Arctic Monkeys
| Arctic Monkeys | |
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 Arctic Monkeys perform at Roskilde Festival , July 5, 2014 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Sheffield , South Yorkshire , England |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock , post punk , garage rock , trip hop |
| founding | 2002 |
| Website | arcticmonkeys.com |
| Founding members | |
Lead vocals |
Glyn Jones (2002) |
Lead guitar |
Alex Turner |
Rhythm guitar |
Jamie Cook |
Drums |
Matt Helders |
Electric bass |
Andy Nicholson (2002 to 2006) |
| Current occupation | |
Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboard , background vocals |
Alex Turner (since 2002) |
Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, piano
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Jamie Cook (since 2002) |
Drums, percussion , backing vocals |
Matt Helders (since 2002) |
Electric bass, backing vocals |
Nick O'Malley (since 2006) |
| Official addition to live performances / music sessions | |
Keyboard, guitar, backing vocals |
John Ashton (2009 to 2011) |
Keyboard |
Ben "Goldfingers" Parsons (since 2011) |
The Arctic Monkeys are a four-piece British indie rock - band with influences from post-punk and garage rock . She was founded in Sheffield , England in 2002 and released her debut album in 2006, which reached number one on the UK charts. In 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2018 further albums were released by the music group, all of which also reached the top position in Great Britain. The band's current album is the Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino , released on May 11, 2018 .
Band history
2002: foundation
The band was formed in 2002 in High Green , a district of Sheffield . Turner and Cook, who were neighbors, only got guitars from their parents for Christmas in 2001. They taught themselves to play the instruments. Then they founded the music group Arctic Monkeys with Turner's school friends Glyn Jones , Matt Helders and Andy Nicholson . Since Nicholson was already familiar with the electric bass , only the drums remained for Helders. It wasn't until May 2006 that it became known that Alex Turner was not the original singer of the band. That part had fallen to Glyn Jones, who also attended Stocksbridge High School. Jones confirmed these rumors through an interview at the time, saying that he and Turner had "started out of boredom to write a song about a nerd in their year". He also said that he left the band in 2002 because he "had not had the dedication to continue his engagement". To him they would have been just a group of kids joking around out of boredom.
The band's name comes from guitarist Jamie Cook, who came up with the name "Arctic Monkeys" before the group was founded. The previous statements of the members that the name comes from the drummer of the band from the father of one of the band members, they revised. They would have been asked so often about the origin of their name that at some point they would have started making up stories about it.
2003 to 2004: First appearances and demo recordings
After the band started practicing after their formation at Yellow Arch Studios, they played their first gig on June 13, 2003 at The Grapes in Sheffield. After a few appearances, they made demo recordings in the 2fly studios. The studios' website says the group recorded 17 songs in five and a half days. Today the recordings are known as Beneath the Boardwalk and are a rarity, as the few units available on CD were distributed free of charge at the band's concerts. Since some fans uploaded their CDs on the Internet, the recordings are still available today, even if the track list varies. Members of the group said of the recordings that they did not want to prevent it from being distributed for free over the Internet, as "they never intended to make money from it anyway and they were giving it away for free anyway." It also makes it easier for their fans to hear their music. The widespread opinion that the group became famous through their MySpace page, which made their demos available for free before anyone else, was denied by the band members in a 2005 interview. The site was set up by their fans who owned the demo CD. They themselves didn't even know how to upload their music to the internet. The compilation also got its name from the fans of the band, originally it was published without a title. After the first records had been distributed, however, fans named the CD after the way they had received it: Beneath the Boardwalk.
2005: Record deal and first releases
After the band had reached more and more people with their music through live performances and the distribution of their songs on the Internet, they first gained attention outside their hometown of Sheffield , including through BBC Radio and British tabloids .
