Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Sup guys

Has anyone heard of them? I think they're amazing, I got a bunch of songs off a mate n i love em!

The just went straight in at number 1 with their 1st release!  They'll be the next HUGE thing, keep an eye out 4 em!

they're ok

I thought they were okay a few months ago but now I don't like them at all, when's their album out?

Don't belive the hype!

I think the 'ipe is incredible for such an average sounding band

Ok i've been away for a while. But hope everyone is ok. And i had to post this.

This is from Nme.com

Arctic Monkeys could sell over 350,000 albums in a week and have the "fastest selling debut album in recorded chart history", according to chart experts.

Yesterday alone (January 23) the band's debut album 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' sold more than 100,000, 40,000 more than was originally predicted.

It is currently outselling the rest of the Top 20 album chart combined.

Chart experts at HMV say that if this continues, the album will sell more than 350,000 copies - beating the record for a debut album currently held by Hear'say's debut 'Popstars' in 2001.

Spokesperson Phil Penman said: "We knew day one sales were going to be big, but nobody could have expected them to be this huge. It's pretty phenomenal really - It's as if they'd won the 'X Factor', but achieving the same kind of sales without the benefit of a massive TV audience.

"They're well on their way to having the first million selling album of 2006. If it continues to sell at this rate, there's even a danger shops could sell out by the end of the week."

The band are currently second on the bill of the ShockWaves NME Awards Tour 2006.


I got their album and i think its great. Its a really refeshing sound.

Just thought i'd let everyone have their say.

Just out of interest if your looking for some songs to download i recommend these:

I bet you look good on the dancefloor (Anthem)

Mardy Bum (Great song about those girlfriends who piss you off far too often with mood swings)

A Certain Romance (Show ender)

The hmv where i live has sold out, although ive heard of them i dont know many of their songs probably 2 the dancefloor one and the one that goes on about the scummy man both are pretty good they seem to of come from nowhere mtv2 and radio 1 loves them 

I think they will be huge and will rise and rise.

I can certainly see similarities in how Oasis got started and how they are going about their business . . i.e. their refusal to do top of the pops. Just like Oasis did when they released definatly maybe.

Personally its the best album i've bought for a while. But i think they are prime to be hated for being too popular which is a shame.

arctic monkeys suck.
sorry cus but its true.
give me a bell by the way.

Haha

I knew you'd hate them.

I think they are love or hate like a said earlier. I just think its new and different from everything else that this country has produced of late

Just seen that The album sold 100,000 in the first day which is the highest 1st day total for any british album. They have a shot at the biggest first week sales ever . . which would overtake Hear'say which i think we would all like very much.

i just laugh at the singers accent like i do there songs. Bad band in my oppinion.

I was gonna buy their album today to see what all the fuss is about but it doesn't get relased here untill February 14th.

They are horrendous - the same old bland British indy rock the last 5 years has rammed down our throats - remember when British rock was bands like Oasis, Blur, Radiohead and the Stone Roses?

Seems like an eternity ago....

Well after hearing nothing but good things about this band for the past few weeks, I came across this thread and gave it a click to see what all the fuss was about...

I ended up downloading the 3 songs you recommended Gnrfan, and I love them all. Especially Mardy Bum and Bet You Look Good...They remind me of a fun, lovin' 80's band while having a modern "White Stripes" approach.

The latter song totally reminds me of Ballroom Blitz by Sweet...I can totally see them being an influence of this band, as well as the rockier tracks sound alot like the Libertines..

I wonder if Aava has discovered this band, they would be right up her alley.

Any other good songs to check out since this album doesnt hit Canada till Valentine's Day.. :-\

Try When The Sun Goes Down. It's their current single in the UK.

Will do man, thanks for the suggestion : ok:

Do they only have one album at the moment? Do you own it, if so is it worth the $?

It's free to download, and they actually encourage you do. I haven't heard it all yet myself.

