Editing Jarvis Cocker (section)

===Pulp===
{{Main|Pulp (band)}}
Cocker founded the band Pulp originally under the name Arabicus Pulp (named after a tradable commodity he learned about in an economics class) at the age of 15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/pulp-frontman-jarvis-cocker-reveals-873647 |title=Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker reveals jealousy over Morrissey and the Smiths |newspaper=[[Manchester Evening News]] |access-date=5 June 2016|date=19 October 2011 }}</ref> while he was a pupil at [[Outwood Academy City|City School]]. After numerous line-up changes, and shortening the name to "Pulp", the band eventually found fame in the 1990s with the success of the albums ''[[His 'n' Hers]]'' (1994) and ''[[Different Class]]'' (1995). Cocker was Pulp's frontman, and part of his trademark image was his glasses, which seemed to "stay magically on his face" no matter what antics he performed. This feat was achieved using "a huge rubber band round the back" of his glasses.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|title=In Search of the Holy Whale|publisher=BBC Radio 4FM|date=22 January 2011}}</ref>

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 went on hiatus from 2003 to 2010, then returned to activity in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pulp return to Glastonbury after 13 years|website=[[Digital Spy]]|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a326846/pulp-return-to-glastonbury-after-13-years.html|access-date=13 April 2015|date=25 June 2011}}</ref>

Cocker is also renowned for his wit and observations of the cultural scene. He was a frequent guest on TV shows in the 1990s, and hosted an art series for [[Channel 4]]{{snd}}''Journeys into the Outside''. In the series, he took a trip across the globe, meeting so-called "outsider artists", people who create wacky and wonderful works of art, trying to understand what compelled them to do so. Cocker's penchant for TV appearances was reflected in a parody of "[[Common People (song)|Common People]]" ("Showbiz People") which was featured on the satirical comedy show ''[[Spitting Image]]'' in 1996.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

====Brit Awards incident====
{{see also|Brit Awards#Michael Jackson and Jarvis Cocker (1996)}}
While attending the 1996 [[Brit Awards]], Cocker and [[Peter Mansell]] (a former Pulp member) invaded the stage in a spur-of-the-moment protest against [[Michael Jackson]]'s performance. Jackson was performing his hit "[[Earth Song]]" while surrounded by children and a [[rabbi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pop-and-the-art-of-bad-behaviour-1320055.html |title=Pop and the art of bad behaviour |newspaper= The Independent |accessdate= 4 February 2015}}</ref> Cocker was detained and interviewed by the police on suspicion of assault. He was accompanied by the comedian [[Bob Mortimer]], who was attending the Brit Awards; Mortimer is a former [[solicitor]] and represented him in that capacity.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2008/02/20/could-jarvis-cocker-flashing-hit-brit-awards-again-1305/ |title=Could Jarvis Cocker flashing hit Brit Awards again? |work=Metro|location=UK |date=20 February 2008 |access-date=14 September 2013}}</ref> Cocker was released without charge.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Opinions in the press on Cocker's actions were mixed. [[Blur (band)|Blur]] frontman [[Damon Albarn]] did not approve of Cocker's actions, saying he had found them "really disturbing": "He's got some very odd ideas about reality. [...] I think it's a collective responsibility to say 'No you can't go and do what you're doing', not just to ridicule him."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-good-the-bad-and-the-queen-10-1351623 | title=Damon Albarn lays into Jarvis Cocker|website=Nme.com| date=5 January 2007 |accessdate=30 May 2019}}</ref> ''[[Melody Maker]]'''s edition of 2 March 1996 suggested Cocker should be [[knighthood|knighted]], and [[Noel Gallagher]] of [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] said that "Jarvis Cocker is a star" and should be awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]. Though a number of people described Cocker's stunt as "[[mooning]] Jackson", Cocker denied it, saying that he merely waved his (clothed) bottom.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCI6zmVOf14&feature=fvw |title=Jarvis Cocker reaction to Michael Jackson death (Question Time) | publisher=[[YouTube]] |access-date=16 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216130428/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCI6zmVOf14&feature=fvw |archive-date=16 December 2015 }}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/6EA1nXLv2yg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170330120326/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EA1nXLv2yg Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EA1nXLv2yg|title=Stephen Merchant interviews Jarvis Cocker|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=20 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tq1vw |title = BBC Radio 4 – Chain Reaction, Series 6, Stephen Merchant interviews Jarvis Cocker|website=Bbc.co.uk|accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref> Jackson said about the incident, "I'm sickened, saddened, shocked, upset, cheated and angry, but immensely proud that the cast remained professional and the show went on."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/brits-brawl-as-cocker-pulps-jackson-chorus-1320077.html | title=Brits brawl as Cocker 'pulps' Jackson chorus| website=[[Independent.co.uk]]| date=21 February 1996 |accessdate=20 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2000/brit_awards/665776.stm |title = In Depth &#124; Brit Awards &#124; Brits behaving badly|website=BBC News |accessdate=20 October 2019 }}</ref> Cocker said, "My actions were a form of protest at the way Michael Jackson sees himself as some kind of Christ-like figure with the power of healing. I just ran on the stage. I didn't make any contact with anyone as far as I recall."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlp.cz/space/opatrilp/Pulp/the_Brits_96.html |title=Jarvis' stage invasion at the 1996 Brits |publisher=Mlp.cz |access-date=10 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221215457/http://www.mlp.cz/space/opatrilp/Pulp/the_Brits_96.html |archive-date=21 February 2009 }}</ref> He also clarified that his actions were nothing personal against Jackson and he was even a fan of his music.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jarvis Cocker press conference on Brit Awards and Michael Jackson| website=[[YouTube]] | date=25 November 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK0Ynq9Kl1k| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211116/eK0Ynq9Kl1k| archive-date=16 November 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=29 November 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On 2 July 2009, soon after [[Death of Michael Jackson|Jackson's death]], Cocker appeared as a panellist on the [[BBC]] discussion program ''[[Question Time (TV series)|Question Time]]''. He said that Jackson's death had been over-hyped by the media, adding that, "If there's a tragedy about the whole thing, I would say [...] if he had kept making great records like he did in the mid-80s up to now that would have been great but for some reason for the last 20 years he didn't do that." When asked what he objected to about Jackson at the time of the Brit Awards incident, he reiterated his earlier comments about Jackson and Christ. When asked, "Otherwise as a performer you thought he was a genius?" Cocker replied, "Yeah, he invented the [[Moonwalk (dance)|moonwalk]]."<ref name="auto"/>