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Their debut album is the fastest-selling debut album by a band in British chart history, and in 2013, Rolling Stone ranked it the 30th-greatest debut album of all time. The band has won seven Brit Awards – winning both Best British Group and Best British Album three times, and have been nominated for three Grammy Awards. They also won the Mercury Prize in 2006 for their debut album, in addition to receiving nominations in 2007 and 2013. The band have headlined at the Glastonbury Festival twice, in 2007 and again in 2013. 1 $9.49 AM is the fifth studio album by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. It was produced by James Ford and co-produced by Ross Orton at Sage & Sound Recording in Los Angeles and Rancho De La Luna in... 1 1 $9.49 Suck It and See is the fourth studio album by the English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, released in June 2011 on Domino. The album was produced by the band's longtime collaborator James Ford at S...

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0 Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys, left to right: Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O'Malley Background information Andy Nicholson Glyn Jones, Daniel Hirst(he wishes) Arctic Monkeys are a four-piece indie rock/ post-punk revival band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, England. Their first two singles, " I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and " When the Sun Goes Down", both went straight to number one in the UK Singles Chart. Originally established in 2002, the band currently consists of Alex Turner on lead vocals and guitar, Jamie Cook on rhythm guitar, Matt Helders on drums and backing vocals and Nick O'Malley on bass guitar, a position formerly held by Andy Nicholson. Unlike many of their contemporaries, who were marketed and advertised extensively by record labels, Arctic Monkeys achieved their success through fan-made demo tapes and online file-sharing, culminating in fans singing along at gigs of songs which had never been officially released, leading media commentators to discuss the possibility of a sea change in the way in which new bands are promoted and marketed. The band resisted signing to a major record label, even banning talent scouts from gigs.

Eventually, the band signed to independent record label Domino Records, releasing their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, which debuted straight at number one and broke the record for the largest first week sales of a debut album in UK history. The band subsequently won several major music prizes for the album, including the 2006 Mercury Prize, "Best New Act" at the 2006 Brit Awards and "Best New Band" and "Best British Band" at the NME Awards. The overnight success of the band and the gritty, realistic nature of the lyrics of songs such as "When The Sun Goes Down" has led to the band being described as the "yardstick for all that is current and cool". Despite such recognition, the band remains notoriously media shy; they declined to appear on either Top of the Pops or CD:UK after "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" reached number one, while journalists described their behaviour during a press conference following winning the Mercury Prize as "petulant" and "argumentative". Musical style Arctic Monkeys are generally considered part of the indie rock scene alongside similar contemporary guitar bands such as The Libertines, The Futureheads and Franz Ferdinand.

The lyrics of Arctic Monkeys songs often feature social realism and observations of working class life, as typified by "When The Sun Goes Down", described as a "witty, poignant song about prostitution in the Neepsend district of Sheffield", and "A Certain Romance", an attack on chav culture, which have led to comparisons with other acts, especially British rapper The Streets and older artists Morrissey and Jarvis Cocker, both of which are known for their combination of observational lyrics and humour. The lead singer, Alex Turner, sings in a strong Yorkshire accent, typified by the contraction of "something" to "summat", the replacement of "everything" and "nothing" with "owt" (/aʊt/) and "nowt" (/naʊt/) and the use of Northern slang such as "mardy" for "grumpy, difficult, unpredictable".

Their songs also include frequent references to popular culture both common and obscure; Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not includes references to Romeo and Juliet , " Rio" by Duran Duran , and Frank Spencer, from Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, leading one journalist to describe than the band as having a " camp retro-futurist fascination" for 1980s popular culture. History Emergence: 2002 — 2005 In 2001, neighbours Alex Turner and Jamie Cook asked for instruments as a Christmas present and both received electric guitars. After teaching themselves to play, the pair formed a band with Turner's school friends Andy Nicholson and Matt Helders later in 2002.

Nicholson already played bass, so Matt Helders ended up on drums — "that was all that were left...they all had guitars so I bought a drum kit after a bit." Although reports suggested they named themselves after Helders' uncle's (or even father's) band, Helders later admitted that these reports were untrue — "We made that up ‘cause we got so many people asking us that in the UK, so we just started making stories up", and that he just didn't have the heart to tell the original reporter he'd been lying. According to Helders, Jamie Cook came up with the name at school before the band existed, saying "He just always wanted to be in a band called Arctic Monkeys. Which is a cool name." They began rehearsing at Yellow Arch Studios in Neepsend, and their first gig came on 13 June 2003 at The Grapes in Sheffield city-centre. After a few performances, they began to record demos and burn them onto CDs to give away at gigs. With a limited number of CDs available, fans began to rip the music back onto their computers and share it amongst themselves. The group did not mind, saying "we never made those demos to make money or anything.

