrics or the rejection of rockin’ archetypes of their instrumentation marks them out as people who went to ...
with more exciting, if lesser-selling results. The post-Nirvana alt.rock scene was increasingly attacked by British acts as the pendulum swung. The Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream, Pulp and Supergrass were among those creating genuinely innovative music, while former Jam mainman Paul Weller was undergoing a creative renaissance. The Stone Roses bloomed briefly but influentially as a ...
The humanist principles of the Enlightenment removed opera from the extravagant world of baroque and landed it in entirely new territory. After 1720, Baroque became a target for changes initiated by the scholar Gian Vincenzo Gravina of the Arcadian Academy in Rome. Baroque operas based on classical myths had developed exaggerated and ultimately ludicrous forms. Under the Enlightenment principles that ...
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