Arctic Monkeys
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High Green, Sheffield, England (2002 – present)
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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egyptianhead wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Anti-Auto-Tune
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vlad_makay wrote:
They are pretty amazing.
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Adriat1c wrote:
haha I'm so fucking late! I've known them for years from hearsay and also listened to a few songs...but I'm getting into them <3....FINALLY xD [2] haha i never could have listened to them except for few songs, but like 3 days ago i randomly heard their song and now i cant stop listening :O
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urbanrockergirl wrote:
haha I'm so fucking late! I've known them for years from hearsay and also listened to a few songs...but I'm getting into them <3....FINALLY xD
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umbralnergal wrote:
♥_♥
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Boopseg wrote:
I can't live without them (( Need Humbug II :D
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Sofffff wrote:
both sides... in softly came a growl from both sides : )
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nage wrote:
Please go to Bangladesh and Irkutsk
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ChrisSandison wrote:
Cornerstone has amazing B-sides
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jsh_twenty wrote:
i just can't compare the monkeys to any other indie/brit-rock/whatever.. band.
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kammesprop wrote:
Very good!!!
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Leon17xD wrote:
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor is the best one
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realRemox wrote:
Arctic Monkeys freakin pwn!
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ElioLopes wrote:
Humbg, im startting like it :D
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blncty wrote:
Fake Tales of San Francisco
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jsh_twenty wrote:
Okay, im seriously getting annoyed with PLEASE COME TO BRAZIL on every band's page.
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neovant wrote:
In the top five best bands of the decade! They are just Great but if ur reading this you already know that!
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a-r-i-t-a wrote:
Okay, im seriously getting annoyed with PLEASE COME TO MEXICO on every band's page.
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dreamcoltrane wrote:
I would like to get into rhem more. What album should I start with?
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Xavi18 wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_galeria_de_xavi/
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Nov
25
Arctic Monkeys
Odyssey Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom
21 shouts
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Nov
26
Arctic Monkeys
The O2, Dublin, Ireland
44 shouts
| 93 attendees
- Dec 4 BeToRe Festival BeToRe, Helmbrechts, Germany
News
'Cornerstone' Release Annoucement
9 Nov 2009 | from www.arcticmonkeys.com
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Arctic Monkeys on Le Grand Journal
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Montreal Support Announced
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New Photos
2 Nov 2009 | from www.arcticmonkeys.com
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