Jarvis v Jacko and why drummers are like goalkeepers. Let Pulp’s Nick Banks be your guide
Nick Banks - nephew of the great Gordon Banks – saw a note pinned by his favourite band to a wall in 1986, his Sliding Doors moment: ‘Pulp Want Drummer. Call Russell or Jarvis’. What happened next he records in his memoir ‘It Started There: From Punk To Pulp’. We talk to him about life in Sheffield in the ‘70s and ‘80 and why it took 15 long years for Pulp to crack it. Among the highlights … … why punk rock was like “Harry Potter’s Sorting Hat”. … what drummers bring to groups. … Pulp’s stage act in 1982 – “trombones, backing singers, orange paper fish”. … being denied a Number One by Robson…
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