title: Freak Out the Squares: Life in a band called Pulp
author: Russell Senior
description: Russell Senior was the lead guitarist and violinist of Brit-Pop band Pulp, and co-wrote the seminal anthem of the 1990s - Common People.
zlib_text: Contents
  Information Page
  Introduction
  Acknowledgements
  Truth And Beauty – The Pulp Story
  You Have Been Watching…
  Appendix 1 – Discography
  Appendix 2 – ConcertListing
  Appendix 3 – They Also Served
  
  Introduction
  On the evening of June 24, 1995, I was sitting in my parents’ living
  room, listening to a live radio broadcast of Pulp playing at
  Glastonbury. It’s almost eight years ago now, but it could have been
  yesterday.
  I’d already been a fan of Pulp for a while. Of course I had – it was
  1995, after all, and loving Pulp was mandatory. It was just what you
  did. The year before, my friend Ian had given me tapes of Intro and
  His ‘N’ Hers and, despite my initial reluctance, I was quickly seduced
  by Jarvis Cocker’s intensely sleazy, intelligent, nasty, funny,
  poignant lyrics, and the band’s intriguingly atmospheric twist on
  pop music. In the months that followed, things had gradually
  become more exciting, as Cocker in�ltrated his way into
  mainstream pop consciousness in a way that singers in i