We were giving them away free anyway — that was a better way for people to hear them. And it made the gigs better, because people knew the words and came and sang along." They themselves took no responsibility for their music, admitting that they did not even know how to get their songs onto the Internet . When asked about the popularity of the band's MySpace site in an interview with Prefix Magazine, the band pointed out that they did not even know what MySpace was, and that the site had originally been created by their fans. "[When we went number one in England] we were on the news and radio about how MySpace has helped us. But that's just the perfect example of someone who doesn’t know what the fuck they’re talking about. We actually had no idea what it was." In late 2004, they began to grow in popularity across the north of England, receiving attention from BBC Radio 1 and the British tabloid press. Mark Bull, a local amateur photographer, filmed the band's performances and made the music video to " Fake Tales of San Francisco", releasing it on his web-site, alongside the contents of Beneath the Boardwalk — a collection of the band's songs which he named after a local music venue.

In May 2005, Arctic Monkeys released their first EP, Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys, featuring the songs "Fake Tales of San Francisco" and "From the Ritz to the Rubble". This release was limited to 1500 CDs and 2000 7" records, but was also available to download from the iTunes Music Store. Soon after, the band played at the Carling Stage of the Reading and Leeds Festivals, reserved for less known or unsigned bands. Their appearance was hyped by much of the music press and the band was received by an unusually large crowd for the billing they played. The critically acclaimed performance included spontaneous singalongs of tracks that were only available as demos on the Internet. Record deals: Mid 2005 The band resisted signing to a record label, refusing to change their songs to suit the industry — "Before the hysteria started, the labels would say, 'I like you, but I'm not sure about this bit, and that song could do with this changing...' We never listened." Their cynicism with the industry was such that record company scouts were refused guaranteed guest list entry for their gigs.

The success of the strategy — "We've got this far without them — why should we let them in?" — was illustrated with a series of sell-out gigs across the UK. October 2005 saw them sell out the historic London Astoria, and Turner saw this as proof that they were justified to ignore the record companies, saying "Once it all kicked off, we didn't care anymore. In London, the kids were watching the band, and the record company were at the back watching the kids watching the band." Eventually, they signed to Domino Records in June 2005. The temptation of money saw them almost sign for an undisclosed "other label", but the band were attracted by Domino owner Laurence Bell, who ran the label from his flat and only signed bands that he liked personally. The UK's Daily Star tabloid newspaper reported that this was followed in October 2005 by a £1m publishing deal with EMI and a £725,000 contract with Epic for the United States . Arctic Monkeys denied this on their website, dubbing the newspaper "The Daily Stir".

However, Domino have licensed the Australian and New Zealand publishing rights to EMI and the Japanese rights to independent label Hostess. Initial releases: October 2005 — January 2006 Their first single after signing to Domino Records, " I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor", was released on 17 October 2005 and went straight to #1 on the UK Singles Chart, selling 38,962 copies and beating McFly and Robbie Williams in the process. Three days later, they made their first appearance on the cover of NME. Their second single, " When the Sun Goes Down" (previously titled "Scummy"), was released on 16 January 2006 and also went straight to #1 on the UK Singles Chart, selling 38,922 copies and dethroning Shayne Ward. The band's success in reaching the #1 spot without marketing or advertising led some to suggest that it could signal a change in how new bands achieve recognition. They finished recording their debut album at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire during September 2005.

Its name was confirmed as Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not in early December, with release originally intended for 30 January 2006. Although early versions of many tracks were already freely available to download from the band's pre-label demo CDs, it was widely expected to be one of the biggest releases of 2006 with thousands of copies pre-ordered. On 5 January 2006, Domino announced the album's release would be brought forward one week to the 23 January claiming that this was "due to high demand". While the same thing was done with the release of Franz Ferdinand, there has been continued speculation that the move came as a result of the album's leak and the impact of file sharing — a controversial suggestion given the part file-sharing played in establishing the band's fanbase. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not became the fastest selling debut album in UK chart history, selling 363,735 copies in the first week.

This smashed the previous record of 306,631 copies held by Hear’Say with their debut Popstars, and sold more copies on its first day alone — 118,501 — than the rest of the Top 20 albums combined. The record was released a month later in the United States and sold 34,000 units in its first week, making it the second fastest selling for a debut indie album in America and debuting at #24 on the Billboard album chart. US critics were more reserved about the band than their UK counterparts, and appeared unwilling to be drawn into the possibility of "yet another example of the UK's press over-hyping new bands". However, the band's June 2006 tour of North America received critical acclaim at each stop — the hype surrounding them "proven to exist for good reason".

