After friends began forming bands and playing live, Turner, Helders, and Nicholson decided to start Arctic Monkeys in mid-2002. Joe Carnall, a schoolfriend, has said Turner was "always the quiet one" in their social circle. 2002–2004: Formation of Arctic Monkeys Īt the age of 15, Turner's weekends revolved around girls and drinking cider with his friends. He studied for A-levels in music technology and media studies, as well as AS-levels in English, photography, and psychology. Given the opportunity to "get away without doing maths", he largely opted out of the "substantial" subjects required for university entry. Turner then attended Barnsley College from 2002 to 2004. While there were books at home, Turner did not read regularly and was too self-conscious to share his writing with others. He noted that Turner had an "incredibly laid-back" approach to his studies, which worried his mother and led to criticism from other teachers. His English and drama teacher, Simon Baker, remembered him as a clever pupil who was "quite reserved" and "a little bit different". His form teacher, Mark Coleman, characterised him as a "bright" and "popular" student who excelled at sports rather than music. Turner was educated at Stocksbridge High School from 1997 to 2002. His father let him borrow a school guitar to learn a "couple of chords" when Turner was 15 and, for Christmas that year, his parents bought him an electric guitar. Turner and his friends became interested in rock music following the breakthrough of The Strokes in 2001. They spent their time playing basketball, skateboarding, riding BMXs, and "making crap hip-hop" beats using Turner's father's Cubase system. Dre, the Wu-Tang Clan, Outkast, and Roots Manuva. The two met Andy Nicholson in secondary school, and the three friends bonded over their shared enjoyment of rappers such as Dr. At their primary school graduation ceremony, Turner and Helders joined some other friends in a mimed performance of Oasis' " Morning Glory"-Helders played the role of Liam Gallagher while Turner pretended to play the bass guitar, using a tennis racket as his instrument.
įrom the age of five, Turner grew up alongside neighbour Matt Helders they attended primary school, secondary school, and college together.
ELECTRIC SIX GAY BAR BASS TAB PROFESSIONAL
Turner himself was taught some scales on the family keyboard by his father and took professional piano lessons until he was eight years old. His father was a fan of jazz and swing music, particularly Frank Sinatra, and had played the saxophone, trumpet, and piano in big bands. During car journeys, his mother played music by Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, and The Eagles. Turner's parents were both music fans and his earliest musical memories involve The Beatles and The Beach Boys. His father, a Sheffield native, taught music and physics. He has said that his parents came from "very different backgrounds" his mother, from Amersham, Buckinghamshire, taught German and was "fascinated by language". He was raised in Sheffield's High Green suburb.
30 on Rolling Stone 's list of the greatest debut albums of all time, with the single " I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" becoming a UK number-one hit. Their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), became the fastest-selling debut album in British history and was ranked at No. When Turner was 16, he and three friends formed Arctic Monkeys in their native Sheffield. He has also recorded with his side project The Last Shadow Puppets and as a solo artist.
He is best known as the frontman and principal songwriter of the rock band Arctic Monkeys, with whom he has released six albums. Alexander David Turner (born 6 January 1986) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.