This Is Hardcore is the sixth studio album by English band Pulp. Released in March 1998, it came three years after their breakthrough album, Different Class, and was eagerly anticipated.
This Is Hardcore
Pulp are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. At their critical and commercial peak, the band consisted of Jarvis Cocker, Russell Senior, Candida Doyle (keyboards), Nick Banks, Steve Mackey (bass) and Mark Webber.
Jarvis Cocker and Nick Banks performing with Pulp at the Coachella Festival in 2012.
Bassist Steve Mackey performing with Pulp at On the Bright Side in Perth in 2011.
Jarvis Cocker at the Sziget Festival in Budapest with Pulp in 2011.
Touring guitarist Richard Hawley in 2013