Arctic Monkeys - The Flavour of Banana for The Hits

“We’re not interested in being like a Coldplay where you release one album and wait a two to three years before we do another one, we want to avoid the boredom of playing the same songs over and over again”

Guitarist & singer Alext Turner, guitarist Jamie Cook, bassist David O’ Malley and drummers Matt Helders are still anonymous to the world few years ago but they are now ready to be one of UK most promising acts since the accomplish debut album ‘I Bet You look Good On The Dance Floor’ and ‘Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not’.

Approved to be the fastest selling UK debut album in history, the band continue to keep their head down and working hard for their next material release. Just three months after the album debut, the band continues claiming their spot in music industry with a new EP titled ‘Who the F**k are the Artic Monkeys’ which continue the success of previous material. Moreover, what makes interesting with this band, they already working on their second album before the EP start to gained attention from the listener. With this, they absolutely put the band names as among the prolific musician around.

As usual being a British band makes people regularly connected them as Coldplay but for the Artic Monkeys they do as much as they could to make it look away further from that. “We’re not interested in being like a Coldplay where you release one album and wait a two to three years before we do another one, we want to avoid the boredom of playing the same songs over and over again”. “We don’t want to live off old records” Turner says.

In 2005, their London’s Astoria performance was sold out without help from major label company

Their hard work and a little flavour of Banana paid when the band was announced as the winner for Mercury Prize for album of the year competing with other nominees such as Muse, Mark Lanegan and Thom Yorke. For the bands, they believed from the strong grassroots supports. In 2005, their London’s Astoria performance was sold out without help from major label company believe as the result from the limited 1000 copy of EP and mp3s being pass around by their massive fan base. 2000 people come for the show and for the record the successful event was happen before their bands album was out.

As for now, the bands continue working with their latest release. Music lovers worldwide will certainly looking forward to hear fresh tracks from them for many years to come. For Artic Monkeys, their ingredients – Hard work, Passion, well planned and a flavour of Banana is well paid so far.

Artist : Arctic Monkeys
Album : Whatever people Say I am, That’s What I’m Not (2006)

Mardy Bum

Now then Mardy Bum
I see your frown

And it's like looking down the barrel of a gun

And it goes off

And out come all these words

Oh there's a very pleasant side to you

A side I much prefer

It's one that laughs and jokes around
Remember cuddles in the kitchen
Yeah, to get things off the ground
And it was up, up and away
Oh, but it's right hard to remember
that on a day like today when you're all argumentative
And you've got the face on

Well now then Mardy Bum

Oh I'm in trouble again, aren't I?

I thought as much

Cause you turned over there

Pulling that silent disappointment face
The one that I can't bear

Can't we laugh and joke around
Remember cuddles in the kitchen

Yeah, to get things off the ground

And it was up, up and away

Oh, but it's right hard to remember

That on a day like today when you're all argumentative

And you've got the face on

Yeah I'm sorry I was late

Well I missed the train

And then the traffic was a state

And I can't be arsed to carry on in this debate

That reoccurs, oh when you say I don't care
Well of course I do, yeah I clearly

So laugh and joke around

Remember cuddles in the kitchen

Yeah, to get things off the ground

And it was up, up and away

Still it's right hard to remember

That on a day like today when you're all argumentative

And you've got the face on