Arctic Monkeys is a band from the United Kingdom that began to take shape during Christmas 2001. Indeed, the promoters of the band were Alex Turner and Jamie Cook, who, when they received some musical instruments as Christmas gifts, began to think about the idea of forming a band. For this they called some friends from school, Andy Nicholson and Matt Helders, who accepted, thus forming the group.
As for their musical style, it has been changing, changing with each release of a record or album, and they have played from pop to indie, going through rock in many of its variants, be it alternative rock or garage rock.
In 2003 they recorded some demos and demos, and their first performances took place in different venues. In the same year they did a concert at The Grapes in Sheffield, with great success, starting from this moment to make CDs that they themselves sold in the same concerts that they performed.
His fans posted their hits on the MySpace portal, which had a large number of downloads. They also posted on the internet a documentary made for them by a BBC journalist, explaining his life and broadcasting some of his performances. All this helped them to sign a contract with the record company Domino Records.
With this company they began to become famous, and at the beginning of 2006 they released their first album, which they called Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. This work was very well received, and was a great success, both by the public and by music critics. In just one week, 350,000 copies were sold in the UK. Within a month, the album was introduced to the US market, where, also in just one week, 300,000 units were sold.
In 2007 the group released the album that was going to bring them great recognition and a good number of awards. It’s about “Favorite Worst Nightmare.” They got the Mercury Prize for the best British band, as well as the Brit Awards in the same category.
In 2011 they released “Suck It and See”, a work that has brought them a great number of problems with the censors, especially in the United States, considering that their lyrics incite lewd acts, despite which the album has achieved a high number of sales and has toured with it in various countries, including Spain, performing in Benicassim, in the province of Castellón.