In May 2005, the group released their extended play Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys . This consisted of the songs Fake Tales of San Francisco and From the Ritz to the Rubble , which were later to be found on their debut album. Since the band had not yet signed a record deal at the time, they founded their own label Bang Bang Recordings especially for the release of the EP. The CD was limited to 500 CDs and 1000 seven-inch records , which is why it is also a rarity today. However, it is available in digital form. Shortly after the EP was released, the band played at the Reading and Leeds Festivals on the Carling Stage, a stage reserved for unknown and / or unrecorded bands. Her appearance was previously " hyped " by the media , which led to an unusually high number of viewers.
In June 2005 the group signed a record deal with Domino Records . In an interview, they later said they were particularly impressed with the do-it-yourself attitude of co-label founder and owner Laurence Bell . He ran the label from his apartment and only signed bands that he liked personally. According to a report by the Daily Star , a British tabloid , her recording deal in October of that year resulted in a £ 1,000,000 deal with music publisher EMI Music Publishing and a US deal with Epic Records worth around £ 725,000. The band denied the numbers on their website and later announced that EMI was only responsible for the band in Australia and New Zealand and that they would publish the music themselves in the USA. In Japan the music is distributed by the independent label Hostess. In Europe, distribution is regulated differently from country to country.
On October 17, 2005, the band's first single, I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, was released in the United Kingdom, where they also entered the charts at number one and drove the Sugababes from this rank. In Germany and the USA, the title did not reach the official charts, but reached number seven in the alternative songs charts in the USA. Two weeks earlier, the group appeared on the cover of NME magazine for the first time.
2006: International breakthrough with debut album
A second single was released on January 16. When the Sun Goes Down also reached number one, and it also entered the German charts, where it placed at position 89. On January 23, 2006, Domino Records released the band's debut album under the name Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not , which reached number one. With 363,735 records sold in the UK alone, the album became the best-selling debut album in a debut week in the whole of the UK, a record previously held by the pop group Hear'Say since 2001 (306,631 / 1st week). With 118,501 records sold on the first day alone, the album was also more commercially successful than the entire top 20 in Great Britain combined. After its release in the USA around a month later, it reached number 24, with around 34,000 records sold. This made the album the second fastest selling indie rock debut album in the United States. In Germany, the album was ranked 20th.
In April the band released their second extended play , Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? Due to its length, it was unable to place itself in the British charts, but reached rank 79 in Germany.
After the release of their first album, the Arctic Monkeys went on tour, which also took them to the USA. In May the group announced that bassist Andy Nicholson would not be on their upcoming tour of North America because he was exhausted from all the touring. When the North American trip was over, the band announced that Nicholson would not be returning because he could not cope with the band's fame, and bassist Nick O'Malley , who had already replaced Nicholson in North America, would continue to do the rest of the shows Would take up space of him. A little later it was confirmed that O'Malley is officially a new member of the band. In August 2006, the single Leave Before the Lights Come On was released , which was not to be found on the band's debut album. It reached number four in the UK.
2007: Second studio album Favorite Worst Nightmare
At the Grammy Awards 2007 , the band was nominated in the two categories "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" ( Chun Li's Flying Bird Kick ) and "Best Alternative Music Album" ( Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not ), but received no price. Then appeared on April 2 of the year the first single Brianstorm of the second studio album Favorite Worst Nightmare . It reached number two in Great Britain and number 64 in Germany. The album was released three weeks later and, like its predecessor, it reached number one in the UK. It also placed second in Germany and seventh in the USA. On July 4th, the second single, Fluorescent Adolescent , was released, which peaked at number five in the UK. The third and final single, Teddy Picker , was released on December 3rd and only reached position 20, which was the worst single placement to date.
The band played numerous concerts over the course of 2007. Among other things, she headlined the Glastonbury Festival 2007 and played the “Favorite Worst Nightmare Tour”. On their second worldwide tour, the last concert, which took place at the O2 Apollo Manchester in Manchester , was recorded and later released on DVD and CD.
2008 to 2010: Side projects, third studio album and "Humbug Tour"
On November 3rd, 2008 the live DVD and live CD of the concert of the “Favorite Worst Nightmare Tour” was released. Initially, the film was already shown in a few selected cinemas.
