BIOGRAPHY :
The Arctic Monkeys are born from the meeting of Alex Turner (born January 6, 1986 - vocals, guitar), Jamie Cook (born July 8, 1985 - guitar), Andy Nicholson (bass) and Matt Helders (born May 7, 1986 - drums) in 2002 in Sheffield (United Kingdom). Alex Turner and Jamie Cook were neighbors in Sheffield. In 2001 for Christmas, they each receive a guitar. They master their instrument quickly and looking for other musicians in their school to form a group. Andy Nicholson is already playing bass and Matt Helders will learn the drums to complete the training. The singer Glyn Jones is not part of the group for several months and was replaced behind the microphone by Alex Turner. In June 2003, after a hard work of rehearsal and development, the Arctic Monkeys made their first steps on stage before a small audience in a pub in Sheffield.

Throughout the concert, an audience of fans will quickly create and pieces of the group are found on the Internet where a real buzz occurs. In 2005 the band released a CD two titles from one thousand five hundred copies, because despite his popularity in concert halls, the Arctic Monkeys are struggling to find a record company. It's finally done in June 2005 and the group can record its first album. "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" was released in January 2006 and will make a real board with more than three hundred fifty thousand copies sold in its first week of operation. The careers of Arctic Monkeys is launched. Torn between touring and interviews, the four boys live their successful rock like a fairy tale. However, this rate depletes Andy Nicholson who decides to leave the band in 2006. He was replaced on bass by Nick O'Malley (born July 5, 1985). In 2007, with its second album, "Favorite Worst Nightmare", the band managed the feat of placing all the securities in the top two percent of sales. The Arctic Monkeys released "Humbug" in September 2009. This album, like previous ones, takes the basis of a strong rock music on texts of more profound.