One of stars of Pulp has explained mystery of fire extinguisher on famous album

One of stars of Pulp, Nick Banks, has explained mystery of the fire extinguisher on the Sheffield band's famous breakthrough album, His 'n' Hers

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00:00One of the stars of the Sheffield music legends Pulp has told how a fire

00:04extinguisher ended up being used on one of the most famous albums that they did.

00:09The unusual item was drafted in to use on their breakthrough album His and

00:13Hers. It was even listed in the credits on the album but with no explanation. Now

00:19drummer Nick Banks has explained where the unexpected item turned up. He's told

00:23a fan who spotted the reference on the album sleeve and contacted him on social

00:27media and is confirmed that it was on the last track in the album. It appeared

00:32on the song David's Last Summer. Nick told the fan listen for the metallic

00:36clanging towards the end of the song. Fire extinguisher percussion. His and

00:42Hers is seen by many people as Pulp's big breakthrough album although it was

00:46actually the fourth one that they'd recorded. Released in 1994 His and Hers

00:50reached number nine in the album charts as Britpop became a high-profile musical

00:55genre. The single Babies which appeared on the CD eventually made the top 20.