History Music / ArcticMonkeys

Their fourth album, ''Suck It And See'', returns to a rock-oriented sound while keeping the psychedelic vibes of the last. In 2013, they released their fifth album, ''AM'' - seemingly a combination of all of their albums lyrically and technically, but has a much slower, G-Funk inspired sound and Music/JoyDivision, Music/BlackSabbath, and Music/VelvetUnderground influences [[note]]the album art for AM kinda resembles Music/UnknownPleasures and WordOfGod says the title is a direct reference to the 1985 Velvet Underground release, ''VU''[[/note]]. Turner says that he's in no hurry to release a new album, and expects one to come out in 2018.

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Humbug'' surprised many critics in a positive manner when it was released, since it explored many different genres such as PsychedelicRock and stoner. ''Suck it and See'' began the band's recent foray into a more pop rock sound.

* TitleTrack: "Suck It and See".

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Bigger Boys and Stolen Sweethearts".

Their fourth album, ''Suck It And See'', returns to a rock-oriented sound while keeping the psychedelic vibes of the last. In 2013, they released their fifth album, ''AM'' - seemingly a combination of all of their albums lyrically and technically, but has a much slower, G-Funk inspired sound and Music/JoyDivision, Music/BlackSabbath, and Music/VelvetUnderground influences [[note]]the album art for AM kinda resembles Music/UnknownPleasures and WordOfGod says the title is a direct reference to the 1985 Velvet Underground release, ''VU''[[/note]]. Turner says that he's in no hurry to release a new album, and expects one to come out later in 2015 or early 2016.

* VaporTRail: Done in the MusicVideo for "Florescent Adolescent".

-->"I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor"

Arctic Monkeys are a hugely successful indie rock band hailing from Sheffield. The band is composed of Alex Turner (lead vocals and guitar), Jamie Cook (guitar), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Matt Helders (drums and backing vocals). The band was formed when Turner and Cook got guitars for Christmas while at school and proceeded to begin practicing before recruiting Helders and their original bassist, Andy Nicholson. They were the first band to ever become really successful through the internet, as they handed out free demos of their songs to fans at gigs, who then uploaded them to social networking sites (more specifically, MySpace), leading to the band generating a huge fan following ''without even realising it''.

* LighterAndSofter: ''Suck It And See'', inspired in part by PopRevival bands like BestCoast.

--> '''Alex:''' (regarding RussellBrand) He'll probably make [[ButtMonkey another joke]] about us being from [[OopNorth up north]] again, 'cause [[SarcasmMode that was funny, wannit?]]

But [[OnlyFoolsAndHorses Rodney and Dell]] won't do

'''''Arctic Monkeys''''' are a hugely successful indie rock band hailing from Sheffield. The band is composed of Alex Turner (lead vocals and guitar), Jamie Cook (guitar), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Matt Helders (drums and backing vocals). The band was formed when Turner and Cook got guitars for Christmas while at school and proceeded to begin practicing before recruiting Helders and their original bassist, Andy Nicholson. They were the first band to ever become really successful through the internet, as they handed out free demos of their songs to fans at gigs, who then uploaded them to social networking sites (more specifically, MySpace), leading to the band generating a huge fan following ''without even realising it''.

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Humbug era Alex.

* Long-HairedPrettyBoy: Humbug era Alex.

* EverythingsBetterWithMotorcycles: There was a lot of motorcycle imagery during the "Suck It and See" phase, especially in the eponymous music video. Alex Turner often wore a Triumph Motorcycles t-shirt during live shows, too.

* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Inverted. They're not ''the'' Arctic Monkeys...

Not wanting to be designated as a OneHitWonder, they followed up with the hard, fast sounds of ''Favourite Worst Nightmare'' in 2007. ''FWN'' was more mature, and received extremely positive reviews, even though most agreed that their debut was a ToughActToFollow. They then took a [[TenMinuteRetirement legendarily short]] hiatus in which Alex Turner embarked on his side project ''The Last Shadow Puppets'' with Miles Kane[[note]]Kane had been a featured guitarist on "505" from ''Favourite Worst Nightmare''[[/note]]. The band released their third album - ''Humbug'' - in 2009 - a depart from their original high-energy style to [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent something more psychedelic and dark]], described as a mix of NickCave and JimiHendrix. It was recorded in California and mostly produced by [[QueensOfTheStoneAge Josh Homme]].

** Going down to 2 on "Reckless Serenade", "Mad Sounds" and "I Wanna Be Yours" and going up to 5 with "Pretty Visitors", "Arabella" and "[[Music/NickCave Red Right Hand]]".

* ''AM'' (2013)

* ForeignCussWord: When ''Suck it and See'' was released in the US, many retailers put a sticker of the title, construing it as [[BawdySong sexual innuendo]], while in England (where the band come from) it's a saying that means "try it and find out".

* LIsForDyslexia: Subverted by the song ''Br'''ia'''nstorm.'' No, it's ''not'' meant to be spelled ''Br'''ai'''nstorm''. It helps to look at the lyrics, which apparently serve as a TakeThat aimed at a particularly memorable fan named Brian.

[[Music/DranDuran Save it for the morning after]]

* TitleDrop: “D Is For Dangerous” from ''Favourite Worst Nightmare''.

* TitleTrack: "Suck It and See" from ''Suck It and See''.
* AWildRapperAppears: Dizzie Rascal in "Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend", the only song to feature prominent guest vocals.

--> “Library pictures of the quickening canoe/the first of its kind to get to the moon”[[note]]And that’s only the first line of the song![[/note]]

* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: The theme of "Snap Out Of It".

* LIsForDyslexia: Subverted by the song ''Br'''ia'''nstorm.'' No, it's ''not'' meant to be spelled ''Br'''ai'''nstorm''. It helps to look at the lyrics, which apparently serve as a TakeThat aimed at a particularly memorable fan named "Brian."
* LongTitle: Tons. ''Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not'', “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”, “You Probably Couldn’t See For the Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me”, “Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secure”, “Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But…”, “Don’t Sit Down ‘Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair”, and "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" among others.

** Going down to 2 on ''Reckless Serenade'', ''Mad Sounds'' and ''I Wanna Be Yours'' and going up to 5 with ''Pretty Visitors'', ''Arabella'' and ''Red Right Hand''.

* TextlessAlbumCover: ''AM''.

--> Your name isn't Rio, but I don't care for sand

* TheCoverChangesTheGender: Averted early on with their cover of "Love Machine" and then more recently with "You Know That I'm No Good" by Amy Winehouse and "Katy of a Mission" by Katy B.

** Also AM when compared to the latter half of Suck it and See.

* MinimalisticCoverArt: ''Suck It and See''.

* ShoutOut: Their logo on ''AM'' is very heavily inspired by the famous Music/BlackSabbath logo on the cover of ''Master of Reality''.

** WordOfGod is that they consider this an artform, as its hard to make something that sounds like nothing actually sound good.

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Arctic Monkeys are a hugely successful indie rock band hailing from Sheffield. The band is composed of Alex Turner (lead vocals and guitar), Jamie Cook (guitar), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Matt Helders (drums and backing vocals). The band was formed when Turner and Cook got guitars for Christmas while at school and proceeded to begin practicing before recruiting Helders and their original bassist, Andy Nicholson. They were the first band to ever become really successful through the internet, as they handed out free demos of their songs to fans at gigs, who then uploaded them to social networking sites (more specifically, MySpace), leading to the band generating a huge fan following ''without even realising it''.

* FaceOfTheBand: Alex and Matt.