Nicholson departure; Mercury Prize: April — September 2006 In a similar fashion to bands such as Oasis and The Smiths , Arctic Monkeys wasted no time in recording new material, and released a 5-track EP on 24 April 2006, entitled Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys, and was seen by critics as a swipe back at the snowballing hype surrounding the band. Due to its length, the EP was ineligible to chart as a UK single or album. Furthermore, the record's bad language has resulted in significantly less radio airplay than previous records, although this was not a reported concern — "since they made their name on the internet — and that got them a No.1 single and album — they don't care if they don't get radio play". However, soon after the release of the EP in the UK, the band announced that bassist Andy Nicholson would not take part in the band's forthcoming North America tour due to "fatigue following an intensive period of touring". Upon their return to the UK, it was confirmed on the band's official website that Nicholson had indeed left the band.

The statement, "We are sad to tell everyone that Andy is no longer with the band", also confirmed that Nick O'Malley — former bassist with Arctic Monkeys' fellow Sheffield band, The Dodgems, who had drafted in as temporary bassist for the tour — would continue as bassist for the rest of their summer tour schedule. Shortly after, Nick O'Malley was confirmed as a full-time member and bassist of the band. Arctic Monkeys first release without Nicholson, the single " Leave Before the Lights Come On", came on 14 August 2006. Turner suggested that "it feels very much like it could be on the album", and that the song was one of the last songs he wrote before their rise to fame. Although reaching #4 in the UK, the single became the band's first failure to reach #1 — leading to Turner referring to it as "the black sheep of the family" at the band's performance at the 2006 Reading Festival.

The band were re-united at the Leeds Festival when Nicholson met up with his former band mates and his replacement bassist O'Malley; however only the original band members, minus Nicholson, were present at the award ceremony when Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not won the 2006 Mercury Prize two weeks later. New album The band have revealed that they are well on their way to recording their second full album, having already penned at least 10 tracks. They have been writing new material since May 2005, and have stated their reluctance to "live off old records" for a long period of time. Jamie Cook suggested that their new album was to be recorded in August 2006, adding "I couldn’t see us being like Coldplay... You tour your album for three years and play the same fucking gig night after night... Some people might enjoy doing that, but we couldn’t." Criticism and controversy The band have received criticism, based largely around the media circus that has surrounded their rise.

Critics described them as one in a long line of largely overhyped " NME bands", while the release of the EP Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys just three months after their record-breaking debut album has been criticised by some, who have seen it as " money-grabbing" and "cashing in on their success". However, the band countered that they regularly release new music not to make money, but to avoid the "boredom" of "spending three years touring on one album". The cover sleeve of Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, showing Chris McClure, a friend of the band, smoking a cigarette, was criticised by the head of the NHS in Scotland for "reinforcing the idea that smoking is OK". The band's product manager denied the accusation, and in fact suggested the opposite — "You can see from the image smoking is not doing him the world of good". Television appearances October 2005 saw the group's only UK television appearances, performing on Popworld ( 15 October), E4 Music and Later with Jools Holland ( 28 October). Since these appearances, however, the band became notorious for refusing to play on any further TV shows.

They have repeatedly turned down offers to play on the BBC 's long running chart show, Top of the Pops , as well as ITV's CD:UK. The first footage of the band's gigs was broadcast on MTV2's Gonzo on Tour on 12 November 2005, featuring footage from a recent gig in Liverpool . The band's refusal to attend the 2006 Brit Awards was originally seen as another snub to television, although a statement explained that it was in fact due to their prior commitments on the NME Awards tour. In their recorded acceptance speech for Best British Breakthrough Act, the band gained a "mystery fifth member" who did all the talking. Known for being camera-shy, it turned out that the band had recruited We Are Scientists frontman Keith Murray, a friend of the band, to accept the award for them, to just "confuse the audience". Despite their hostility to appearances on UK television, the band made their biggest TV appearance when they appeared on Saturday Night Live on 11 March 2006 to kick off their sold-out US tour.

