ARCTIC MONKEYS

ORIGINS

• The Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield.

BAND MEMBERS

• Alex Turner (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar)
• Matt Helders (drums, vocals)
• Jamie Cook (lead guitar, rhythm guitar, piano)
• Nick O'Malley (bass, backing vocals)

BAND GENRES

• Indie rock
• Post-punk revival
• Garage rock revival

ALBUMS

• Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)
• Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007),
• At the Apollo (2008) a live album
• Humbug (2009)
• Suck it and see (2011)
• AM (2013)

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.

AWARDS

• The band has won seven Brit Awards—winning both Best British Group and Best British Album three times.
• 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.
• Nominated for 3 Grammy Awards.

MY FAVORITE SONGS

• Arabella (AM)
• Do I wanna know? (AM)
• Snap out of it (AM)
• Mardy Bum (Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not)
• Fake tales of San Francisco (Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not)
• Teddy Picker (Favourite worst nightmare)

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