There definately not taking a page out of Metallica's book then.. :hihi:

Well, If Im encouraged I simply must check out more songs by this fine band ;)

I downloaded the album a few days ago but I wasn't that impressed so far, but maybe that will change with some more listens. The type they are receiving is kind of insane, though. The NME already named it the 5th best British album of all time. It may very well turn out to be a classic but it's way premature to decide on that now.

I hate that rag. They bone anything completely to the moon  :no:

I Agree, just heard some of their stuff and it stinks!!

theres definitely some brilliant tunes on that album, unfortunately the hype is a lot bigger than the arctic monkeys.

I bet you look good on the dancefloor
when the sun goes down
riot van
bigger boys and stolen sweethearts (b-side)
fake tales of san francisco
mardy bum
a certain romance


all great - brilliant songs.

I figured you'd like this band.. ;)

I just got the album the other day, and it hasn't left my cd player since...

It's hands down the best rock album Ive bought in many, many months..

There still fairly unknown in Canada but hopefully that will change...

I played "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" on my morning show today, and got tons of calls asking who the band was, and what not..so there definately will be a buzz once the word gets out more.

This album sounds like a great garage band, yet all the songs sound so polished and professional. The guitars are absolutely thrashing throughout, and they have a powerhouse behind the drumkit forsure..

My favorites so far are:

I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Fake Talkes of San Francisco
Dancing Shoes
...You Were Staring Straight At Me
Mardy Bum
& Perhaps Vampires is a bit strong but..

They're good.. but, they're right, we shouldn't believe the hype.

I'm hating everyone going on about how great a lyricist the guy is.

"He's a scumbag, don't'cha know?"

Yeah, a real lyrical mastermind..

That tag is thrown about a bit much. The only reason he speaks to so many young people is because he is one himself. Alex Turner looks barely 16.  :D

You've hardly picked out standout lyrics have you.

You could pick out Axl lyrics and judge from like 4 words that he isn't a great lyricist

the guy is very very talented, hes only been playing guitar for 2 years.

I thought they'd been playing since they were young, as they were all friends, though he admits they couldnt play their instruments properly. It was a kinda garage job I think, they even grew up on some R&B, though I think their main influence was Oasis.

yes, their main influence was Oasis, Its a tremendous albums considering they're only 19.

they are pish.

end of. You can lock this thread now, for i have spoken.

Only 2 years - boy does it show!

The Arctic Monkeys are so bad they make the Kaiser Chiefs look like Pink Floyd...

Just because something is overhyped it doesn't make it a bad thing.  People always forget this.  Give the album a listen and you'll see that they've got some really catchy, uplifting songs.  There's no reason to put down every new indie band that comes along.

I agree with the guy in the top hat. I don't think they're incredible, but they're certainly not bad. What has happened, is that a lot of people have 'kind of liked...' this band. That creates the hysteria, and makes people assume that they must be incredible.

I just think that they cater to a wide range of people.

And there ain't nothing wrong with that...

they have nothing to say that is worth saying.
there guitars sound horrible,and there vocals just sound like everyones chaav mate from school.lets leave the lyrics out of it.
maybe im missing something but i wont be buying there album

i must admit i had never heard anything by this band and wondered what the hype was about...ive now listened to 3 of the tracks and lets face it, they are crap, 2 years guitar experience and it definitely shows...how many more bands will there be, bringing out the same droning depressing music that has been going around for so long...to me this band is just another in the long line of those that cannot come up with an original idea and end up copying their peers, another 3rd generation beatles clone...i dont know what is more sad...the bands or the people who buy this music thinking its new...

amen.

the thing is the british public will buy whatever they are told to buy.if certain people decide a band is going to be big they will be wether they are good or not.its very sad.

what on earth are you rambling on about you bellend? you sound like one of those pitchfork reviewers.

depressing music? WRONG

Beatles clone? WRONG

Even if bands today do copy the beatles, its hadly a bad thing is it? ffs.

i dont think they are anything liike the beatles but theyre still shit none the less.