The performance included the songs "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and "A Certain Romance", and saw the word " ASBO" printed on the bass drum. However, just before the guitar solo of "A Certain Romance", Turner castigated a yawning audience member, and Cook tossed his guitar at an amp at the end of the song. In popular culture The popularity of the Arctic Monkeys in the UK, especially among young people, has led to politicians and journalists referencing the band in speeches and texts; Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown stated in an interview with New Woman magazine that he listened to them every day, claiming "[they] really wake you up in the morning", although in a later interview was unable to name any of their songs. He went on to reference this in his speech at the 2006 Labour Party Conference about the risk of global warming , joking that he was "more interested in the future of the Arctic Circle than the future of the Arctic Monkeys". Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell also referred to the band at the 2006 Liberal Democrats Party Conference, mistakenly claiming that they had sold more records than The Beatles , a comment which led to much derision from the media.

The Sun newspaper claimed that Liverpool footballer Peter Crouch's goal celebration, a variation on the robot dance, was based on "dancing to electropop like a robot from 1984", a lyric from "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor", quoting an insider as saying "He's a massive Arctic Monkeys fan. Believe me, he can't sing — so the dance is the next best thing". Discography Arctic Monkeys (Music) - TV Tropes Arctic Monkeys You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share Left to right: Matt Helders, Jamie Cook, Alex Turner, Nick O'Malley. I bet that you look good on the dance floor, I don't know if you're looking for romance or... Don't know what you're looking for, I said I bet that you look good on the dance floor, Dancing to electro-pop like a robot from 1984, Well, from 1984! "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" Arctic Monkeys are a hugely successful indie rock band hailing from Sheffield.

The band is composed of Alex Turner (lead vocals and guitar), Jamie Cook (guitar), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Matt Helders (drums and backing vocals). The band was formed when Turner and Cook got guitars for Christmas while at school and proceeded to begin practicing before recruiting Helders and their original bassist, Andy Nicholson. They were the first band to ever become really successful through the internet, as they handed out free demos of their songs to fans at gigs, who then uploaded them to social networking sites (more specifically, MySpace ), leading to the band generating a huge fan following without even realising it. Eschewing various big-name record labels such as EMI, the band instead signed on to indie label Domino Records and recorded their first LP Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not in 2006. The album went straight into the charts at #1 and, more impressively, became the fastest-selling debut album in UK historynote It replaced Kula Shaker's K and Oasis ï¿½ Definitely Maybe for this title.

This propelled the band into almost instant stardom and put them into media frenzy as they became renowned for their down-to-earth lyrics about teenage life in Sheffield. Not wanting to be designated as a One-Hit Wonder , they followed up with the hard, fast sounds of Favourite Worst Nightmare in 2007. FWN was more mature, and received extremely positive reviews, even though most agreed that their debut was a Tough Act to Follow . They then took a legendarily short hiatus in which Alex Turner embarked on his side project The Last Shadow Puppets with Miles Kanenote Kane had been a featured guitarist on "505" from Favourite Worst Nightmare. The band released their third album - Humbug - in 2009 - a depart from their original high-energy style to something more psychedelic and dark , described as a mix of Nick Cave and Jimi Hendrix . It was recorded in California and mostly produced by Josh Homme. Their fourth album, Suck It And See, returns to a rock-oriented sound while keeping the psychedelic vibes of the last.

In 2013, they released their fifth album, AM - seemingly a combination of all of their albums lyrically and technically, but has a much slower, G-Funk inspired sound and Joy Division , Black Sabbath , and Velvet Underground influences note the album art for AM kinda resembles Unknown Pleasures and Word of God says the title is a direct reference to the 1985 Velvet Underground release, VU. Turner says that he's in no hurry to release a new album, and expects one to come out later in 2015 or early 2016. Band members: Alex Turner - lead vocals, guitar (2002-present) Jamie Cook - guitar (2002-present) Nick Oï¿½Malley - bass, backing vocals (2006-present) Matt Helders - drums, backing vocals (2002-present) Andy Nicholson - bass guitar (2002ï¿½2006) Glyn Jones - vocals, rhythm guitar (2002) Discography: Five Minutes With Arctic Monkeys (2005) Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?

(2006) iTunes Live: London Festival '11 (2011) Other releases Beneath the Boardwalk (2004) (a semi-official bootleg collection of demos and the like that was the primary reason for the hype that surrounded the band before the release of "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor") Live at the Apollo (2007) (live album) Tropes used by this band include: Album Title Drop : Favourite Worst Nightmare is mentioned in "D Is for Dangerous". Audience Participation Song : The first few lines of "When The Sun Goes Down" are traditionally sung by the audience at concerts. Pretty Visitors traditionally has the audience waving at the line "All the pretty visitors came and waved their arms..." Their concerts put a lot of emphasis on audience participation in general. Arctic Monkeys: 'We’ve raised the bar as a live band' - Telegraph Rock and Pop Music Arctic Monkeys: 'We’ve raised the bar as a live band' Four number-one albums and two Glastonbury headline sets into their career, Arctic Monkeys are back with a striking new sound – but do they have new rock-star attitudes to go with it?

