So It Started There - Tell us where 'It Started' for you
To celebrate Nick Banks' upcoming autobiography So It Started There we would like you to tell us where 'It Started' for you. What was your first Pulp single or album? Do you still have it? Where did you first see Pulp play live? What other memories do you have of how you discovered Pulp? Contributions will be published on this page.
Nick Banks has kindly shared his own where 'It Started' memories here.
Nick's autobiography was published in paperback and a special hardback edition on 28th September 2023 by Omnibus Press. The hardback edition is limited to 1,000 copies and, if ordered direct from the publisher, includes the chance to win an original prop from the Common People music video. It can also be ordered from all the usual online and high street booksellers.
Chris G
Although I remember seeing earlier Pulp videos on MTV as a kid, it really started when I saw them do Common People on TOTP (in my head, Elton John was on the same show doing Made In England, but I could be misremembering). I would have been 13. My dad was watching and said “look at the state of him” aimed at Jarvis, and from that moment, I was in love!
Nick Banks
I do remember the first time….
I first entered the tunnel on 24 October 1982. Well, I say ‘tunnel’ but the reality was the complete opposite. I saw the light.
Me and my girlfriend had met a lad called Dave Kurley who, that October, put on a small run of concerts by local bands at the famous Crucible Theatre. Truth be told it was in the much smaller studio next to the main auditorium.
We had heard about a local group called Pulp and were keen to go see – we were really into the local band scene; playing and viewing. We had been doing a stint at putting local bands on above a pub (The Hallamshire) - that’s where we met Dave.
Anyways, we turned up and were completely – cliché alert – blown away by Pulp. Trouble is it was the direct opposite …