{"podcast":{"title":"The Strange Brew - artist stories behind the greatest music ever recorded","slug":"the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372","podcast_index_feed_id":542372,"rss_url":"https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/?feed=podcast","website_url":"https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/","image_url":"https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-brew-artwork-final-2020.jpg","author":"Jason Barnard","episode_count":300,"summary":"Rock music from the mid 60s onwards - podcasts, features and much more","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T12:21:53.934666+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372"},"episode":{"title":"Mark Webber – Pulp","slug":"mark-webber-pulp","published_at":"2026-05-18T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372/mark-webber-pulp","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372","url":"https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/mark-webber-pulp/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/thestrangebrew/thestrangebrew.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Mark-Webber.mp3","summary":"Mark Webber has been with Pulp for so long that his story and the group’s are almost the same thing. He started out as a teenager in Chesterfield with a fanzine called Cosmic Pig, booked Pulp at the local Conservative Club in 1986, became their tour manager with his dad’s old briefcase, and eventually found himself on stage with a Stylophone. Jason Barnard takes him through it all: the years of playing to twenty people outside Sheffield, the last minute Glastonbury headline, the Brit Awards controversy, recording Different Class , This Is Hardcore , Scott Walker producing We Love Life , and the chilly end in Rotherham in December 2002. Then there’s the return. The 2023 shows that were supposed to be just fourteen nights, More recorded in three weeks on a tight budget, and Mark’s daughter finally getting to see him play. Recorded live at The CAT Club on 23 October 2025. The audio is recovered and a bit muddy, but worth the effort. Further information I’m With Pulp, Are You?  – Soft Cover welovepulp.info Support The Strange Brew Podcasts also available:  Nick Banks – Pulp , Bee Gees’ Main Course with Bob Stanley , The Making of The Human League’s Dare , Stephen Street – producer , Artmagic: Richard Oakes of Suede and Sean McGhee This podcast is also available on  Apple Podcasts ,  Spotify ,  YouTube , Google apps and all usual platforms If you like what I do  please support me on Ko-fi The post Mark Webber – Pulp appeared first on The Strange Brew .","meta_description":"Mark Webber has been with Pulp for so long that his story and the group’s are almost the same thing. He started out as a teenager in Chesterfield wi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4757,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372/episodes/mark-webber-pulp/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372/mark-webber-pulp.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}