Pulp drummer Nick Banks announces new memoir ‘So It Started Here’

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Pulp drummer Nick Banks has announced details of his new memoir, So It Started There: From Punk To Pulp.The news comes ahead of the returning Britpop heroes’ huge London gig this weekend, playing Finsbury Park for the first time in 25 years.Now, drummer Banks – who joined the band in 1986 and played on all of their albums since 1992’s ‘Separations’ – will tell the world the story of his life and career in his new book, arriving on September 28.“Nick Banks is the time-keeper of Pulp, and within these covers are the early times, the good times, the not-so-good times and the WTF time,” said Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker. “Do You Remember the First Time?

Nick does. Great stuff.”Any road, a bit more info – I was in the midst of a game of scrabble – my little tome is a tawdry tale of how I got my chance in the pulp drumseat, and the adventures that arose.

Hopefully some of your lot might enjoy it. https://t.co/PkDsqxjEMy— Nick Banks (@therealnickbank) June 27, 2023Featuring a foreword by Pulp collaborator and former live guitarist Richard Hawley, the book has been described by publishers Omnibus as “a chronicle of the life and career of drummer Nick Banks, and how he came to be in one of the UK’s most iconic and beloved bands”.“Beginning with his childhood in Rotherham, Nick recounts his personal and musical journey through the genres, first as a punk, then as a goth; how it all started when he was first inspired to pick up the sticks by Sex Pistols drummer, Paul Cook,” the synopsis reads.“Flash forward to the ’80s, Nick has been playing in a handful of Sheffield groups and spies an ad from his favourite band, Pulp, in a local club.