Biography
The British rock band Arctic Monkeys, formed in the early 2000s, has become one of the first teams promoting their own creativity through Internet resources and thanks to this, the Brit Awards rewards in the Best British Group categories and the Best British Album and 5 of the prestigious musical extensions. Prize "Grammy". Composition in the genre of indie rock, POSTPANK RIVYAVL and psychedelic music, participants recorded six studio albums and twice performed on the scene of the famous English festival Glastonbury.The history of creation and composition
The history of the creation of the Arctic Monkeys group resembles a Christmas fairy tale, telling about how British teenagers Alex Turner and Jamie Cook made a dream, receiving electric solo guitars from Santa Claus. Having mastered the tools, guys decided to organize the team and began to fulfill the melodies of popular musicians.
Embed from getty imagesSoon, Matt Hellers and Andy Nicholsons who completed the company who completed the company with a shock attitude and bass, and the first vocalist was their overall familiar Glen Jones.
After a while, when the guys had already decided on the title and drew the poster with the Arctic Monkeys logo, probably borrowed from the popular 1960s ensemble, the singer found the creative process by the guys and handed over the microphone Alex, subsequently a permanent soloist.
Since then, the group has almost changed almost unchanged, except in the case when in 2006 the bassist Andy Nicholson, according to the official version, tired of touring activities and was replaced by Nicholas O'Malley, who continued almost broken the North American tour.
Music
The creative career of the Arctic Monkeys group has been successful from the very beginning, since the first major rehearsals of the musicians spent in the professional studio Yellow Arch. It was there that a demo-recording of 17 tracks was created, published on a reusable CD called "Beneath the Boardwalk".Embed from getty imagesFrequently common among students who came to the concert in Sheffield The Grapes club, the songs "Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts", "Fake Tales of San Francisco", "A Certain Romance" and "Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" quickly gained popularity and appeared on the fan page on the Internet platform MySpace. And after promoting in the northern part of England, the band has earned attention from the DJs of the BBC radio station and print publications interested in new performers.
Then the photographer and the operator Mark Bul took off the pirate video of the club concert team and posted a clip on the song "Fake Tales of San Francisco" on its own page. Arctic Monkeys moved to the account, the roller scored thousands of views and as a result became a good help of the debut professional singular "Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys", published in 2005.
The plate containing the hit "Fake Tales of San Francisco" and the novelty "from the ritz to the rubble" came out a limited edition on CD and vinyl and got into the hands of the founder of the British company Domino, signed agreements with musicians who deserved personal sympathy. Thanks to his proposal on cooperation, the young Sheffield team released the singles "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" and "When the Sun Goes Down", with minimal advertising in the media, which took the first lines of the English charts.
In 2006, Törsner with the company prepared another 10 fresh compositions and recorded a full-length album "WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT'S WHAT IM NOT", instantly separated among fans with more than 360-thousand edition. Becoming the most rapidly implemented debut edition, the record received positive feedback and after the exit in the United States brought the authors to a new level, taking the 24th place of the Billboard 200 Hit Parade.
True, the musicians were repeatedly criticized for the propaganda of smoking because of the photograph of a young man with a cigarette posted on the cover, but after a successful tour in America, the conversations were silent, and the record entered the list of "500 greatest albums of all time." In addition, "WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I Am, That's What I'm Not" was marked by Prizes in the UK, Japan and Ireland and in 2007 received two prestigious national awards Brit Awards.
To consolidate the success of Arctic Monkeys, they recorded the EP "Who The Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?", Due to the abnormative vocabulary, received a rotation only on the Internet, and then started working on the second Studio plate "Favorite Worst Nightmare".
Embed from getty imagesThe official release, held on April 18, 2007, was preceded by the presentation of the BRIANSTORM single, which, bypassing decent rivals, firmly settled on top of national popularity ratings and prepared the soil for the success of the other compositions from the album.
As a result, the work that purchased a heavier and aggressive sound and included the OLD Yellow Bricks and ONLY ONES WHO KNOW compositions, the United Kingdom's numerous musical awards, and Arctic Monkeys was recognized as the best rock band at the Brit Awards 2007 ceremony.