In 2008, the band initially took a semi-annual break, during which frontman Alex Turner devoted himself to the project The Last Shadow Puppets and drummer Matt Helders contributed an album to the Late Night Tales series . In the second half of the year, the group finally began work on a third album, until the track list was finally announced on June 1, 2009. The “Humbug Tour” had already started on January 13th and lasted until February and was continued in July.
On July 6, 2009, the first of three singles from the third album Humbug was released . This was called Crying Lightning and reached number twelve, making it the band's second single that did not make it into the top ten in the UK. When the album was released on August 19th, it went straight to number one in the UK, just like its two predecessors. In Germany it was ranked fourth and in the US it was ranked 15th. On November 16, 2009 ( Cornerstone ) and March 22, 2010 ( My Propeller ), two more songs were released from the album, but both of them missed a chart position. This had never happened before with any title in the group.
After continuing its world tour in July 2009, it lasted until April 2010. She took the group to Australia and New Zealand, Europe, North America and Japan.
2011/2012: fourth studio album and "Suck It and See Tour"
At the beginning of 2011, a fourth album by the band was reported in the media for the first time. It was also announced that the group would rely on producer James Ford for the third time in a row . The album was recorded in 2010 and 2011, the title of the CD was announced in March. On April 12th, their first single, Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair , was released and reached number 28 in the UK. On June 6, the album Suck It and See was released , which reached number one in the United Kingdom and placed it at number ten in Germany and number 14 in the USA. On August 12, 2011 ( The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala ), October 31, 2011 ( Suck It and See ) and January 23, 2012 ( Black Treacle ), further singles from the album were released, none of which entered the charts.
In May 2011 the "Suck It and See Tour" began in Sweden. She led the band to Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, among others. On February 27, 2012, the single RU Mine? released, which is not present on their 2011 album. It reached number 23 in the British charts, making the title the most successful single since the song Crying Lightning 2009 (number twelve). Previously, the fourth single from their fourth studio album, Black Treacle, was released on January 23rd . However, it did not make it onto the charts. In June 2012 the band ended the tour.
On July 27, 2012, the Arctic Monkeys performed at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London, playing their song I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor and the Beatles cover Come Together .
2013/2014: Fifth studio album AM , extensive tour and break
Although singer Alex Turner said in an interview in 2011 that the band would not record new songs in the studio until 2013, he announced in February 2012 that the group had recently recorded a new track. He also said that the music on their new album will more closely match the "dirty side" of Suck It and See , citing the song Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair as an example.
On June 24, 2013, the band announced the name of their new album: AM . The album was released on September 6, 2013. It was recorded with guest appearances by Josh Homme , Pete Thomas and Bill Ryder-Jones in Rancho de la Luna, Joshua Tree, California. Even before the release, the band began their “AM Tour”, which lasted from May 2013 to December 2014. After the end of the tour, the band announced a longer break.
2018: Sixth studio album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Since December 23, 2016 it was known that the band was working on a new album. The album was released on May 11, 2018 under the name Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino . In addition, the band performed on their tour in Europe and North America. In October 2018, the band announced that they would also play concerts in Australia, New Zealand, Central and South America in 2019.
