Whatever happened to Jarvis Cocker?

In 2002 the band announced they were leaving their label, Island. They brought out a greatest hits package: Hits and organised a music festival: Auto (held at Rotherham's Magna centre) where they played their last gig before embarking on a temporary hiatus from the music industry.

On 16 March 2005 Jarvis Cocker said that the band will finally return and although removed from public eyes, they haven't split, assuring impatient fans that the band will have more material once he's finished working on solo projects, including the soundtrack to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He says: "We're far too lazy for that kind of dramatic-ness. Pulp, as I'm sure you kind of know, has undergone many periods of hibernation and stuff. I don't know whether we'll do anything again. I've been doing Pulp since I was 15 years old and I'm now a 41-year-old man. Even though we've never released that many records I was always doing it and I just thought, 'I'll try summat else.'"

However, as of 2006, it appears that Cocker has decided to pursue a solo career, after the release of Harry Potter 4 and there are no talks whether the band will reform in the future.

Drie nummers op de soundtrack vorig jaar. Vooral "This is the Night" was leuk. De nieuwe Rakes-single lijkt een beetje op Pulp (maar dan niet zo goed).