Around the same time, a fan-run Myspace was set up for the band, and the same collection of songs was added there too. By extension, the fact that this was driven by fans was another internet first ; an early example of an online fan community that spent hours of their own time compiling and sharing things about their common interest — the Arctic Monkeys.
Arctic Monkeys themselves rejected the notion that their success was down to the internet. And yes, the tunes were good. This was an unsigned act playing in venues holding — at most — a few hundred people, with every single person in the room screaming every word back at Alex Turner. By this point, the hype surrounding the band was nuclear; a peerless juggernaut destroying everything in its wake. The release was limited to CDs and 7-inch vinyl records, and represented the first time that fans could hold an official, tangible release from the band.
So did this move signal a gear shift? Were Arctic Monkeys now in the business of shifting records? Of cashing in? Of selling out? Those cheeky Monkeys.
In June, the band stuck to their guns and snubbed several major label deals, instead signing with independent label, Domino. Arctic Monkeys had inherited their crown, and Domino was now home to both bands. A year before their sub-headliner slot on the main stage, the Arctic Monkeys played the Carling Tent at the Reading Festival, a stage usually reserved for unknown, unsigned acts.
The tent was at capacity before the band were due on stage, prompting festival security to remove the walls of the tent to allow people to spill out around the perimeter and avoid a crush. By the time the band walked on stage, the crowd was eight-people deep beyond the back of the tent.
That Carling Tent performance went down in history; one that every single person who went to Reading Festival in claims to have witnessed. Indie kings versus iconic London venue. North versus South. Could this be the moment that the music industry finally catches up with the four lads from Sheffield?
Would a half-full big boy venue stop the hype train in its tracks? You see the hysteria in full swing and get a sense of the electricity that would be in the room of an early Arctic Monkeys gig; the danger. Beer cans are flying from the balcony towards the band and the crowd in the floor standing section; Turner has to duck to dodge one travelling straight at his face during their opening song.
The audience is constantly swelling like an ocean wave, left and right, back and forth, yet nobody pauses for breath, belting out every word. Lucky bastard. Between the increasingly-hysterical UK gigs, between tours of major US cities and radio stations in an attempt to break America, the Monkeys lads kept their feet firmly on the ground.
Jamie Cook continued to work as a bathroom tiler between tours, throughout and even into Nobody could accuse the band of believing their own hype. Speaking of believing the hype, there was one final move required before the band recorded and released their debut album.
Their first official, label-released single. The band chose to play the song live for the music video, shot in the vintage style of The Old Grey Whistle Test ; a TV programme from the 70s that showcased bands like Talking Heads performing live. All of a sudden, someone was dancing on the pool table. Believe the hype. Tour and radio release commitments meant that the band only had 15 days available in which to record the album.
In retrospect, the tight deadline to complete the entire album probably helped capture the raw energy that Arctic Monkeys were known for; a drawn-out process and months in the studio could have led to overthinking and overproducing the album. Luckily, Abbiss recognised the ingredient that made the band special, the thing that had drew people to the band; it was the sense of community, the personal connection that fans had with the songs and their lyrics. Sonically, the album stays true to the live sound that Abbiss referenced.
Spikey, frantic guitars; often favouring one-finger riffs that often incorporate dissonant, unconventional notes. Turner snarls and spits through one hundred words a minute, delivering witty observations, hip-hop punchlines and sarcasm in his Sheffield drawl. Abbiss and the Monkeys recorded the album in The Chapel, Lincolnshire, over an intensive two-week period.
And there's a [ Bm ] few bored [ A ] faces in the [ Bm ] back. And as the [ Bm ] microphone squea [ A ] ks. A young girl's [ Bm ] telephone bee [ A ] ps. Yeah she's [ Bm ] dashing for the ex [ A ] it. Oh, she's [ Bm ] running to the [ A ] streets out [ Bm ] side.
And I'm not [ Bm ] having a ni [ A ] ce time". I [ G ] don't quite know the distance. But I'm [ E ] sure that's far. All correct lyrics are copyrighted, amIright. Making fun of music, one song at a time. Since the year Check out the two amIright misheard lyrics books including one book devoted to misheard lyrics of the s.
A knife twists at the thought that I should fall short of the mark. And my thoughts got rude as you talked and chewed on the last of your pecan mix.
And my thoughts got rude as you talked and chewed on the last of your pick and mix. Get off the bandwagon, put down the apple.
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