I was about 13/14 when I first came across them. Wet wet wet were at no 1 with Love is all around, Jarv was on TOTP and opened his jacket to a note that said "I hate WWW". At that point they became "my" band (though I should point out I don't hate WWW!)
I actually remember thinking in my 20s when Pulp went massive thinking I wish I was a tiny bit younger because this band would have changed my life if I’d found them at the right moment.
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A mate who I haven't heard from in half a decade text me during it saying watching it made him think of me.
That kind of impact.
Growing up eight miles from Sheffield as a bookish kid who was no good at sport, Pulp were the band that reassured me it was OK to be different.