True, the participants ignored the event and instead of personal presence sent a letter of thanks to their gratitude, where they were disguised into the heroes of the Wizard of Oz.
Some listeners regarded such a behavior as a ridicule, but most respectfully reacted to the decision of the Group and visited their concerts of 2007-2008, held in Dublin, Manchester and the largest British festival "Glastonbury".
Embed from getty imagesAfter a short break, during which Alex Turner was engaged in the project of The Last Shadow Puppets, the drummer of the main group gave an interview to journalists and announced a new album. And in June 2009, after the presentation of the name "Humbug" on the network and on the radio, the single "Crying Lightning" and EP from 3 compositions appeared: "Catapult", "SketChead" and "Fright Lined Dining Room".
Despite the full-scale British, European and North American tour, during which a performance was held at festivals known as Carling Weekend, and the appearance of the song "Dangerous Animals" in the TV series "Acute Visrats", the 3rd album did not repeat the success of the precursors. To rehabilitate the listeners, Arctic Monkeys hurried to publish a new project.
This happened in the spring of 2011, when after the release of the single "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I'Ve Moved Your Chair" on the official Internet site of the group, the full version of the "SUCK IT AND SEE" was allowed for free download, which included the tracks "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala, "Brick by Brick" and "Reckless Serenade". This time, the release justified expectations and made his debut at the top of the Hit Pandas of Great Britain, Germany and Scotland and received high positions in the ratings of Italy, Denmark, Ireland and the United States.
Most new songs The Group performed on the Summer Festivals of Oxegen 2011, Super Bock Super Rock 2011, V Festival 2011 and Rock Werchter, as well as on a large-scale stadium concert in Sheffield with the support of the collectives of The Vaccines, Dead Sons and Mabel Love.
In 2013, the Arctic Monkeys discography was replenished with "ONE FOR THE ROAD", "RU MINE?", "WHY'D YOU ONLY CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE HIGH?", "DO I WANNA KNOW?", "ARABELLA" and "SNAP Out of IT, "preceding the exit of the fifth studio album of the group, which was called" AM ".
Thanks to the new sound, which aburred hip-hop cigitatives and drum aggression, compositions "I Wanna Be Yours" and "Knee Socks" received a record number of downloads, and the record gathered another number of prizes and nominations and entered the ranking of the best musical works published in 2013 year.
Probably, the process of production and tour, which included the performance on Open-Eury in Europe and Russia, demanded that the participants of the group of incredible efforts, and to rest from joint creativity, the musicians went on a small vacation and officially announced a 2-year-old break.
In 2016, Alex Tverner pleased the fans with a statement that Arctic Monkeys reunited and soon there will be change in their biography - a new one will appear on anything that is not similar to an experimental album. And indeed, the "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino" record has become a kind of creative rethinking of early music and "mysterious and hypnotic travel outside of famous territories"
Arctic Monkeys now
At the end of 2018 - early 2019th Arctic Monkeys played a number of concerts in support of the Sixth Studio Album "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino", which has become a conceptual study of the role of entertainment, presented in terms of different characters living in a fantastic hotel on the surface of the moon.
Now on the home website of the group you can see the full version of the documentary "Warp Speed Chic", which, along with frames from concert performances, contains a material shot in the studio in the process of working on the last record.
Discography
- 2006 - "WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT'S WHAT IM NOT"
- 2007 - "FAVORITE WORST NIGHTMARE"
- 2009 - "Humbug"
- 2011 - "SUCK IT AND SEE"
- 2013 - "AM"
- 2018 - "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino"
Clips
- Fake Tales of San Francisco
- "Leave Before The Lights Come On"
- BRICK BY BRICK
- "The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala"
- "My Propeller"
- "WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN"
- "BRIANSTORM"
- "Cornerstone"
- "DON'T SIT DOWN 'CAUSE I'VE MOVED YOUR CHAIR"
- "ARABELLA"
- "Snap Out of IT"
- "Black Treacle"