did i say beatles clone?...no that would be oasis...i said 3rd generation beatles clone...there is a difference, maybe you should try getting your head around it...im not saying they sound exactly like them...there are underlying similarities of much of these current crop of depressing english bands, they have the same origin

yes it is a bad thing...its monotonous

depressing because the songs drag and the lyrics are awful

"It's one that laughs and jokes around
Remember cuddles in the kitchen
Yeah, to get things off the ground
And it was up, up and away
Oh, but it's right hard to remember
That on a day like today when you're all argumentative
And you've got the face "

sticking a big word within all those small words doesnt make a great songwriter...it shows a lack of balance of writing skills..hell this post im making has more cohesion than that verse :hihi:

sorry thats my opinion...id love to see more talented bands that could play a stadium without falling flat...but it seems ever more rare because of the current attitudes of music labels...sorry but this band doesnt really have what it takes...

They are one of the main acts for T in the Park this year. Based on what they have accomplished so far. All i have to say is. 2nd album. People like The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian and now Arctic Monkeys better get their thinking caps on to remain as popular.

kasabian can just copy second coming for their follow up album. sorted. As for the kaiser Chiefs; how about they just shit in a box and sell it for ?7.97 in tesco next to james blunt.

I like the band. But, yes, lyrics are hideuos (..or just too clever for me..  :nervous:)

"I bet that you look good on the dancefloor
I don't know if you're looking for romance or
I don't know what you're looking for
I said, I bet that you look good on the dancefloor"

What?s that..

haha axl eat your heart out.
and bob dylan for that matter.

Again, you're listing like the worst lyrics, if you're young and go out on a night then you should get the lyrics, some of them are very clever, especially considering they're only 19 ffs.

haha.chill out.
infact show me some lyrics that are in your opinion clever.

People who dont come from England are in no position to comment on their lyrics. People who dont go out are also in no position to comment on their lyrics.

The reason why the monkeys are massive now IS because of their lyrics.

how many times have you seen a really fit bird on the dancefloor? whilst on the piss and just thought to yourself, fuckin hell whats she about? whats she lookin for? the arctic monkeys have some great rock n roll songs, and their music has shaken up and transcended into all scenes.



UNCOOL PEOPLE AND/OR BELLENDS need not reply.

Well, I'm glad I'm English and I'm out a lot then, because it means I can say they need to fuck off back to school.

well you wont mind me replying then

nice of you to play the race card...since i have a firm grasp of english it doesnt make it difficult to understand the simple lyrics, which lets face it has been done before and done better

ahhh what a wonderful generation we have now...teenagers that cant rise above the sexually obsessiveness and culture of stupor that exists in such abundance in this glorious decade...all this generation that rides with the flow instead of rebelling against it...thank the lord for bands like green day with intelligent lyrics and who are unafraid to tell it like it is...arctic monkeys pah

you know fuck all about rock and roll you nedette, in your case its wank and shag...its about all you know

Gree Day - intelligent lyrics?

Hmm, not how id describe their curious mix of 'lets make money after years of never truly breaking through' and guitar work that wouldn't challenge a guy with one arm....

As for Arctic Monkey - blatant clone of most 60's rock acts, the guitar tone, the song structure, i hate 60's rock and a clone of it is just misguided...

'I bet u look good...in the bargain bin'


Curiously enough they have already admitted thats what they are doing....

I actually like Kasabian....and await their follow up quite eagerly - i know they are a Stone Roses tribute band..but i really like the Roses, and anything that sounds like it gets a spin in my cd player....

yea intelligent lyrics...but since you think the stone roses are good......ummm...not to my ears...stone roses lyrics are predictable, one dimensional and move slower than a 2 legged ant with arthritis...

green day have just matured thats all...after years of playing the same song with different lyrics...whats the point in singing if only a few are listening?


 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Why?
Because we don?t understand your language? Or maybe because you?re so inner directed you don?t want to be understood?



By the way, does that include your good self?

speak for me too right here.

WRONG.

what a load of pretencious rubbish.

Well, i'm convinced by your 'argument' :confused:

I just can't get into this band even though they seem like a decent band. I mean, I don't dislike any of their songs. Yet, I don't really enjoy any of their songs either. There isn't one song that sticks out to me and grabs my attention. They are all just completely average.

