Arctic Monkeys - Norway Interview
Turner has maintained a very private life, and shunned media publicity when declared the Coolest Man On The Planet by NME magazine in December 2005. He has distanced himself from the celebrity lifestyle, he and
the band are often spotted around Sheffield, supporting local bands, returning to clubs such as ‘The Leadmill’[citation needed] and watching their football team Sheffield Wednesday. Blender magazine have described him as “the least talkative member of the group, chewing over his answers for so long that he ends up doubting his own words”[11].Turner used to play a Fender olympic white American standard Stratocaster, and later a black American standard Fender Stratocaster guitar, both sporting maple fretboards, until the release of the band’s single “Brianstorm” and the second album Favourite Worst Nightmare. When touring the new album he uses a black Fender Bronco with a black pickgaurd and rosewood fretboard, a guitar discontinued by Fender. Also, during live performances of “If You Were There, Beware”, he uses a Gretsch Spectra Sonic. He uses Orange AD30T amplifiers. [10] He has also been using Bad Cat amps recently.
During the Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not-era Turner´s pedalboard consisted of two Pro Co Rat 2 distortion pedals and a Boss TU-2 tuner. Now, touring Favourite Worst Nightmare, he has replaced the Pro Co pedals with an Ibanez Ts-808 Vintage Tubescreamer overdrive pedal. He has also extended the pedalboard with a Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere MK2, a Danelectro Reel Echo, a Boss LS-2 Line Selector and an Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man.
The band resisted signing to a record label, refusing to change their songs to suit the industry — “Before the hysteria started, the labels would say, ‘I like you, but I’m not sure about this bit, and that song could do with this changing…’ We never listened.”[18] Their cynicism with the industry was such that record company scouts were refused guaranteed guest list entry for their gigs, a move described by MTV Australia as “We’ve got this far without them — why should we let them in?”.[21] The success of the strategy was illustrated with a series of sell-out gigs across the UK. October 2005 saw them sell out the historic London Astoria, and Turner saw this as proof that they were justified to ignore the record companies, saying “Once it all kicked off, we didn’t care anymore. In London, the kids were watching the band, and the record company were at the back watching the kids watching the band.”[18]
Eventually, they signed to Domino in June 2005. The band almost signed to an undisclosed “other label”, but were attracted to the “DIY ethic” of Domino owner Laurence Bell, who ran the label from his flat and only signed bands that he liked personally.[22] The UK’s Daily Star tabloid newspaper reported that this was followed in October 2005 by a £1m publishing deal with EMI and a £725,000 contract with Epic for the United States.[23] Arctic Monkeys denied this on their website, dubbing the newspaper “The Daily Stir”. However, Domino have licensed the Australian and New Zealand publishing rights to EMI and the Japanese rights to independent label Hostess.[19]
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francislyeqz said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
Just got this …
Just got this official ringtone at DownloadEveryTone. Com I love this song!
PlasticCharlie said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
shiit, i can’t get …
shiit, i can’t get the half of what they’re saying cause of their stupid accent
anyways they’re cute ;d
Di20As said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
poor guys seem bored
poor guys seem bored
tomo8766 said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
sheffield.. top …
sheffield.. top accent mate.. gods own country
Scoob505 said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
They are so taking …
They are so taking to pis with her XD
SorcusABC said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
haha my friend …
haha my friend hates alex (for some unknown reason) but she thinks he has nice arms… (so true)
Hes soooooo cute!!
mm0baileys0creamy said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
we could be …
we could be astronauts!!!!
.. .err.. if you want.
lmao! they are not boring they are adorable!
Slyyffer said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
alex seems to be a …
alex seems to be a bit shy
kenkocarmenb said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
lol
lol
braadlandatle said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
The nature is very …
The nature is very similar to Norways..
vincentnb87 said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
Ive been to both.. …
Ive been to both.. two extremly beautiful country… not similar
featA61 said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
legendary!!!!!
…
legendary!!!!!
we could retire..
we cold become astronauts!!
and than cookie does that expression!
haha:)
sexlessparents said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
Ha there North …
Ha there North england accents.
Its not like London accent.
North England accents sound so weird.
but I still love A.M
xxsupernova said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
dont “sorrrryyy” me …
dont “sorrrryyy” me.
its just an opinion.
i really dont give a crap.
arcticpuppet505 said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
it looks awful …
it looks awful sorryy
blcpartyx said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
hah. they seem …
hah. they seem boring.
but the music is good.
no lie.
lockergr said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
Forget all this …
Forget all this deep on here, check out We are Scientists as Alex says. V good stuff.
xxsupernova said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
Alex looks really …
Alex looks really good with longer hair.
<33
slodki77 said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
wait, what?!
wait, what?!
braadlandatle said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
Norway is a …
Norway is a beautiful country, its even very similar to New Zealand actually
stephenjackson1 said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
If it were not for …
If it were not for the U.S. standing up for freedom and democracy and making foreign policy decisions that are to complex for you to understand, there would be no alternative democratic superpower that could shape the world in favor of freedom and democracy. The U.S. provides an important balance to tyranny and the interests of tyrannical nations such as China and Russia who do not have the interests of democracies in mind. The U.S. is important and you seem to be too mislead to understand that.
wickman92 said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
Yey People…lets …
Yey People…lets go and police the world!
dirtyshirtzz said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
few good people
…
few good people
it’s true this place is so ing stupid
like omg! what is starbucks? when i ask hey u guys got any starbucks here?
i dont wanna be here
i dont want to fallow people’s foot steps here
go 2 school go home play video games
graduate out of school
get a whatever job
then get old
then go 2 a nursing home
then die!
thats LAME!!!
dirtyshirtzz said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
like nice or kind …
like nice or kind or something?
not arogant
takeit10 said :
June 5, 2009 at 9:49 am
Why do these …
Why do these interviews have to be exactly the same whether if it’s in the UK, Norway, Brazil or even Peru. These interviewers need to be more creative about the questions.
They gotta be very sick and tired of anwsering the same blooding thing all the time.
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