Style and inspiration
The band's music can be classified in the genre of indie rock . For the debut album, Turner studied human behavior in the nightclub . This is particularly noticeable with the songs I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor and Dancing Shoes . The latter is particularly about people who always try to “tow away” others when they go out, no matter how much they want to hide it. These themes can also be found on the band's second album, but a further development of the musicians can be clearly seen. On the third studio album, experts found that the influence of producer Josh Homme was more than evident. The album Suck It and See , released in 2011, shows experimentation with different styles of rock music which, according to some critics, have been mixed with a newfound maturity. Singer Alex Turner described the release as "a mixture of the first three albums". So the point of view and the humor of the first albums can be recognized and also "a bit of humbug " can be found.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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| 2006 |
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Domino |
DE20 (11 weeks) DE |
AT23 (8 weeks) AT |
CH16 (10 weeks) CH |
UK1  × 6
(… Where.)UK |
US24  (19 weeks)US |
First published:
Jan 23, 2006 Sales: + 2,547,500 |
| 2007 |
Favorite Worst Nightmare Domino |
DE2 (9 weeks) DE |
AT6 (8 weeks) AT |
CH6 (14 weeks) CH |
UK1 × 3
(63 weeks)UK |
US7 (8 weeks) US |
First published: April 23, 2007
Sales: + 1,035,000 |
| 2009 |
Humbug dominoes |
DE4 (6 weeks) DE |
AT7 (5 weeks) AT |
CH7 (6 weeks) CH |
UK1 (24 weeks)UK |
US15 (6 weeks) US |
First published: August 24, 2009
Sales: + 300,000 |
| 2011 |
Suck It and See Domino |
DE10 (6 weeks) DE |
AT12 (5 weeks) AT |
CH8 (9 weeks) CH |
UK1 (37 weeks)UK |
US14 (2 weeks) US |
First published: June 6th, 2011
Sales: + 300,000 |
| 2013 |
AM domino |
DE3 (7 weeks) DE |
AT2 (7 weeks) AT |
CH2 (15 weeks) CH |
UK1 × 4
(… Where.)UK |
US6th (123 weeks)US |
First published: September 6, 2013
Sales: + 2,610,000 |
| 2018 | Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Domino |
DE4 (5 weeks) DE |
AT3 (4 weeks) AT |
CH1 (7 weeks) CH |
UK1 (24 weeks)UK |
US8 (3 weeks) US |
First published: May 11, 2018
Sales: + 100,000 |
Tours
- Whatever People Say I Am Tour (2005/2006)
- Favorite Worst Nightmare Tour (2007/2008)
- Humbug Tour (2009/2010)
- Suck It and See Tour (2011/2012)
- AM Tour (2013/2014)
- Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Tour (2018/2019)
Web links
- Official website
- Arctic Monkeys at Allmusic (English)
- Arctic Monkeys at laut.de
- Simon Armitage, The Observer: From now on Cowboys - Translation: Katharina Weikl, freitag.de ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c History . lyricsfreak.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ↑ a b c d Dave Park: Aren't fooling around (Part 1 of 2) . prefixmag.com. November 21, 2005. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ↑ a b Arctic Monkey's biography . fan-lexikon.de. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ↑ 2fly history . 2flystudios.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ^ A b Lars Brandle: Fever rises for Arctic Monkeys . January 30, 2006. Archived from the original on November 14, 2006. Retrieved on March 9, 2012.
- ↑ Record deals Arctic Monkeys Reading Festival (2004–2005) . readingfestivalticket.wordpress.com. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ↑ Scott Colothan: Arctic Monkeys Sign £ 1million Publishing Deal ( Memento from February 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Chart position USA: Alternative Songs
- ↑ Alex Kumi: Arctic Monkeys make UK chart history . guardian.co.uk. January 30, 2006. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
- ^ Arctic Monkeys eye record debut . news.bbc.co.uk. January 24, 2006. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
- ↑ Arctic Monkeys crack the US Top 30 . nme.com. March 2, 2006. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
- ↑ Exclusive - Arctic Monkeys lose a member . nme.com. May 22, 2006. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
- ↑ Arctic Monkeys Announce Album Release Date & Tracklisting . arcticmonkeys.com. June 1, 2009. Archived from the original on June 4, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
- ^ Arctic Monkeys will not return to the studio until 2013 . nme.com. August 26, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ↑ Andrew Trendell: Arctic Monkeys confirm they 're back in Sheffield to work on new album. In: NME . Time Inc. , December 23, 2016, accessed January 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Australia + New Zealand 2019 Tour Dates. In: arcticmonkeys.com. Accessed March 29, 2019 .
- ↑ The Noughties Whatever People Say… . spacepack.ca. May 25, 2011. Archived from the original on November 8, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ^ Arctic Monkeys: Suck It And See 'is a balance between our first three albums' . nmw.com. May 31, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
