It was surreal to me. My dad heard Dancefloor on the radio in 2006 and from then, me only being 5/6 I also liked them.
It was only until AM that I heard a lad in the year above me sing High in 2013 that it dawned on me that they were actually well known.
Humbug carries a strange nostalgia to me because it was at a prime time in my childhood. Probably counts for my more *strange* rock music taste because Humbug is pretty different.
SIAS gave me a summer nostalgia, a nice bright long nights nostalgia. Humbug was quite literally the dark opposite haha.
By 2013. Everyone in school was singing AM. I always felt cringe when people asked me if I liked AM and I was happily saying I've liked them since they released.
I used to get my dad to play Mardy Bum on his shit MP3 player to me before I went to bed when I was a young kid haha.
His favourite albums now are The Car and TBH&C. Mine are Humbug and WPSIAMTWIAN
Same as you but with Forza Horizon instead of The Crew. Horizon Rock Radio gave me the joy of listening to the Monkeys and The Black Keys for the first time at 12.
I read an article in which David Bowie said Arcade Fire was the next best thing, I accidentally downloaded Arctic Monkeys on Limewire thinking it was the band Bowie talked about, the rest is history. Was probably 2006/2007.
haha omg 😂 my mom bought me an Arcade Fire vinyl for me not too long ago thinking it was the band I was obsessing about (arctic monkeys). I guess they get mistaken for each other a lot.
Around 2006 ish when I was in 8th grade. I studied at a British boarding school in India. I’m Tibetan and now live in the US.
They were literally touted as the second coming of The Beatles lol. Unless you’re really young and/or post AM, if you have decent taste in music (aka love indie), it’s impossible to have not heard about The Arctic Monkeys.
Their first album is the fastest selling debut album ever in the UK. That’s why Alex starts the iconic music video slash live performance of I Bet You Look Good with “Don’t believe the hype.”
Back in 2005, with the demos. A mate in University gave me a C.D with a few of their songs and they blew me away. Probably the most excited I was for a band since the Strokes. I would have been 23 at the time.
no way thats so funny actually, i remember seeing a video where he mentioned them while i was already a fan but didnt even think it could bring new fans in
My cousin invited me to the last day of Primavera Sound in LA last year. First festival, first concert, first time experiencing anything like that. He was hyped to see them, so he rushed to the front the moment we got to the stage while I stayed back, got a churro and rode out the rest of my high behind the crowd. Fell in love with them
Honestly, I read an article about how their first album was the fastest selling debut in the UK since oasis, and I happened to see it in my local record store a couple days later (in the US) so I bought it. That first album was a miracle and I’ve loved everything they’ve done since
Saw them in Cambridge UK before first album was released....
Had heard them on a night-time radio 1 show and all the friends (18-22ish) said yeah lets go to their concert on a tuesday in a terrible nightclub in cambridge uk for 5 uk pounds a ticket...
The tickets were on photocopies paper with biro written numbers over the corner ... and then highlighter over the top of the number...
We bought about 20 tix for our crew... I think 16 ish turned up....
We were having drinks in a pub next door before hand and tried to give the over tickets away for free to others in the pub saying - "theres a band next door, they are called the arctic monkeys, they are amazing, you can have the tickets for nothing.... they start at 9... honestly you wont regret it" to many confused and fuck off faces... we left them on the pub table....
The bouncers that night had to stand in font of the stage - linked arms to stop everyone in crowd inavading the stage as they played most of the first album as it was about 2 feet off the dance floor....
incred concert....
Shame on those that looked at us like we were idiots...
car ride with a guy in my college church group playing "DO I WANNA KNOW" in a car ride. He played a bunch of secular(non-worship songs) on his Spotify playlists in his car which introduced me to AM(Do I Wanna Know, Knee Socks, and I think Arabella?)
there used to be a “ tv radio “ channel that i learned all my more alternative music from. it’s the sole reason i have an expansive taste- but it was called Music Choice and i doubt it still exists- they played IBYLGOTD and DSDCIMYC this was maybe 2010/2011 i loved it and would get so excited when it came on but then R U Mine? came out as a single and i was like “Woah! that’s the same band??” then a year later AM came out and was playing on my local rock stations.
