As I have said several times in the past few blogs and my
about me and this blog page, one of my favorite genres of music is by far
Alternative Rock. One of my all-time favorite Alternative Rock bands now a days
is the Arctic Monkeys. The Arctic
Monkeys are an English Indie Rock band formed in 2002 in High Green,
which is a suburb of Sheffield. The band consists of Alex Turner the lead
vocalist and rhythm guitarist, Jamie Cook playing lead guitar and singing
backing vocals, Nick O'Malley who plays bass and also sings backing vocals, and
finally Matt Helders on drums and singing backing vocals. The band’s former
member Andy Nicholson, who played bass guitar and sang backing vocals, left the
band in 2006 shortly after its debut album was released.
The Arctic Monkeys was given to be one of the first bands to
come to public attention via the Internet, which means they pretty much became
famous through fan-based sites instead of from the band, with commentators suggesting
they showed the possibility of a change in the way in which new up and coming bands
are promoted and marketed. I actually went to their concert in Illinois in the
middle of July this past summer for their AM Tour. It was probably one of the
most memorable concerts of my entire lifetime. Their music just flows through
you and really relates to you as a person.
My all-time favorite song of theirs has to be “Do I Wanna
Know” from their newest album. I think he wrote this song because it relates to
a lot of people and this experience that he sings about happens to almost all
of us. It's basically about pure infatuation with a person, almost obsession. You
know when you get those crushes on people and you just cannot get them out your
head and you feel like they've taken over your life? it's a song about
that...and I agree with what someone posted previously...that he doesn’t know
whether he'd rather act on his feelings so he can move on or pursue it or just
not know the answer and continue with the infatuation, thus torturing himself
about it essentially.
Whenever I just want to get away from my problems in my life
or just drift away, I pull out all of my Arctic Monkeys music and push shuffle
because it doesn’t matter what song plays, I can always get lost in the music.
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