PULP INTERVERVIEW 1992
Pulp Questionnaire: Disco-Very Volume 1 1992
Favourite Sweets?
Jarvis: Coconut tobacco
Steve: Parma violets
Nick: Pear drops
Russell: Mint cracknel
Candida: Refreshers
Favourite drink?
Jarvis: Cresta
Steve: Bloody Mary
Nick: Chocolate milk, lager, tea
Russell: Champagne
Candida: Irish Bailey’s Original Cream/ Earl Grey Tea
Favourite fruit?
Jarvis: Cherries
Steve: Banana
Nick: Don’t do fruit, nor veg. if possible
Russell: Passion
Candida: Peach
Favourite food?
Jarvis: Boil in the bag cod in butter sauce
Steve: Broccoli Nick: Anything in pastry or crust. And chips
Russell: Italian
Candida: Vegetarian
Favourite planet?
Jarvis: Earth (all others are lifeless)
Steve: Rock Nick: Uranus-silly name
Russell: Earth
Candida: Earth
Favourite toy when you were a child?
Jarvis: Major Matt Mason
Steve: Evel Knieval Nick: Action Man-the one with the beard and skimmed hairdo
Russell: Scalextric
Candida: Billy
Favourite fairground ride?
Jarvis: Log flume
Steve: Bouncy castle
Nick: Umbrellas, revolving type
Russell: Ghost train
Candida: Ghost train
Favourite TV show ever?
Jarvis: “It’s Gary Shandling’s Show”
Steve: American Gladiators
Nick: Top of the Pops
Russell: Pogles’ Wood
Candida: ‘Shine on Harvey Moon’ first series
What would you like for your birthday?
Jarvis: An Austin Allegro Estate
Steve: Be with my friends
Nick: It’s on 28th July. I want a Tetris Nintendo or Blockmaster
Russell: Lots of money
Candida: One of those glass globes that have electricity beams inside (ultra violet) that hit the place your hands touch. Bad explanation I know, but if you want to buy me one I’ll detail you more.
What did you get?
Jarvis: Brut gift set
Steve: They all stopped returning my calls
Nick: Some crap jeans
Russell: A bag of marbles
Candida: Not my birthday yet. You’ll have ‘til August 20th
Where is heaven on earth?
Jarvis: Conisbrough
Steve: Catcliffe
Nick: The moment you wake up at 8am and can turn ‘round and enjoy another 4 hours in bed. Bliss.
Russell: It’s a nightclub in London
Candida: Right here
What is the worst thing that could happen?
Jarvis: Run out of things to say
Steve: Nick Banks’ solo album
Nick: Having to get a proper job
Russell: Death
Candida: I could be sick or Pulp could never make it
What would you be for a day?
Jarvis: You Steve: David Icke
Nick: Michael Caine, Elvis, Ginsters taster
Russell: Nick Banks
Candida: Me
Best thing about Sheffield?
Jarvis: Henderson’s Relish
Steve: Steel
Nick: Great TV reception
Russell: Cheap steel
Candida: Sheffield
Best thing about being in a pop group?
Jarvis: Carrying large items of musical equipment
Steve: Riches & fame (I’ve heard)
Nick: It’s a good excuse to act like a tit 24 hours a day
Russell: Traveling to exotic places, meeting interesting people and killing them
Candida: Getting free records, free concerts+meeting popstars and maybe even becoming one!
When will you give up?
Jarvis: 24th October 1994
Steve: When tomorrow comes
Nick: When I lose both arms in a car smash
Russell: When we can’t afford it anymore
Candida: Never. I’ll fight ‘til I die.
Who is your dream date?
Jarvis: Jan Francis (circa ‘Just Good Friends’)
Steve: Young Diane Keaton
Nick: Any decent chick with long hair and a thirst!
Russell: Virginia Bottomley
Candida: I’m not telling
What would you say to Elvis?
Jarvis: My name’s nearly the same as yours
Steve: Where can I get a white suit like yours?
Nick: How did you get out of that fucking coffin?