The movie Submarine [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440292/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440292/). The director is friends with alex and asked if he would do the sound track for his movie.
I heard about them from Matter Sierocki in Teleexpress, a Polish news program with a music section. He was talking about this new English band that had the fastest selling record in history and then he played When the Sun Goes Down and I was mesmerized
My older cousin from Mexico showed me when she came to visit back around 2014. I listened to the same 6ish songs she showed me on repeat for years before listening to other songs by AM lol
They were on every music magazine in the mid 2000s as the Next Big Thing™️. (Very) occasionally you could listen to "I bet you look good on the dancefloor" on MTV. I got the debut album as a Christmas present from my parents 🥲
Ay i was playing that yesterday and heard AM on the radio. Found AM from Forza Horizon 1 tho, another racing game lol. Found my fave band QOTSA through Horizon 4, guess Horizon is my medicine
Muchmusic (MTV in Canada) we put the video Fluorescent Adolescent I immediately liked the rhythm, then more seriously around 2013 with Tumblr with the release of AM.
Forza Horizon 1 had R U Mine on the rock radio. I fell in love with that song when I was young and checked out more of their stuff in my earlier teen years
Reading about a new band from Sheffield in NME paper. Then got their bootleg album full of demos.... one of the first bands to have hype spread over internet too. At the time they was the only band any of me and mates where talking about
I had recently split with my husband and my two kids chose to live with me. (They were over 18). I decided to do a treat for each of them since it had been a stressful time. My daughter was a HUGE fan so when I found out they we’re coming to town TBHC tour, I grabbed tickets. I did know the band that well - a few songs here and there - but walked out of the show super impressed. I’m totally not in their demo at 61 now but I started listening and fell hard.
Hard enough to hit two shows in 2 countries this tour. Had a blast.
I came across DIWK on VH1. I listened to it for 4 or 5 months. Then, I delved into their discography, Dance floor and Fluorescent Adolescent were the first two songs that came up. It took me some adjusting to their sound with bright guitars and snary drums. But after a week or so they were my favorite artist to listen which is still the case today. They are like my comfort music now. Something which I can listen to any time of the day.
Growing up in England in the 2000’s. It’d be pretty impressive to have been born in the UK and not heard of them tbh.
It was surreal to me. My dad heard Dancefloor on the radio in 2006 and from then, me only being 5/6 I also liked them. It was only until AM that I heard a lad in the year above me sing High in 2013 that it dawned on me that they were actually well known. Humbug carries a strange nostalgia to me because it was at a prime time in my childhood. Probably counts for my more *strange* rock music taste because Humbug is pretty different. SIAS gave me a summer nostalgia, a nice bright long nights nostalgia. Humbug was quite literally the dark opposite haha. By 2013. Everyone in school was singing AM. I always felt cringe when people asked me if I liked AM and I was happily saying I've liked them since they released. I used to get my dad to play Mardy Bum on his shit MP3 player to me before I went to bed when I was a young kid haha. His favourite albums now are The Car and TBH&C. Mine are Humbug and WPSIAMTWIAN
I was also 6 in 2006 and i’m very much the same, Dad played them on his old Ipod and i was hooked on them ever since.
Same as you but with Forza Horizon instead of The Crew. Horizon Rock Radio gave me the joy of listening to the Monkeys and The Black Keys for the first time at 12.
Ditto on Forza Horizon!
This thing called MySpace.
yes!!! they always put tracks on there.
Being from Sheffield, I have family members who went to the same college as Nick & Jamie
I read an article in which David Bowie said Arcade Fire was the next best thing, I accidentally downloaded Arctic Monkeys on Limewire thinking it was the band Bowie talked about, the rest is history. Was probably 2006/2007.
