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'''Arctic Monkeys''' are a hugely successful indie rock band hailing from Sheffield. The band is comprised of Alex Turner (lead vocals and guitar), Jamie Cook (guitar), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Matt Helders (drums and backing vocals). The band was formed when Turner and Cook got guitars for Christmas while at school and proceeded to begin practicing before recruiting Helders and their original bassist, Andy Nicholson. They were the first band to ever become really successful through the internet, as they handed out free demos of their songs to fans at gigs, who then uploaded them to social networking sites (more specifically, [[My SpaceMyspace]]), leading to the band generating a huge fan following ''without even realising it''. Eschewing various big-name record labels such as EMI, the band instead signed on to indie label Domino Records and recorded their first LP ''Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'' in 2006. The album went straight into the charts at #1 and, more impressively, became the fastest-selling debut album in UK history, replacing Kula Shaker's ''K'' and [[Oasis]]’ ''Definitely Maybe''. This propelled the band into almost instant stardom and put them into media frenzy as they became renowned for their down-to-earth lyrics about teenage life in Sheffield. They followed up with the hard, fast sounds of ''Favourite Worst Nightmare'' in 2007.

After a brief hiatus in which Alex Turner embarked on his side project 'The Last Shadow Puppets' with Miles Kane, the band released their third album ''Humbug'' in 2009, showing a depart from their original high-energy style to something more psychedelic. Their mostrelease recentin release2011, ''Suck It And See'', returns to a rock-oriented sound.

{{quote| “Library pictures of the quickening canoe/the first of its kind to get to the moon”<ref>And that’s only the first line of the song!</ref>}}