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High Green, Sheffield, England (2002 – present)

Arctic Monkeys are an indie rock band who formed in High Green, Sheffield, England in 2002 after meeting at Stocksbridge High School. The band consists of Alex Turner (vocals, guitar), Jamie ‘Cookie’ Cook (guitar), Nick O’Malley (bass) and Matt Helders (drums, vocals). Founding bassist Andy Nicholson left in 2006.

Each of the band’s first five singles I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, When the Sun Goes Down, Leave Before the Lights Come On, Brianstorm and Fluorescent Adolescent hit the UK Top Five, but their sixth single, Teddy Picker, only went Top 20 and their seventh single, Crying Lightning peaked at #12.

The band’s rise to success started in late 2004/early 2005 when demo songs which had been handed out in CD form at gigs found their way onto the internet. These demos rapidly spread among message boards and friends leading to a growing fan base for the band, and were collected on the unofficial Beneath the Boardwalk, which the band recognizes on their website. The band owe much of their success to viral buzz via the Internet, and have eschewed typical ‘commercial’ channels, including refusing to appear on the UK’s (now discontinued) Top Of The Pops music program, which was often seen as a gateway to success.

The band’s debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, holds the record for the largest first week sales of a debut album in the UK (in its first week, it sold more than the rest of the Top 20 albums combined). The album sold over 360,000 copies in its first week, but lost the title in November 2007 to Leona Lewis’s album Spirit.

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1	Fluorescent Adolescent	13,438
2	I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor	12,543
3	Crying Lightning	12,254
4	Mardy Bum	11,372
5	Dancing Shoes	10,908
6	Teddy Picker	10,494
7	Fake Tales of San Francisco	10,003
8	The View From the Afternoon	9,877
9	When the Sun Goes Down	9,876
10	Brianstorm	9,635
11	Cornerstone	9,335
12	A Certain Romance	8,908
13	Still Take You Home	8,504
14	Riot Van	8,497
15	My Propeller	8,296

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Kayna22 wrote:
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love Arctic Monkeys,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.

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class!

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The British Rock Artists League is now entering its 4th season, and we need four new artists to participate! Click here to vote!

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F A K E

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they are great..they are fckng great!!

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class

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favourite ♥

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♥ Eh, I'm such a fangirl...

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great, great, great!

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they are very good

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Yup, all their albums are great! ;)

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All their albums are good ok? [3]

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their newest track, joining the dots, is sick

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AM Forever [3]

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'Cornerstone' Release Annoucement

9 Nov 2009 | from www.arcticmonkeys.com

Arctic Monkeys are pleased to announce that the limited edition 10" of 'Cornerstone' will be onslae exclusively in Oxfams top 50 music shops on Monday 16th November 2009. …

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