History Music / ArcticMonkeys

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 Music/NickCave and Music/JimiHendrix. It was recorded in California and mostly produced by [[Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge Josh Homme.]]

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Hard 3 - solid 4 throughout the entire career, with the exception of ''Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino'' being mostly a 1 or 2.
** 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.]]"

* ChangedForTheVideo: The video for "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" is a live video of the band performing in a TV studio; to keep the live feel authentic, the live audio from the TV studio was also used in the music video.

* MinimalisticCoverArt: ''Suck It and See''. The cream-coloured art is supposed to be a reference to Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum''.

--> I'm a puppet on a string, [[Series/Thunderbirds Tracy Island]]

* ShoutOut: Their logo on ''AM'' is very heavily inspired by the famous Music/BlackSabbath logo on the cover of ''Master of Reality''. Alex Turner also called the album their "own ''VU''", indicating a reference to the Music/VelvetUnderground as well.

[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Matt Helders, Jamie Cook, Alex Turner, Nick O'Malley.]]

* SexySurfacingShot: The music video for "Snap Out of It", begins with the main character (Stephanie Sigman) in a bikini hoisting herself out of the pool.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Exactly what their song "Knee Socks" is about.

!!Tropes used by this band include:

* ChickMagnet: Brian, the titular character from "Brianstorm", is described as a particularly successful ladies' man.

Arctic Monkeys are a hugely successful britpop 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''.

* 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.

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''.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Hard 3 - solid 4 throughout the entire career.

Eschewing various big-name record labels such as EMI, the band instead signed on to indie label Domino Records and recorded their first LP ''Music/WhateverPeopleSayIAmThatsWhatImNot'' in 2006. The album went straight into the charts at #1 and, more impressively, became the fastest-selling debut album in UK history[[note]] It replaced Kula Shaker's ''K'' and {{Oasis}}’ ''Definitely Maybe'' for this title[[/note]]. This propelled the band into almost instant stardom and put them into media frenzy as they became renowned for their down-to-earth lyrics about teenage life in Sheffield.

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. Indeed, their sixth album "Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino" was released May 11th of that very year.

* 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. ''Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino'' is another first for the band, being a concept album rather than a more traditional LP.

* 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.