Alex Turner et al talk about close friendships, regrets and how to put on a show. Clockwise from front left: Alex Turner, Matt Helders, Nick O'Malley and Jamie Cook Photo: Julian Broad By Craig McLean 8:00PM GMT 31 Oct 2013 Ten years ago in June Arctic Monkeys played their first-ever gig. Having formed at school, the teenage band were performing at the Grapes, a pub in the centre of Sheffield, though their frontman and chief songwriter was not even old enough to drink in it. So what, I ask Alex Turner, were his aspirations that night? ‘Just to get to the end of the night and pull the bird that I fancied that I’d got to come down,’ Turner, 27, says, chuckling. ‘Yeah, that was it. But we had practised so much beforehand, and it was a major deal just to go and play somewhere. I’d never been on a stage in my life before that. I don’t think I opened my eyes for the whole set. But that 25 minutes – wow,’ he whispers. Arctic Monkeys tickets are still available for their upcoming UK tour dates.

Check the latest prices with Telegraph Tickets. Arctic Monkeys are unique among major British bands of the past 20 years in that they have hung out together nearly all their lives – unlike Oasis (warring brothers, a revolving door), Radiohead (met at secondary school), Mumford & Sons (formed in their late teens and early twenties), Blur (coalesced out of art-college circles) or Coldplay (university pals). They grew up together in High Green, a northern suburb of Sheffield. ‘We’ve known each other, all us four, for 20 years, since we were seven years old,’ Turner says. Having been friends long before they were bandmates must make a difference, I suggest. It engenders a kinship, a closeness that is far deeper than simpatico musical tastes or ambitions. ‘That’s totally correct,’ Turner says. ‘That’s what it is, and it’s been that since before we were a band. And that is quite unusual. And I perhaps took that for granted for a while.

But I understand how important it is now.’ Related Articles Arctic Monkeys' AM makes chart history 16 Sep 2013 ‘We are quite lucky, we all look at everything the same,’ Jamie Cook, 28, the band’s guitarist, cheerful football fanatic and gym-goer, says. ‘“Should that be black or white?” – that’s as complicated as it gets. “Which one of these photos is best?” Which is quite boring, really. No punch-ups, no arguments. We’ll have to start lying, say we hate each other!’ Arctic Monkeys in New York, 2006 (PHOTO: Rex Features) In fact Arctic Monkeys are probably closer than they have ever been. All four of them now live with their girlfriends a short drive away from each other in Los Angeles. It is the first time they have all lived in the same place since they burst out of Sheffield in late 2005, when they entered the charts at number one with I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor. It was their first proper single, and the out-of-nowhere feat was ascribed to their fans sharing songs over the internet, a then unknown phenomenon.

The songs that followed – street-real vignettes such as Mardy Bum, When The Sun Goes Down and Riot Van – captivated and energised a generation like no British band since Oasis. We meet late in the morning at the St Pancras station hotel in London, and Turner is feeling bleary, which may explain the sunglasses he is wearing indoors. ‘I woke at five this morning, and I just could not get back to sleep,’ he says. He is not sure why. It can’t be jet lag as the band flew into London from LA six days ago. ‘I don’t know what it was,’ he says, his broad Sheffield accent undimmed by seven years touring the world. ‘I got a relatively early night last night, then I woke up having a bit of a nightmare – you know that mad [thing] where you think the world’s stopped spinning? ‘I have come up with quite a lot of tunes at that time, and got ideas in that state,’ he adds. ‘But then this morning I couldn’t be arsed.’ He shrugs.

‘We’d just finished the album the other night and I was like, “No more… let’s leave it for a bit.”’ Even a semi-obsessed writer and wordsmith like Turner sometimes has to stop. At the Brit Awards in February 2008, accepting the British Group award (PHOTO: Getty) Arctic Monkeys’ new album, AM, is the product of almost a year’s work in a rented studio located a quick mile from their homes in the Hollywood Hills. Turner (vocals and guitar), Cook, Nick O’Malley (bass) and Matt Helders (drums) began making it shortly after their rollicking performance at the Olympics opening ceremony, the public debut of the Hamburg-era-Beatles quiff and vintage rock ’n’ roll-style clobber that Turner sports today. They spent longer making this album than they did any of their previous four, with particular emphasis on ‘vocals and vocal production’.

