I was shocked to read of the death of Pulp’s bass player Steve Mackey last week. It somehow seems very wrong for a 1990s rock musician to have died.

All the more so for me as Pulp was my elder son’s* favourite band at that time.

(*He was into good music at a very early age.)

Mackey was an important contributor not only to Pulp’s sound but also to their look and their videos.

This song is from 1992 but wasn’t a hit until it was included on The Sisters EP two years later, though it has achieved a BPI silver disc award, presumably from downloads/streaming.

Pulp: Babies

Stephen Patrick (Steve) Mackey: 10/11/1966 – 2/3/2023. So it goes.