Arctic Monkeys

What, "Ned"? Ooh, ooh! Do me next!

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I could get into the Libertines, despite the complete and utter played-outness of the four piece guitar band/Pete Doherty is the indie Keith Richards narrative. Hell, I even like Oasis. However after downloading some of the 142 Arctic Monkeys tracks that are floating around the net, I only made it about 30 seconds through the first track before deleting the entire lot from iTunes. Thank you, technology, for saving me from spending $7.99 on the import CD single of this crap.

I would rather a decent band be in the charts making music rather than this bunch of silly "teens" with their loutish fans, dumb street team and horrible, untalented overuse of Protools: guitar music doesn't sound like how this band does without computers being used somewhere, you idiot.

Alternatively, I would be happy for Arctic Monkeys to be in the charts WITHOUT making any music.

Arctic Monkeys is #1 on Google for Monkeys. Above actual monkeys. That can't be right.

The debut Arctic Monkeys album, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" (Domino), has been instantly — and accurately — hailed as a modern classic

I'm on google uk. You must be using that commie revisionist Chinese shite that still lists the Beatles as an influential British band.

The poll to establish the 100 greatest British albums ever has the indie legends at the top, just pipping fellow Mancunians The Smiths at two with their 1986 effort 'The Queen Is Dead', and Oasis, who are at Three with their 1994 debut 'Definitely Maybe'.

Arctic Monkeys make an appearance at Number Five in the week that their first album 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' looks set to become the fastest selling UK debut album of all time.

The Top Ten is as follows:
1. The Stone Roses 'The Stone Roses'
2. The Smiths 'The Queen Is Dead'
3. Oasis 'Definitely Maybe'
4. Sex Pistols 'Never Mind The Bollocks'
5. Arctic Monkeys 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'
6. Blur 'Modern Life Is Rubbish'
7. Pulp 'Different Class'
8. The Clash 'London Calling'
9. The Beatles 'Revolver'
10. The Libertines 'Up The Bracket'

Although they wouldn't exist without The Strokes as a precursor, in their favor AM are less fashion-layout-ready and display more musical agility. The Strokes had better songs, though (speaking in past tense 'cause their expiration date passed after the first album).

Verdict: Arctic Monkeys huge in UK, won't mean shit in the US.

they're gonna have to get to used to that

You know, I just finished reading this issue, and my eyes fell out of my head when I saw that.

These kids are going to have such a long, long way down...

Ha ha

O RLY?

That's a thread unto itself. (And, somewhere on here, it probably already is.)

oh you like something, that's so interesting.

music is make-believe, the monkeys know that and their fans live like it. just because it seems a somewhat dull existence to aspire to (naturalism/cynicism), compared to say...glam, doesn't make the role play any less valid.