It was out with the melodic, punky vigour of Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006), and with the heavier rock sounds of Humbug (2009) and Suck It and See (2011). It was very much in with slower songs, soulful moods, poetic lyrics, beats that must almost be described as hip hop, and falsetto harmonies aplenty. The result is easily the best album the band have made since their record-breaking debut, the album that, at the time, was the fastest-selling debut in British history. AM is as elegantly cool as its title. On Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, 2009. (PHOTO: Rex Features) ‘This new record is us raising the bar as recording artists, whereas over the last few years we’ve raised the bar as a live band.’ In print, that sounds bald and bumptious. The way Turner says it – thoughtfully, quietly – it comes over as entirely reasonable. Those designer sunglasses (Oliver Peoples) might suggest affectation, but he is mostly as unassuming as he was when I first met him eight years ago.

‘This time it was a lot more considered. And I’m a lot happier as a result with the outcome. I think there’s something original about it that we’ve never had on an LP before. And sort of no one has, really, I think. Without coming across as really arrogant, I think it is a record that’s not been made before, stylistically. I think it’s a sound that’s not been there before, which is really exciting for me.’ Returning in 2012 to play Madison Square Garden. (PHOTO: Rex Features) This meeting is the first of four encounters we will have over the summer. Two weeks on, Arctic Monkeys play the biggest gig of their career: headlining the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. They have topped the bill there before: in 2007 they performed last on the main stage, a scant 18 months after the release of Whatever People Say I Am. It was, by popular consent, something of a disaster. The rain was horizontal, the PA was under-powered, and the band were underprepared. The alacrity of their rise spoke of the country-transfixing ‘youthquake’ their music had caused.

But for all their prodigious output in that period (two albums, a five-track EP, a non-album single, a short film), they were not yet a festival headline band. ‘We didn’t really put any effort into the show side of things,’ O’Malley, 28, will later admit. That attitude was of a piece with the refusenik nature of the young Monkeys (no television shows, avoid award ceremonies, as few interviews as they could get away with). ‘I think we regretted that a bit after.’ There is, accordingly, a lot to live up to at Glastonbury 2013. Plus, they are opening a weekend where the other headliners are the Rolling Stones (playing the event for the first time) and Mumford & Sons (the folk-influenced outfit who are the biggest British band worldwide right now). ‘I suppose we have something to prove,’ Turner says. ‘But we’re in such a different place now in a way, aren’t we? Then we’d just banged those two records out, we were still the new kids in town in a way. Whereas we don’t have that any more.

We’re a bit more of a beast now.’ Fifteen days later, the 100,000-plus people gathered in front of the Pyramid Stage are celebrating loudly even before Arctic Monkeys spark up. The band’s carefully constructed, singalong pre-show mixtape (Oasis’s Don’t Look Back In Anger, George Harrison’s My Sweet Lord, John Lennon’s Imagine) has perfectly set the scene, and over the next couple of hours they take the confidently safe route: a greatest-hits set, with only a couple of songs from AM, which will not be released for another 10 weeks. The weather has played ball, and so has the PA. It is a job brilliantly done. Headlining Glastonbury, 2013. (PHOTO: Getty) Turner, Cook, O’Malley and Helders are justifiably thrilled, not to say relieved, and celebrate by hanging around for the weekend. The next night they watch the Rolling Stones from the side of the stage. ‘That was amazing,’ Turner tells me afterwards. ‘I’d never seen them before. And from where we were watching there was this little partition behind the drums, and we could see them all before they went on.

And it wasn’t like they all got out of different dressing rooms and went onstage; they were all stood there, having a buzz, laughing. Then off they went and did their thing. And whenever they went offstage you could see they were loving it, chatting and stuff. And you thought, “Yeah, the Stones are still a gang.” Which was really cool to see, actually.’ The next time we meet, almost a month later, the location is rather different: the Théâtre Antique, an 8,000-capacity, 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheatre in the small town of Vienne, close to Lyon in the south of France. Playing table tennis backstage after the evening’s show, Turner says he loved the gig. But as he did at Glastonbury – and as he does normally – he deployed old- fashioned formality for the French fans (‘Good evening, ladies and gentlemen…’) and adopted a stage persona, part southern preacher man, part northern bingo caller. ‘I can’t go out there and absolutely be myself,’ he tells me, adding that he has always put on some kind of act. ‘The situation is so fundamentally unnatural.

