They continued to buck tradition by signing with Domino Records in 2005, eschewing a major label's budget for Domino's D.I.Y. The musicians soon found themselves at the center of a growing media circus, with such outlets as BBC Radio examining the band's music and mounting hype.īy distributing their homemade material on the Internet, Arctic Monkeys were able to build a sizable fan base without the help of a record label, effectively circumventing the usual road to superstardom. A series of demo recordings followed, and Arctic Monkeys' audience swelled as fans circulated those recordings via the Internet. Two years later, they began performing shows around their native Sheffield with drummer Matt Helders and bassist Andy Nicholson, two fellow students at Stocksbridge High School. Several months later, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not became the fastest-selling debut album in British history, entrenching Arctic Monkeys in the same circle as multi-platinum acts like Oasis and Blur.įrontman Alex Turner and guitarist Jamie Cook began their music careers in 2001, when the friends both received guitars for Christmas. Their meteoric rise began in 2005, when the teenagers fielded offers from major labels and drew a sold-out crowd to the London Astoria, using little more than a self-released EP as bait. Hahahaha yeah maybe.Arctic Monkeys - Discography (2005-2012) Ģ006 Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Notĭon't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chairīy distilling the sounds of Franz Ferdinand, the Clash, the Strokes, and the Libertines into a hybrid of swaggering indie rock and danceable neo-punk, Arctic Monkeys became one of the U.K.'s biggest bands of the new millennium. we had the same tastes.when I was in grade 8īut hey maybe you are in grade 8! Cheers! Tmagistrelle not all of them are singles, but yeah, you´re not wrong hahahaĪrcade Fire is the most overrated band. Single here single there, single everywhere Tempest, City of Evil and Nightmare are pretty good. Thanks for the feedback dmp3131, circa survive is good.įourthReich, nice song. Needs at least one Shinedown song.also could use Coheed, Circa Survive, and some Chevelle and 10 Years. you know nothing manģ,5 for Avenged Sevenfold is ok. Pauloadm, you give Avenged Sevenfold a 3.5 and still wanna say something. Thibs, you give Funeral a 3 and still wanna say something. Lots of great tracks, but this list is a little NME, isn't it?Īlso some Metal songs in there but otherwise pretty fuckin great list I bet I know what the best albums of the 2000s would look like. It is too filled with hits though, I mean it gives the impression that guy didn't listen to any of these albums in full.Ī lot of repeats tho: Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, and Muse. "List is bad" I think this is just the guy's opinion dude. Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
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