Grendood came off sounding like an idiot, but in a way I think he is on to something. I think the Monkeys will definitely be an English thing and won't do as well in the rest of the world. I think they are one of those bands that will make sense to a certain time and place but don't really translate well elsewhere. Just like the Stone Roses.

is that it?

leaving you speechless has to mean that special arctic monkey nerve was pricked...

of course thats it, you've proven yourself a ridiculous gibbon not worth arguing with by mentioning greenday.

good day.

Greenday? :-\

Indie....modern indie, is a big pile of wank, this band dont do it any favours.

Id never listened to bands like oasis and stone roses before and the indie classification and hearing oasis;s new stuff i didnt think much of them. anyways i somehow got round to listening to the "whats the story (morning glory)" album and its a great album.

Artic Monkeys suck, that song which got to number 1? Is so crap, how any of the songs that get to number one these days actually get there is just something i do not understand.

youre either an effeminate monty python fan or you need a  good psychiatrist... :hihi:

Some of you are by far taking the band and album waaaaaaaaay to seriously..

Im Canadian, so maybe Ive gravely misread this band, but to me, there just a great, great party band with a shockingly impressive debut album.

Last weekend I had 10 of my closest friends over for a few beers, and through this record on being the only person in the room who even knew what the band's name was...

Needless to say, the album was a huge fucking hit...

I mean how could it not when you have a good 8 tall boys in you, and "Dancefloor" hits...its just pure anarchy!

Do yourselves a favor and buy the fucking album, and listen to it with an open mind..

Ignore the "stupid" lyrics....who really cares if that's their strongpoint...

Lord knows AC/DC were far from the most "lyrically brilliant" band of their time..

Oh, and whoever said Green Day were better....I dont mean any offense, but fuck right off..

Since American Idiot dropped 2 years ago, us Canadians at least have had Green Day force-fed down our throats left, right and center..

That album is a disgrace to say Dookie, or Insomniac...do you own those albums?... :-\

I'm no fan of Green Day - hell, i think everything they have done is awful - but there older stuff is clearly much much better....

party band? really? i find them boring....i prefer bands with energy

i dont like stupid lyrics...i like people who have talent...if the whole band can only come up with those lyrics then i have no ear for them

id need far more than 8 drinks to make this album sound good

ACDC were a great show band and they had a great singer...2 other things sadly lacking in this band...ane even their lyrics were better than these guys...well you never know they may get better...

i had dookie a while ago...i found it immature....sorry if that bothers you...ive never heard insomniac...American Idiot is far more mature imo...sorry theyve been shoved down your  throat, maybe you should watch something else other than the music channels if it bothers you

i dont have anything against this band, but i dont think they are all they are made out to be my the media...too much promotion, not enough free thinking

these guys have some pretty great music going on! It's pretty cool that they partially owe alot of their sucress to the garbage can aswell!!

interpol are the only decent band of that sort now.i guess what people refer to as indie.
but yeah green day and arctic monkeys can go jump.although id go see green day over monkey boys anyday.

I dont watch many music channels since I dont really watch television anymore...

But I can tell you that doing a morning radio show, where I have no say in the music selection..it is all emailed to us from RCS in New York, I can tell you that 9 times/10 I will come in every fucking morning the rest of the week, just like I have done so far this week...and be forced to play a useless piece of cheese/pop punk from American Idiot...

That album is disgustingly overated, and the sooner this band's star falls the better...

To say Dookie is "immature" is highly laughable...

Id really hate to think of what you thought of the Cramps or the Sex Pistols... :-\

Best album I've gotten this year. Those wacky monkeys

i dont hear songs from that album very much...every song is annoying when overplayed...

songs about masturbation, a mental institution are immature...songs about the iraq war and a family member's death are not mature?...ohhhhh kayyyyy

cramps? i love most music and there is very little i wouldnt listen to if it came on the radio...i must admit ive not heard much of the cramps...but what ive heard is that its obviously a derivative of rockabilly and to me that makes it worth listening to, but a bit dated though

sex pistols, i guess youre a 70's guy eh...overrated band imo... but with a charismatic singer...thats something else the arctic monkeys lack, charisma

Insomniac owns dookie anyday.

