Arctic Monkeys News Archive (Group 2)

News Archive Arctic Monkeys, Group 2 - Page: 1

✦ Is musically influenced by The Jam, The Clash and The Smiths.
✦ Set a UK record by selling album 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' 118,501 copies, a number bigger than the all the Top 20 albums combined.
✦ Was the first band in history to win ShockWaves NME Award for both category Best New Band and Best British Band at the same night in 2006.
✦ Joked during a boring interview that the band was named after Helders' uncle's band but admitted that it wasn't true to Bolton Evening News.
✦ Their album 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' was the second Fastest Selling for a Debut Indie Album in US in 2006.