Record company staff thought Pulp wanted heroin on tour… when they were actually asking for pickled herring.
Drummer Nick Banks blamed the error on bandmate Russell Senior slurring his words on a visit to Sweden.
He explained: “Russell is not a good flyer, and this time he decided to ‘self-medicate’ so he could make the trip without freaking out.
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“By the time we landed in Stockholm he was zonked…
“We were met at the airport by our record company ‘minder’, a most pleasant young lady, who would be on hand to help.
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“Russell proceeded to ask her for some ‘herrrn’. She looked most troubled and shocked and said she’d see what she could do.”
Nick, 58, said he and the band, fronted by Jarvis Cocker, had no idea of the alarm the mix-up had caused.
He continued: “We were all in stitches watching Russell in his altered state. He wandered off to his room and the rep admitted that if Russ needed some heroin, it would be very, very difficult in Stockholm, almost impossible.”
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He said of his pal’s Stockholm slip-up: “He confirmed later that he was really after some pickled herring, the Swedish fishy speciality.”
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