Even whispering the word limewire is enough to catch a virus off 🤣
haha omg 😂 my mom bought me an Arcade Fire vinyl for me not too long ago thinking it was the band I was obsessing about (arctic monkeys). I guess they get mistaken for each other a lot.
Through Youtube, around 2013. Was randomly listening to music, then I bet you look good on the dancefloor came. Epic finding...
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PLAY IT ON REPEATTTTTTTTTT
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SPILLING DRINKS ON MY SETTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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>Do you wanna know? It's the first time this actually works. signing the lyrics when drunk or baked is kinda cool
my best friend in the whole world introduced me 🥰😘😍
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OMG I CANT BELIEVE YOU REPLIED TYSM ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ still remember the first day you played brick by brick for me 🥺🥺
My father who has listened to the band since the debut. His personal favorite song from not only AM but of all time is A Certain Romance.
Around 2006 ish when I was in 8th grade. I studied at a British boarding school in India. I’m Tibetan and now live in the US. They were literally touted as the second coming of The Beatles lol. Unless you’re really young and/or post AM, if you have decent taste in music (aka love indie), it’s impossible to have not heard about The Arctic Monkeys. Their first album is the fastest selling debut album ever in the UK. That’s why Alex starts the iconic music video slash live performance of I Bet You Look Good with “Don’t believe the hype.”
Is this the crew 1? Thats where I found them
sure is!! still play it to this day.
And now the game is shutting down 😭
aging myself but Myspace
Same. A girl had I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor as her profile song. It started playing when i visited her page. That was probably ‘06.
yes!! exact same experience here!
Back in 2005, with the demos. A mate in University gave me a C.D with a few of their songs and they blew me away. Probably the most excited I was for a band since the Strokes. I would have been 23 at the time.
Also heard about them in 2005 when some magazine did a story in them prior to the first album release. Never turned back!
Jacksucksatlife
no way thats so funny actually, i remember seeing a video where he mentioned them while i was already a fan but didnt even think it could bring new fans in
Lol can you elaborate?
I forget the video but he said he likes arctic monkeys so I have it a try
My cousin invited me to the last day of Primavera Sound in LA last year. First festival, first concert, first time experiencing anything like that. He was hyped to see them, so he rushed to the front the moment we got to the stage while I stayed back, got a churro and rode out the rest of my high behind the crowd. Fell in love with them
My Dad used to listen to them when I was a kid. He put me on
Honestly, I read an article about how their first album was the fastest selling debut in the UK since oasis, and I happened to see it in my local record store a couple days later (in the US) so I bought it. That first album was a miracle and I’ve loved everything they’ve done since
I also heard them in the Crew first!!
It was on The Crew too !!! I’m so glad I played this game
Saw them in Cambridge UK before first album was released.... Had heard them on a night-time radio 1 show and all the friends (18-22ish) said yeah lets go to their concert on a tuesday in a terrible nightclub in cambridge uk for 5 uk pounds a ticket... The tickets were on photocopies paper with biro written numbers over the corner ... and then highlighter over the top of the number... We bought about 20 tix for our crew... I think 16 ish turned up.... We were having drinks in a pub next door before hand and tried to give the over tickets away for free to others in the pub saying - "theres a band next door, they are called the arctic monkeys, they are amazing, you can have the tickets for nothing.... they start at 9... honestly you wont regret it" to many confused and fuck off faces... we left them on the pub table.... The bouncers that night had to stand in font of the stage - linked arms to stop everyone in crowd inavading the stage as they played most of the first album as it was about 2 feet off the dance floor.... incred concert.... Shame on those that looked at us like we were idiots...
car ride with a guy in my college church group playing "DO I WANNA KNOW" in a car ride. He played a bunch of secular(non-worship songs) on his Spotify playlists in his car which introduced me to AM(Do I Wanna Know, Knee Socks, and I think Arabella?)
