Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Background information
Origin	Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Genres	Indie rock, psychedelic rock
Years active	2002–Present
Labels	Domino
Associated acts	The Last Shadow Puppets; Mongrel; The Dodgems; The Rascals; Reverend & The Makers
Website	www.arcticmonkeys.com
Members	Alex Turner; Jamie Cook; Matt Helders; Nick O'Malley
Past members	Andy Nicholson; Glyn Jones

Arctic Monkeys are an indie rock band from Sheffield, England. Arctic Monkeys' first album was Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. It reached #1 in the United Kingdom album charts. Over 300 thousand copies of the album were sold in the first week. This makes it the fasting selling first album by a band in British music history.^[1] It was nominated for Best Alternative Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards. Their second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare was first released in Japan on April 18, 2007. Their third album, Humbug was released in England on 24 August 2009. In 2011 their fourth album Suck It and See was released. AM, the Monkeys' fifth album, was released 6 September 2013. The sixth Arctic Monkeys album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino was released in 2018.

The members are:

Alex Turner (guitar and singing)
Jamie Cooke (guitar)
Nick O'Malley (bass guitar)
Matthew Helders (drums)
Andy Nicholson (bass guitar, left in 2006)

Studio albums

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)
Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Humbug (2009)
Suck It and See (2011)
AM (2013)
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
The Car (2022)

Arctic Monkeys Media

Arctic Monkeys performing in 2006
Headshots of the current line-up; clockwise from bottom left: Alex Turner, Nick O'Malley, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders
Arctic Monkeys at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, March 2010
Lead vocalist Alex Turner at Lollapalooza in Chicago, August 2011
Arctic Monkeys performing at the InMusic Festival on 25 June 2013. The concert was a part of the AM Tour.
The band's 2018 performance at the Royal Albert Hall, which was later released as Live at the Royal Albert Hall in 2020.
Turner on stage at Glastonbury Festival in England, June 2023

References

↑ Kumi, Alex (30 January 2006). "Arctic Monkeys make UK chart history" – via www.theguardian.com.

[1] Kumi, Alex (30 January 2006). "Arctic Monkeys make UK chart history" – via www.theguardian.com.

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