Arctic Monkeys son una banda de indie rock procedente de High Green, un barrio de Sheffield, Inglaterra. Sus primeros dos sencillos, "I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor" y "When The Sun Goes Down", fueron directos al número 1 de la lista de singles del Reino Unido, y el álbum de debut de la banda, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, tiene el record como el álbum de debut más vendido en sus primeras semanas en el Reino Unido, superando al Definitely Maybe, disco de debut de los legendarios Oasis. La banda ganó el premio "Best New Act" en los "Brit Awards" de 2006, y crearon historia en los premios de NME de 2006 al convertirse en la primera banda en ganar el premio a la "Mejor Nueva Banda" y "Mejor Banda Británica" en el mismo año. El segundo álbum de la banda, Favourite Worst Nightmare, vio la luz el lunes 23 de abril de 2007, precedido por el single anticipo Brianstorm, el 16 de ese mismo mes. Las raíces de la banda en el norte de Inglaterra a menudo se destaca como elemento clave del estilo del grupo, y han sido etiquetados como los Libertines del norte, mientras su sonido único y sus letras irónicas - a menudo con crítica social - se han comparado a las de The Jam y The Streets. La banda está formada por Alex Turner (voz y guitarra), Jamie Cook (guitarra rítmica), Matt Helders (bateria y coros) y Nick O'Malley (bajista); este último incorporado a la banda en junio de 2006 tras el abandono de Andy Nicholson.
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Proximas fechas de la banda_:
15.12.07 AECC, Aberdeen www.gigsinscotland.com
14.12.07 AECC, Aberdeen www.gigsinscotland.com
12.12.07 Manchester Central (formerly G Mex), Manchester www.ticketmaster.co.uk
11.12.07 Manchester Central (formerly G Mex), Manchester www.gigsandtours.com
Videoclips Artic Monkeys
"Fluorescent Adolescent"
You used to get it in your fishnets
so now you only get it in your night dress
Discarded all the naughty nights for niceness
Landed in a very common crisis
Everything's in order in a black hole
Nothing seems as pretty as the past though
That Bloody Mary's lacking a Tabasco
Remember when you used to be a rascal?
Oh that boy's a slag
The best you ever had
The best you ever had
Is just a memory and those dreams
Not as daft as they seem
Not as daft as they seem
My love when you dream them up...
Flicking through a little book of sex tips
Remember when the boys were all electric?
and now when she tell she's gonna get it
I'm guessing that she'd rather just forget I
Clinging to not getting sentimental
Said she wasn't going but she went still
Likes her gentlemen to not be gentle
Was it a Mecca Dobber or a betting pencil?
Oh that boy's a slag
The best you ever had
The best you ever had
Is just a memory and those dreams
Weren't as daft as they seem
Not as daft as they seem
My love when you dream them up
Oh, where did you go?
Where did you go?
Where did you go? Woah.
Falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
You were just sounding it out
You're not coming back again.
Falling about
You took a left off Last Laugh Lane
You were just sounding it out
You're not coming back again.
"Fake Tales Of San Francisco"
Fake Tales of San Francisco
Echo through the room
More point to a wedding disco
Without a bride or groom
There´s a super cool band yeah
With their trilbys and their glasses of white wine
And all the weekend rock stars in the toilets
Practicing their lines
I don´t want to hear you
(Kick me out, kick me out)
I don´t want to hear you no
(Kick me out, kick me out)
Fake Tales of San Francisco
Echo through the air
And there´s a few bored faces in the back
All wishing they weren´t there
And as the microphone squeaks
A young girl´s telephone beeps
Yeah she´s dashing for the exit
she´s running to the streets outside
"Oh you´ve saved me," she screams down the line
"The band weren´t very good
And I´m not having a nice time"
Yeah but his bird thinks it´s amazing, though
So all that´s left
Is the proof that love´s not only blind but deaf
He talks of San Francisco, he´s from Hunter´s Bar
I don´t quite know the distance
But I´m sure that´s far
I´m sure that´s pretty far
I´d love to tell you all my problem
You´re not from New York City, you´re from Rotherham
So get off the bandwagon, and put down the handbook
Get off the bandwagon and put down the handbook
"Brianstorm"
Brian,
Top marks for not tryin'
So kind of you to bless us with your effortlessness
We're grateful and so strangely comforted
And I wonder are you puttin' us under
Cause we can't take our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination
Well see you later, innovator
Some want to kiss some want to kick you
There's not a net you couldn't slip through
Or at least that's the impression I get cause you're smooth and you're wet
And she's not aware yet but she's yours
She'll be sayin' use me
[ Brianstorm lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ]
Show me the jacuzzi
I imagine that it's there on a plate
Your rendezvous rate means that you'll never be frightened to make them wait for a while
I doubt it's your style not to get what you set out to acquire
The eyes are on fire
You are the unforecasted storm
(Brian)
Calm, collected, and commandin'
(Top marks for not tryin')
You made the other stories standin'
With your renditions and jokes
Bet there's hundreds of blokes that have wept cause you've stolen their ...thunder
Are you puttin' us under
Cause we can't take our eyes off the t-shirt and ties combination
Well see you later, innovator
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