Their(Artic Monkeys) latest album got four stars in RollingStone. They must be good. I'd never heard of them, until recently.

Those bands were all immature. That's just a fact. They never took themselves too seriously at all. Dookie was and always will be a fun, immature, pop album.


Why are you reading that trash? RS is a pop magazine that pushes pop bands because they're pop, not because they're good. I wouldn't read it for free, much less pay for it.

what?? so you don't think RS is one of the few music mags which are serious about their work? interesting take... what do you read btw?

The Arctic Monkeys debut album 'Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not' has debuted on the Billboard album chart at Number 24.

The album has sold 34,000 copies on its first week of sales in the United States, the second fastest selling indie debut album ever in American chart history.

The band are currently on tour in Europe, but are due to play the first date of their 11-date sold out US tour on March 13 at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco.
? IPC MEDIA 1996-2006

This band will be briefly big and walk out and be forgotten the next day.  : ok:

Oh yeah, the name Arctic Monkeys? I mean come on.

You can't be serious. No band with that stupid of a name makes it....

I'm right.

theres hardly any music quality these days from what im hearing.....lol of all the generations who get crappy music its mine. typical lol

Terrorizer is the only decent music magazine I have ever read, and even it has its weak moments. I find the internet a much better source. Ask about br00tal death metal at www.metal-archives.com and you'll get literally dozens of recommendations. www.digitaldreamdoor.com is a good site for classical music and jazz. www.bnrmetal.com is a good source for NWOBHM bands. I have yet to find a really good rock site...

Just look around and you'll find out where the good music is.  :)

The LA Times waxed poetic about them:

March 15, 2006

San Francisco -- There's a saying in basketball, "You can't teach height" ? meaning that physical size can make a player desirable despite certain limitations in his or her game.

The rock 'n' roll corollary might be "you can't teach youth" ? meaning that that fleeting stage of life can lend enough energy, passion and questioning heart to a band's music to make up for the absence of a knockout punch on stage.

Case in point: the Arctic Monkeys, whose concert Monday at the Great American Music Hall here was less than you might have wanted it to be, but still rang with the urgency of a voice yearning to be heard and insisting that you pay attention. There's more at stake, you sense, than just selling some songs. This is how they transform the mundane into the magical and make life mean something.

Those qualities are the same ones that make the English band's debut album, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not," such an unalloyed joy. You can talk about Alex Turner's compelling voice and the band's bright, engaging mix of punk, pop and ska, but what it comes down to is the eloquence with which the Monkeys capture the experience of youth lived out in a dead-end outpost such as their hometown of Sheffield.

That authenticity was a key element in making the quartet, whose ages are hovering around 20, a full-blown phenomenon in England. Starting in 2004, their concerts and the free records they gave to fans sparked an out-of-nowhere grass-roots following. When the album came out in January, it became the fastest-selling debut in U.K. history.

There's no such widespread Monkey-mania in the U.S., where the album has sold modestly since its release here last month, but there's plenty of curiosity among serious rock-watchers, and probably more than the usual anticipation for the latest hot arrival from England.

Monday's sold-out concert (which will be followed by another tonight at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood) opened their first U.S. tour since the album came out, and chief among the questions was: How would they give their music the something extra you expect from the live experience?

The very least that a fan could have hoped for was a potent delivery of the songs. And that's what the band offered in its hourlong set ? overcoming a few shaky moments when Andy Nicholson's bass malfunctioned ? to assert its claim as a precocious heir to the great tradition of British song stretching from the Clash, Sex Pistols and the Smiths back to David Bowie and, in the beginning, Ray Davies.

The album showcases Turner's gift for documenting the rituals of kids' lives ? centered on a night at the disco, with its attendant flirtations, fights and frustrations. He's a restless documentarian, cramming more words and details than seem possible into the verses, employing slang and local flavor but tapping a universal truth.

