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When did the band start?

Armitage, Simon (11 July 2009). "Simon Armitage meets Arctic Monkeys". The Observer . Retrieved 14 January 2020. In the summer of 2003, Turner played seven gigs in York and Liverpool as a rhythm guitarist for the funk band Judan Suki, after meeting the lead singer Jon McClure on a bus. [47] [48] That August, while recording a demo with Judan Suki at Sheffield's 2fly Studios, Turner asked Alan Smyth if he would produce an Arctic Monkeys demo. Smyth obliged and "thought they definitely had something special going on. I told Alex off for singing in an American voice at that first session." [49] An introduction by Smyth led to the band acquiring a management team, Geoff Barradale and Ian McAndrew. [50] They paid for Smyth and Arctic Monkeys to record numerous three-song demos in 2003 and 2004. [51] Turner was quiet and observant during studio sessions, remembered Smyth: "Whenever anyone popped in the studio, he would sit and listen to them before he would say anything." [49] At their rehearsal room in Yellow Arch Studios, Arctic Monkeys developed a reputation as particularly hard workers; the owner lent the band touring equipment while the owner's wife helped Turner with his singing. [52] Barradale drove the band around venues in Scotland, the Midlands, and the north of England to establish their reputation as a live band. [22] The band handed out free copies of the demo CDs after each show [53] [54] and fans began sharing the unofficial Beneath the Boardwalk demo compilation online. [55] After finishing college in mid-2004, Turner took a year out to focus on the band [34] and deferred vague plans to attend university in Manchester. [10] [56] He began working part-time as a bartender at the Sheffield music venue The Boardwalk. There, he met well-known figures including musician Richard Hawley and poet John Cooper Clarke. [57] [58] By the end of 2004, Arctic Monkeys' audiences were beginning to sing along with their songs [59] and the demo of " I Bet You Look Good on The Dancefloor" was played on BBC Radio 1 by Zane Lowe. [60] 2005–2007: Rise to fame [ edit ] Turner performing in Newcastle Academy, 2006

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Turner now lives between London and Paris with the French singer-songwriter Louise Verneuil. He composed most of the album alone, using the technique he road-tested on AM and adopted wholesale on Tranquility: compose, demo, inspect, tweak and re-record, repeat the process to death and eventually add drums and vintage keyboards. Finally: bring in the band.