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“Don’t believe the hype” were the words that Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys lead singer, mumbled into his microphone at the start of the I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor video. His plea wasn’t unjustified because the band were stars before they’d even been signed.
The Sheffield four-piece are a band of the MySpace generation. Their tunes fused punk, funk and ska and, accompanied by Turner’s observatory eye and acerbic wit, spread like wildfire throughout the worldwide web. By the time their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, was released in January 2006, it became the fastest selling debut album in UK chart history.
The album was loaded with a plethora of great tracks that were as popular on the radio and they were in the clubs. Songs like When The Sun Goes Down, The View From The Afternoon, Mardy Bum, and Fake Tales Of San Francisco went on to become the soundtrack to the Noughties.
From there, the only way was up. As the albums progressed through Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), Humbug (2009) and Suck It And See (2011) the band’s sound matured, thanks in part to production duties from Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age.
Turner substituted the rattle of indie guitars and flippant, colloquial lyrics for full rock riffs and a deep, and often dark, subject matter. 2013's AM continued the grungier, rougher trend across tracks like One For The Road and Arabella.
Over the span of the band’s life Turner has managed to keep the singles coming, from the jaunty Fluorescent Adolescent to the distortion driven R U Mine. And while hype can often be the very thing to destroy a band, for Arctic Monkeys it was the thing that defined them.
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WATCH: Tom Jones Covering Arctic Monkeys Is The Best Thing Ever
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Alex Turner On THAT BRITs Speech: I Wasn't Waffling On Drugs
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WATCH: Alex Turner & Miles Kane Did Karaoke With Lana Del Rey
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Louis Theroux Talks Getting A Selfie With Alex Turner
The documentarian revealed he's a massive Arctic Monkeys fan.
Last Shadow Puppets Named Best Album Art Of 2016
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LISTEN: The Last Shadow Puppets Share French Cover "Les Cactus"
Coming from the forthcoming covers E.P, the supergroup have taken on the French classic.
Rewatch the Last Shadow Puppets' intense Leonard Cohen cover
Alex Turner and Miles Kane covered Leonard Cohen in a new track that’s featuring on their forthcoming E.P.
The Last Shadow Puppets Announce Covers E.P
The six track E.P will include covers by Leonard Cohen and more.
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The era defining debut has been reimagined in the best way possible!
WATCH: Arctic Monkeys Unveil Elephant Sculpture With AM Sound Wave For Charity
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Alex Turner: “There Are No Plans Yet For A New Arctic Monkeys Album”
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WATCH: The Last Shadow Puppets Perform Arctic Monkeys' 505 for the first time
The duo treated fans to a stripped-back version of the track at Greece's Rockwave festival.
The Last Shadow Puppets' Alex Turner: "Miles Kane helped me open up"
Turner speaks about his friendship with his Last Shadow Puppets collaborator.
Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance
"Over there there's broken bones / There's only music, so that there's new ringtones."
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
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The Last Shadow Puppets add huge July dates to UK Tour
The duo will play Manchester's Castlefield Bowl and London's Alexandra Palace.
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The Scouse rocker isn't backwards about coming forwards.
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Alex Turner and Miles Kane have revealed their debut album was inspired by the late British icon.
The Last Shadow Puppets: "We Didn't Expect Our Album To Happen"
Alex Turner and Miles Kane stopped by Radio X HQ to chat to Sunta Templeton and confirm they'll be touring their album.
Ritz To Rubble: Arctic Monkeys' Debut Album Ranked - Song By Song
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is ten years old today. Good grief. To celebrate, here at Radio X we've banged our heads together to rate the album's tunes, track-by-track. Agree? Disagree? Let us know.
Last Shadow Puppets Have Confirmed Details Of Their New LP... And It's Looking Pretty...
It’s called Everything You’ve Come To Expect and hopefully it’ll be everything we’ve come to expect from Alex Turner and Miles Kane.
WATCH: The Last Shadow Puppets return with new Bad Habits Video
Alex Turner and Miles Kane posted their surprise video early on Monday morning.
WATCH: Last Shadow Puppets Unveil Second Teaser Trailer For New Album
Their latest video sees the duo jamming in the studio, while Miles Kane does his best Ric Flair impression.
Alex Turner kept people guessing with his Halloween costume this year
See more Halloween outfits from the stars.
2015's Best Selling Vinyl So Far: Noel Gallagher, Blur and Lots More
The Official Chart Company has announced the 10 most popular albums and singles on vinyl so far this year and both lists are dominated by Noel Gallagher, with records from Blur, David Bowie and Arctic Monkeys featuring too.
WATCH: Alex Turner Cameos In New Mini Mansions Video
Mini Mansions have debuted their new video, featuring an ice cool cameo from Alex Turner and plenty of scantily-clad women.
Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner Performs With Mini Mansions At London Gig
The Arctic Monkeys frontman hopped on stage at The Lexington last night with the US band.
European Festival Awards: Arctic Monkeys Win Best Headliner
The European Festival Awards 2015 have awarded the Arctics two prizes and named Glastonbury as the Best Line-Up.
Revealed: The Official Bestselling Albums of 2014 - And 2015 Predictions
The Official Chart Company has confirmed the bestselling albums of 2014 included George Ezra, Paolo Nutini and Arctic Monkeys.
Arctic Monkeys Mark End Of Tour With Film
Alex Turner and the lads have celebrated the end of a South America tour with a behind-the-scenes video that features sun, songs...and tennis.
Arctic Monkeys, Twin Atlantic & London Grammar Among AIM Award Winners
Dan Le Sac & Scroobius Pip also took home an award!
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The Association of Independent Music announce their annual round up of the very best in indie.
Reading Festival tickets sell out
But there are still some left for Leeds Festival!
Arctic Monkeys and Adele face being taken off YouTube
YouTube could drop videos from indie record labels including XL and Domino, reportedly in a row over a new premium paid music service.
Arctic Monkeys - Snap Out Of It
Another great single from the peerless AM album.
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know (Exclusive Radio X Live Session)
Watch an exclusive acoustic version of the band's recent single, recorded at Radio X.
Alex Turner: I have nightmares before big shows
The Arctic Monkeys frontman has revealed he doesn’t sleep easy before the bigger gigs.
Alex Turner: Metallica at Glastonbury Doesn't Add Up
The Arctic Monkeys frontman thinks the US rockers aren't the right booking for the festival.
Alex Turner: "A frontman should be hilarious"
The Arctic Monkeys singer claims that he needs to be "ridiculous" to cope with the rock 'n' roll life.
Arctic Monkeys - Arabella
Partly inspired by Brian Cox’s TV series The Wonders Of The Universe, this track has turned out to be a wonder in itself.
Arctic Monkeys pick up five NME Awards
Lily Allen, HAIM and Paul McCartney were also winners at last night's event.
Arctic Monkeys: Winning a BRIT Award is still unnatural
Alex Turner and Matt Helders tell Radio X what these award ceremonies really mean to them.
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