It came across with full force Monday, defiant and sentimental, with Turner's rusty-razor voice slicing strongly and dancing with agility through the band's sharp guitar-rock. Turner dropped in some lovely guitar solos here and there as they played most of the album, along with a couple of new songs that sounded just as good.

Turner, Nicholson, guitarist Jamie Cook and drummer Matt Helders loosened up as they went along, hitting the boiling point on "Fake Tales of San Francisco." That indictment of rock poseurs is one indication of the Monkeys' distaste for pretension, which also came through in their attitude-free manner.

Maybe it was too attitude-free. They didn't speak much, and Turner's expression remained impassive, if not sullen. It's almost as if they're a little spooked by the attention, and rather than risk doing it wrong, they're going to tread cautiously. The important thing was that their reserve seemed to reflect a respect for the music and for their audience's bond with it, and they're determined not to tart it up or toss it off.

You can't teach charisma, but ideally they'll become more comfortable as they grow into their skin, and figure out how to dramatize without compromise, to light a fire in their eyes and lean into the crowd that's reaching to them for connection.

But so far so good. You don't want to monkey with something this precious.

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AM are just like a libertines copy band, their sound is the same and at one point they use the same guitar parts and lyrics that the libertines have used

Libertines are shit

Actually they?re not. Libertines were amazing!

probably better than 99.9% of the shit you listen to(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v41/chaotix/yes.gif)

got to agree they  sucked, especially with there drugged up frontman.

nah, the libertines were actually worthy of the hype they received at the time. subsequent media interest has ruined them but they were good.

the arctic monkeys have filled up the void they left and nme, etc has been quick to place their lips firmly on the arse cheeks of each individual arctic monkey.

I hate NME.  They'll big a band up, saying they're the second coming or whatever, then they'll trash them when the second album comes out. >:(

agreed, still beneath all that hype and gloss lies a great fucking band, with great fucking tunes.  : ok: :yes:

And the paper it's printed on is rubbish. Too big.  :hihi:

Do you kno what 'shit' I listen to? And in my opinion the libertines are shit

Yer i hate touchin the stuff!!

I like the monkeys but I'm beginning to get pissed off with the over hype and how everyone thinkis you're jumpin on the bandwagon if u like them, despite the fact I was listenin to em last summer

Over_fucking_rated  :yes:

def, but good none the less

still cant believe how great they are, despite being overrated.

you told me earlier i listen to shit!! looks like you might be wrong

you're right. Im sorry : ok:

Wahey!!!  ;D

Theyve certainly got quite a bit of hype behind them, dont they?  Not as much in the U.S. however.

Ive only heard their single, "You Look Good On The Dancefloor" and I like it fine.  To me they sound similar to the Libertines, only not as interesting.  Ill be sure to check them out if I come across the album.

i dunno what i think of the album, it has its strong and weak points. the singers accent pisses me off to the max though.

Their debut LP scoops album of the year award
Arctic Monkeys debut album 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' has won this year's Nationwide Mercury Music Prize at a ceremony in London tonight (September 5).

The band picked up the ?20,000 prize from presenter Jools Holland at the bash at the Grosvenor House hotel.

Commenting on the win, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner said: "Somebody call 999, Richard Hawley's been robbed!" in reference to the also-nominated singer-songewriter who also hails from the band's native Yorkshire city of Sheffield.

Turner added: "Thanks to everyone that's helped us.

"Normally it (the award) doesn't go to a band that's sold so many records, to be blunt."

This year's full nominations were:

Arctic Monkeys - 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - 'Ballad Of The Broken Seas'
Editors - 'The Back Room'
Guillemots - 'Through The Windowpane'
Richard Hawley - 'Coles Corner'
Hot Chip - 'The Warning'
Muse - 'Black Holes & Revelations'
Zoe Rahman - 'Melting Pot'
Lou Rhodes - 'Beloved One'
Scritti Politti - 'White Bread Black Beer'
Sway - 'This Is My Demo'
Thom Yorke - 'The Eraser'

Last year's prize was won by Antony & the Johnsons for the album 'I Am A Bird Now'.



Personally i'm glad. Loved the album. and really happy we have another good band from England.