Pulp’s Nick Banks on his new memoir, the band’s future and the “joke” of Britpop
nme.comPulp drummer Nick Banks has spoken to NME about lessons learned from his memoir, how Britpop seemed like a “joke” at the time, and what the future may look like for the band.Released last week, So It Started There: From Punk To Pulp tells of the early times, the good times, the not-so-good times and the WTF times” of the band – as described by frontman Jarvis Cocker – as well as the drummer’s early years and life outside of the band.“It was a bit of a lockdown project; I just thought I’d get on and write my version of events,” Banks told NME. “I don’t think that there’d really been an insider’s view of all of the events.
Every person’s and every band’s story is unique, but I just felt like ours was that little bit more unique so needed to be put down on paper.”Banks joined the Sheffield band in 1986 and played on all of their albums since 1992’s ‘Separations’.
Their first breakthrough came with 1994’s ‘His ‘N’ Hers’, achieving further success with the seminal and era-defining 1995 follow-up ‘Different Class’.
However, the band had struggled for attention until the mid-90s, having been writing, touring and plugging away since their formation in 1978.
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