Must Haves. Music Edition. Arctic Monkeys.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Active2000s - 2020s

Formed2003 in Sheffield, England

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

Alternative/Indie Rock

Indie Rock

Group Members

Alex Turner

Jamie Cook

Matt Helders

Nick O'Malley

Andy Nicholson

ALBUMS

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HITS

I bet that you look good on the dancefloor, why d you only call me when youre high? r u mine? four out of five, crying lighting, arabella,m snap out of it, brianstorm, when the sun goes down, flourescent adolescent

CULTURAL IMPACT

With their nervy and literate indie rock sound, Arctic Monkeys arrived in 2005 with a blast. Assisted with the aid of using rave evaluations and on-line phrase of mouth (they had been one of the first bands to advantage from social media), the band speedy have become a sensation withinside the United Kingdom, in which they had been visible because the inheritor obvious to the throne left vacant with the aid of using Oasis and the Libertines. Buoyed with the aid of using the single "I Bet You Look Good at the Dancefloor," their 2006 debut Whatever People Say I Am, That`s What I'm Not in brief grabbed the identify of fastest-promoting album in British history. It landed on pinnacle of each the U.K. and U.S. rock album charts and took domestic the Mercury Prize. What set the institution aside become Alex Turner, a singer/songwriter with a biting wit and hold close of English vernacular (now no longer numerous to Paul Weller, the godfather of cutting-edge British rock). However, pushed with the aid of using their maverick innovative spirit, Arctic Monkeys have validated fantastically unpredictable, remodeling conventional rock traditions on 2007's Favourite Worst Nightmare and beefing up their guitars with the help of Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme on 2009's Humbug. Eventually, in addition they laced in a number of the louche front room components of Turner's swinging facet task the Last Shadow Puppets, as on 2013's AM and 2018's arty Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, however with the aid of using that point, the band had been a staple during the world: a respected, adventurous, and a success institution who should effortlessly be referred to as Britain's largest band of the early twenty first century.

Alex Turner and guitarist Jamie Cook started out their song careers in 2001, while the buddies each acquired guitars for Christmas. Two years later, they started out acting indicates round their local Sheffield with drummer Matt Helders and bassist Andy Nicholson, fellow college students at Stocksbridge High School. A collection of demo recordings followed, and Arctic Monkeys' target target market swelled as enthusiasts circulated the ones recordings through the Internet. The musicians quickly determined themselves on the middle of a developing media circus, with such shops as BBC Radio analyzing the band's song and mounting hype.