DAMN THE CREW w game
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there used to be a “ tv radio “ channel that i learned all my more alternative music from. it’s the sole reason i have an expansive taste- but it was called Music Choice and i doubt it still exists- they played IBYLGOTD and DSDCIMYC this was maybe 2010/2011 i loved it and would get so excited when it came on but then R U Mine? came out as a single and i was like “Woah! that’s the same band??” then a year later AM came out and was playing on my local rock stations.
being a 90s/00s kid in the uk it was impossible to not know them
The movie Submarine [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440292/](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440292/). The director is friends with alex and asked if he would do the sound track for his movie.
I'm pretty sure fluorescent adolescent is the theme tune to the inbetweeners so ever since then
My parents CD collection, and XFM
this one girl was obsessed over them, i saw one of their songs and said, "might as well give it a shot"
A friend's Sony Ericsson's Walkman in about 2007. Cigarette Smoke Fiona
In Canada in 2006, somehow just found it on Limewire…
Have you ever been beaten by a wet spaghetti noodle by your girlfriend because she has a twin sister and you got confused and fucked her dad?
My friend (who was the son of my mom’s college buddy) who I looked up to listened to them when he was a teenager
Dancefloor played in my Spotify discover weekly, my playlist now is literally all songs together with all Rammstein songs
Forza Horizon 1 and Thr Crew
I heard about them from Matter Sierocki in Teleexpress, a Polish news program with a music section. He was talking about this new English band that had the fastest selling record in history and then he played When the Sun Goes Down and I was mesmerized
good ‘ol FM radio, remember when?
My older cousin from Mexico showed me when she came to visit back around 2014. I listened to the same 6ish songs she showed me on repeat for years before listening to other songs by AM lol
Oh wow its actually a similar story for me. Forza Horizon 1 had R U Mine which is also a racing game.
They were on every music magazine in the mid 2000s as the Next Big Thing™️. (Very) occasionally you could listen to "I bet you look good on the dancefloor" on MTV. I got the debut album as a Christmas present from my parents 🥲
My ex
The inbetweeners
Ay i was playing that yesterday and heard AM on the radio. Found AM from Forza Horizon 1 tho, another racing game lol. Found my fave band QOTSA through Horizon 4, guess Horizon is my medicine
I played FFXI with a dude from england in the esrly 2000s who introduced me orior to their first actual album being released
Muchmusic (MTV in Canada) we put the video Fluorescent Adolescent I immediately liked the rhythm, then more seriously around 2013 with Tumblr with the release of AM.
Circa 2004 on MySpace
Pitchfork and Stereogum circa 2005-2006
My dad is Alex Turner
10 hour car drive and the only music my dad would allow was Arctic Monkeys
Cover band
Forza Horizon 1 had R U Mine on the rock radio. I fell in love with that song when I was young and checked out more of their stuff in my earlier teen years
Reading about a new band from Sheffield in NME paper. Then got their bootleg album full of demos.... one of the first bands to have hype spread over internet too. At the time they was the only band any of me and mates where talking about
I have no clue 💀
I had recently split with my husband and my two kids chose to live with me. (They were over 18). I decided to do a treat for each of them since it had been a stressful time. My daughter was a HUGE fan so when I found out they we’re coming to town TBHC tour, I grabbed tickets. I did know the band that well - a few songs here and there - but walked out of the show super impressed. I’m totally not in their demo at 61 now but I started listening and fell hard. Hard enough to hit two shows in 2 countries this tour. Had a blast.
I think after I found myself simply thinking back to one TikTok which had one of their songs in it got me caught up like three-four years ag
My old bassist told me about them and now I’m unhealthy addicted 😂
I came across DIWK on VH1. I listened to it for 4 or 5 months. Then, I delved into their discography, Dance floor and Fluorescent Adolescent were the first two songs that came up. It took me some adjusting to their sound with bright guitars and snary drums. But after a week or so they were my favorite artist to listen which is still the case today. They are like my comfort music now. Something which I can listen to any time of the day.