It’s supposed to be that way – that’s what it is; it’s a show. So whether it was the cocky kid in the Lacoste T-shirt [that I used to do] or whatever, it’s all kind of an act to some extent. But…’ He frowns. ‘It’s not a full-on, “right, get into character” thing. It’s some sort of extension, maybe, of who I am actually. There have probably been times along the way where you have been overwhelmed by something, and part of how you actually feel comes out... But I think I always feel weird about that afterwards.’ Three weeks later Turner and I speak for a final time. He is on the phone in an SUV in New York, being ferried between American press engagements. He sounds dog-tired, and not just because he is working his way through Crime and Punishment (‘I’ve got to catch up on the classics sooner or later,’ he says in his slightly ironic, deflective manner). Arctic Monkeys have finished their summer shows and have just had a few days’ break in LA.

Next they will fly back to Britain, where they will start ‘figuring out how to play’ songs from AM in advance of a heavy international autumn and winter concert schedule, including a sold-out British arena tour in October. I had asked Cook if LA offers a respite from the fan fervour of home, where the band have won five Brit Awards and where all four albums released so far have entered the charts at number one. ‘Erm, yeah,’ he replied, hesitantly. ‘But I don’t think we ever had any madness at home. We just headlined Glastonbury and we can all still walk in a pub together and nine times out of 10 no-one will blink an eye. You don’t get much hassle at all. I suppose Al gets it more, but he can still walk around and do his daily stuff. It’s quite strange how we’ve got away with it really,’ he said, laughing. PHOTO: Julian Broad Their LA life, Helders, 27, insists, is not one of large-living expats or A-list celebrity excess.

Three of them have bought fancy motorcycles (O’Malley plans to follow suit soon), and Helders also has a muscle car (a 1969 Camaro), but those appear to be their only rock-star habits, and they’re certainly not profligate. ‘We’ve got plenty of people around us, like our management, telling us if we’re trying to do something stupid,’ Helders says. ‘I mean we can still do what we want, but I just respect those people enough that they keep me in check.’ Four albums in, does Turner ever look back at Arctic Monkeys’ hectic, hyped early days? ‘I don’t really, no. A fleeting moment every now and then if someone asks me. But in terms of being busy day-to-day, I don’t feel any difference between then and now. All that stuff was in the exterior, out on the perimeter… I can’t really remember to tell you the truth,’ he says, laughing, just. ‘Yeah, what did we do? We put that album out, everyone went mad for it…’ An audible shrug.

‘But as far as our day-to-day, we still do the same stuff now – do things like this [interview], then do a show.’ And what about the girl he was after on the night of their first gig? ‘I don’t think I did pull the bird,’ the singer says. Then a winked coda. ‘Not that night.’ The new album, AM AM is out this Monday. arcticmonkeys.com . Arctic Monkeys are playing at the Roundhouse, London, on September 9 as part of the iTunes Festival Band Members - THE ARCTIC MONKEYS THE ARCTIC MONKEYS Alex Turner playing the guitar google images Alex Turner Alex Turner is the 28 year old English musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and principle songwriter of the Arctic Monkeys. He was born in Sheffield, England in 1986, and currently lives in LA with his girlfriend Arielle Vandenberg. Jamie Cook Jamie Cook, also 28, is the guitarist of the Arctic Monkeys. He used to be next-door neighbors with Alex Turner. Jamie is the one who drove the band into what it is today, an indie-rock band, with his own music taste.

He is currently engaged to model Katie Downes. Jamie Cook and Katie Downes google images Nick O'Malley google images Nick O'Malley Nick O'Malley, born in 1985, is the bass guitarist of the Arctic Monkeys. He began as a temporary replacement for Andy Nicholson, although when Nicholson left the band O'Malley joined them permanently. Matt Helders Matt Helders, at 27 years old, is the youngest member of the Arctic Monkeys. He is the drummer, and known as the "quietly amiable diplomat" of the group. He also sings in some of their songs, and is a DJ. He claims that rap music has influenced his drumming, because him and his fellow band members liked rap while in school. Matt Helders google images nick o malley | Tumblr nick o malley Loading... Show more notes Reblog wow i can’t believe ppl did this to the hollywood sign … 2017′s looking great so far Loading...

