when cocker was 15 he started arabacus pulp with his friend peter dalton. they later changed their name to pulp. they released their first album "it" in april 1983. in 1987 they released their second album "freaks". in 1994 pulp released their first album to sell a lot of copies, "his 'n' hers". in may 1995 pulp released the single "common people". it reached number two in the uk singles chart.