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Pulp: Cocker The North

Max Bell, Vox, May 1995

Jarvis Cocker, the only kid in his Sheffield classroom who wore lederhosen, didn't have a girlfriend till he was 19. Now he's a pin-up and rock idol, the king of Sex City...

Total word count of piece: 3014

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