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| Birth Name(s) : Jarvis Cocker |
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Full Jarvis Cocker Biography
Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963, in Sheffield, England) is an English Britpop musician, best known for fronting the band Pulp.
Cocker invaded the stage at the 1996 BRIT Awards to protest against Michael Jackson's performance. Jackson performed surrounded by children and a rabbi, while making 'Christ-like' poses and performing his then-recent hit, "Earth Song". Cocker and his friend Peter Mansell (a former Pulp member) performed an impromptu stage invasion in protest. In the ensuing confusion, as others attempted to eject Cocker from the stage, three child performers received minor injuries.
The resulting press attention saw the band's record sales soar and a waxwork statue of Jarvis Cocker, which costs £30,000, was placed in Rock Circus, London. As well, Cocker became a hero for a generation of young Brits who were disillusioned with the media circuses so prevalent in the pop music scene during the mid-90s, such as the alleged feud between Oasis and Blur.
He co-wrote several songs ("Walk Like A Panther", "1st Man in Space", "Drive Safely Darlin'", "Stars On Sunday", and "Happy Birthday Nicola") on The All Seeing I's album Pickled Eggs & Sherbet, released in 1999. He contributed lead vocals to "Drive Safely Darlin'". He also performed live with The All Seeing I on Top Of The Pops singing 'Walk Like A Panther' in place of Tony Christie who sang on the recorded version.
Pulp released two more albums (This Is Hardcore and We Love Life) to critical acclaim, though neither achieved the commercial success of Different Class. After releasing a greatest hits album the band are now on hiatus.
In 2001 he contributed "Everbody Loves The Underdog" to the soundtrack for Mike Bassett: England Manager.
Cocker has also directed some music videos, most notably On by Aphex Twin, Sudden Rush by Erlend Øye and Aftermath by Nightmares on Wax. He also made a very brief appearance in the music video for A Little More For Little You by Swedish rockers, The Hives.
He re-emerged in 2003 to promote a new album, under the pseudonym "Darren Spooner", for his new band Relaxed Muscle. Also in 2003, he appeared on the Richard X album Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1. 2004 then brought Cocker briefly back into the limelight with two collaborations with Nancy Sinatra on her new album, as well as a collaboration with Marianne Faithfull on her album Kissin' Time, with the song "Sliding through Life on Charm."
In 2006 Cocker appeared on albums Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited (song "I Just Came to Tell You That I'm Going", co-performed with Kid Loco) and Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (song "A Drop of Nelson's Blood"). His song "Running the World" appeared over the closing credits of the film Children of Men. Also in 2006, along with Steve Mackey, he 'curated' the 2-CD Compilation, The Trip, which featured a wide selection of tracks by artists as varied as The Fall, Gene Pitney, The Beach Boys, and The Polecats. He also co-wrote lyrics on the Charlotte Gainsbourg album 5:55, with Neil Hannon and members of Air. On October 12th 2006, a fictional Jarvis Cocker was a lead character in a drama on BBC Radio 2, as part of their 'Imagine' competition.DJ Jarvis. Cocker putting a palazzo through its paces during the opening week of the 2005 Venice Bienniale
Jarvis Cocker is now following a solo career — his debut album, Jarvis, came out in the UK on November 13, 2006. In March 2007 he appeared on French band Air's new album Pocket Symphony.
Jarvis and Beth Ditto (The Gossip) recently collaborated on a cover version of the classic 80s track Temptation by Heaven 17 at the NME Awards in London.
Cocker's father, Mack Cocker, a DJ and actor, left the family and moved to Sydney, Australia when Jarvis was seven and had no contact with him or his sister thereafter, leaving them to be brought up by their mother, now a Tory councillor in Sheffield. Jarvis Cocker credits his upbringing almost exclusively in female company for his interest in how women think and what they have to say. He wrote a song ("A Little Soul" on This Is Hardcore (1998)) about being abandoned by his father, and in 1998 travelled with his sister to Australia to meet him for the first time in nearly 30 years. Mack Cocker had a successful radio DJ career with Triple J in Sydney in the eighties, and did not counter a common impression there that he was Joe Cocker's brother (despite both being from Sheffield, they are not related in any way). By the time of Jarvis Cocker's visit, Mack Cocker had moved to hippie commune in Darwin, Northern Territory. Jarvis says he has forgiven his father for abandoning them. "I don't feel any bitterness towards him at all. I feel sorry for him." |
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