Arctic Monkeys Research Paper

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Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys is an English rock band from Sheffield that brought us songs like I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor, When the Sun Goes Down and Leave Before the Lights Come On among others. The band which formed in 2002 have been awarded by award giving bodies in the music industry for the songs that they have released and performed.
Band History
Band formed in 2002 but started to perform in 2003. Their first gig was in The Grapes at Sheffield city center. After performing for a few nights they decided to record some demos and distributed it to the people who watch them. Their demo tape contained 17 songs and was popularly known as Beneath the Boardwalk. Beneath the Boardwalk is not the original title of the demo tape. It was actually the name given to it by the fan who uploaded the demo on the internet. He categorizes the tapes he gets according to where he got it from and since the band performed under a boardwalk, thus the name. As the demo tape got shared to other internet users, the name was carried along.
The demo tape became very popular on the internet that the band started to get the attention of the media and they became popular in the northern England region. In 2005, the band released their first album which they produced under the label "Bang Bang". The album …show more content…

They reached the decision because they said that Laurence Bell’s ethic is something that they admire. They like the fact that Bell personally chooses the band who signs with him. On October 2005, the single titled I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor was released and it went straight to No.1 in the music charts. The second single, When the Sun Goes Down, also went straight to No. 1 when it was released on January 2006. The album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not is the band’s debut album and the recording was done by September 2005. The album became one of the fastest selling albums in UK’s

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