Russell: I thought you were dead.
Candida: Fucking hell!
What was the last thing you found?
Jarvis: Pair of high-waisters in a skip
Steve: Love & happiness
Nick: Marmite sachet
Russell: A keyhole in the road
Candida: A vegetable money box to put underwear in when washed. A nice lime-green colour.
Your worst habit?
Jarvis: Prevarication
Steve: Smoking
Nick: Nail biting/arse scratching/nose picking/belching/forgetting
Russell: Picking nose
Candida: Being lazy
Your best attribute?
Jarvis: General aceness
Steve: Kind, generous & patience at all times
Nick: Top guy
Russell: Know a lot about glass
Candida: Ooh, being patient
What do you wear in bed?
Jarvis: Depends who else is there
Steve: Black leather thong
Nick: The duvet
Russell: A condom
Candida: T-shirt or nowt
What is in your pocket?
Jarvis: Fluff
Steve: See above
Nick: Marmite sachet, 69p, contact lens case, BBC visitor pass, drum key
Russell: A modcon
Candida: No pocket, but a purse. Change, mascara, keys would be
Who would you be stuck in a lift with?
Jarvis: A qualified engineer
Steve: Jason King
Nick: Marcel Marceau
Russell: An electrician
Candida: Oh my God, someone in a worse state than me
Why?
Jarvis: For ease of escape
Steve: Discuss his wardrobe and girl technique
Nick: Twat the cunt if he says owt!
Russell: -
Candida: Because it’d calm me down calming them down
What do you collect?
Jarvis: Anything going
Steve: Memories
Nick: Ginsters wrappers
Russell: Glass
Candida: Coloured plastic: beads, sequins, not crap tho
Your worst moment?
Jarvis: Applying pile ointment in BBC lavatories
Steve: Early mornings
Nick: Watching helplessly as Jarvis crashes my mini clubman
Russell: Vomiting on stage
Candida: Plenty. Off hand I’d say not getting to see Arthur Lee or Madonna live
Your best moment?
Jarvis: Boating expedition down River Don
Steve: Late nights
Nick: Twatting him after (lie)
Russell: Vomiting on stage on Nick Banks
Candida: Plenty again. Meeting Julian Clary, looking through good kaleidoscopes + mainly good nights out
Is that Owl or is thar Blade?
Jarvis: Owl
Steve: Owl
Nick: Definitely owl
Russell: Don’t understand
Candida: Fuck off thee, Wednesday
Most dangerous thing you ever did?
Jarvis: Ate a yoghurt 3 days after sell-by date
Steve: Wheelie on a Tomahawk with eyes closed (ended up in hospital)
Nick: Went to see Wednesday v. Millwall
Russell: Joined Pulp
Candida: Gave my brother razor blades to play with
Favourite item of clothing?
Jarvis: Black velvet suit
Steve: Tank tops and stripey jumpers
Nick: New corduroy trousers
Russell: Pendant
Candida: Silver skinny rib top, psychedelic shoes, Lycra tights
Most impressive party trick?
Jarvis: “sick-up-on-the-host” Steve: Climbing back up off the floor
Nick: Projectile vomiting
Russell: Making silver paper burn your hand
Candida: Pete’s one-legged trick
Lifelong ambition?
Jarvis: Personal hot-air balloon
Steve: To find God
Nick: Helicopter ride, own flash motor, hot air balloon, jetfighter ride, visit Japan and USA
Russell: Play violin in tune
Candida: To be a famousish popstar
Most treasured possession?
Jarvis: Chunky silver ring (1st finger right hand)
Steve: In my pocket
Nick: Kettle, teabags, pint pot, sugar, milk, etc.
Russell: Car (for sale if anyone wants it)
Candida: Cats
Who would play you in the film of your life?
Jarvis: An actor who looks like me
Steve: Lewis Collins
Nick: Michael Caine, Roger Moore, Dudley Moore
Russell: Him out of Sparks
Candida: Some daft head-in-the-clouds girl