Show more notes Reblog If you like indie rock, pop punk and appreciate beautiful kneecaps, One Year Stand is the band for you -One Year Stand, Breaks (Big tune) - Band video diary, the legendary knees of Captain Adzy Check it out ladies and gentlemen The new band logo as designed by Adz the singer and Keiron the drummer Hope you like it :) Our old logo was designed by our old guitarist and we felt it was the right time to refresh ourselves and with 2017 start a new phase in One Year Stand Change ourselves up a bit RU MINE/ KNEE SOCKS LIVE Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys Artistfacts Artistfacts Artistfacts for Arctic Monkeys They are from Sheffield, UK, in northern England. They built a following through online file sharing and distribution of their demo tapes. This led to record company interest, but the band resisted singing a contract.

Finally, in 2005 they signed to the independent label Domino Records and released their first single, " I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor ." Alex Turner told The BBC about the founding of the group: "It was 2002, we all got guitars for Christmas and started playing in my garage that summer, rehearsed there and in a warehouse for a bit for about a year." Their first album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not became the fastest selling debut album ever in the UK when it was released in 2006. About a month later, it was released in the US and opened at #24 on the album chart, one of the best debuts ever by a band on an independent record label. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France, for above 2) In September of 2006, Arctic Monkeys made the Guiness Book of World records. They were given the award for Fastest Selling UK Debut Album for Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not.

They beat out Definitely, Maybe by Oasis selling 363,735 copies in its first week and 113,000 on its first day. Arctic Monkeys was the first band in the history of the awards to win ShockWaves NME Award for both categories, Best New Band and Best British Band at the same night in 2006. All four members of the band were devoted fans of Hip-Hop when then were younger. For some members, like Alex Turner and Matt Heders, things changed when they heard certain bands. For Alex, it was The Strokes and The Libertines and for Matt, it was seeing Queens of the Stone Age at a local music festival. In the early days of the band, they refused to sign a record contract with any label. Labels and scouts wanted the band to change their songs, but the band refused. The went so far as to refuse scouts guaranteed entry into their gigs. When they finally signed with Domino because of the "do it yourself" attitude of founder, Lawrence Bell, who ran the label from his own house.

Speaking about the origins of the band, vocalist Alex Turner said, "It was 2002, we all got guitars for Christmas and started playing in my garage that summer, rehearsed there and in a warehouse for a bit for about a year." The band was criticized by the head of the National Health Service in Scotland because the cover of their first album depicted Chris McClure, a friend of the band, smoking a cigarette. The actual picture on the CD was of an ashtray, as well. The Scottish NHS saw this as "reinforcing the idea that smoking is OK." All four band members grew up together in High Green, a northern suburb of Sheffield. They've known each other since they were all seven years old. ABOUT Arctic Monkeys’ incredible success is the stuff that dreams are made of. Their story is well-known now – after Alex Turner, the son of two teachers from High Green, just outside Sheffield, picked up a guitar and formed the band in 2002 with school friends Jamie Cook on guitar, Matt Helders on drums and Andy Nicholson on bass. A clutch of early gigs saw unprecedented levels of devotion swelling in Sheffield following their first show in 2003, which quickly spread beyond.

The buzz grew organically, and by the time the band signed with Domino Records in June 2005. Their debut album "Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not" was an instant classic, spawning two number one singles, becoming the fastest selling debut in UK chart history and easily topping end of year polls in publications as varied as NME, The Guardian, The New York Times and Time magazine. In February 2007 it earned them a further two Brit Awards (equivalent to Grammys). After making "Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not" with acclaimed rock producer Jim Abbiss (Kasabian, DJ Shadow, Placebo), the band took a creative swerve on its follow-up by working with James Ford and Mike Crossey (from Simian Mobile Disco). The other big change within the ranks of Arctic Monkeys was the introduction of old friend Nick O’Malley on bass (replacing Andy Nicholson). In June 2011, Arctic Monkeys released their fourth album, “Suck It and See”.

The album’s twelve songs vary in pace and texture, with Alex Turner’s vocals taking a more sophisticated, smoother approach – no less humorous or blunt, but a different pitch, more insinuating. Arctic Monkeys are Jamie Cook, Matt Helders, Nick O’Malley and Alex Turner. The Arctic Monkeys - definition of The Arctic Monkeys by The Free Dictionary The Arctic Monkeys - definition of The Arctic Monkeys by The Free Dictionary (redirected from The Arctic Monkeys) Also found in: Wikipedia . Arctic Monkeys pl n (Biography) British rock group (formed 2002): comprising Alex Turner (born 1986; vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (born 1985, guitar), Matt Helders (born 1986, drums, vocals) and Nick O'Malley (born 1985, bass guitar); their albums include Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), and AM (2013) Want to thank TFD for its existence?

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Question: Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick OMalley are collectively known as what?
Answer: Arctic Monkeys