Alex Turner
Alex Turner performing with the Arctic Monkeys on 12 September 2007 in Chicago.
Background information
Birth name	Alexander David Turner
Born	January 6, 1986 (1986-01-06) (age 22) Sheffield, England
Genre(s)	Indie rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals, combo organ, tambourine, Bass Guitar
Label(s)	Domino
Associated acts	Arctic Monkeys, The Last Shadow Puppets
Notable instrument(s)
Fender Stratocaster Fender Bronco Gretsch Spectra Sonic

Alexander David Turner^[1] (born 6 January 1986)^[2] is an English musician and member of Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets. He is the vocalist and lead guitarist in both bands. He is the main songwriter in the Arctic Monkeys and shares writing duties in The Last Shadow Puppets with Miles Kane. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 398 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2000 × 3008 pixels, file size: 3. ... Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. ... is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... For the popular-music magazine, see Musician (magazine). ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A combo organ is a type of electronic organ generally produced between the early 1960s and the late 1970s. ... “Buben” redirects here. ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... This article is about the UK based Domino Records founded in 1993. ... Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. ... Stratocaster redirects here. ... The Fender Bronco was an electric guitar model produced by the Fender company from mid 1967 until 1981. ... Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. ... is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Two different electric guitars. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition (chords) or melody to songs, or both. ...

Forming the band

Along with Jamie Cook , Andy Nicholson and Matt Helders, Alex Turner attended at Stocksbridge High School,^[3] and together with Cook formed Arctic Monkeys in 2002. From his time working at the bar in local concert venues, Turner was "really annoyed [by] bands coming on and saying 'We've got CDs at the back for sale - three pounds each'... you'd think 'Fuck off, who do you think you are?'"^[4]. On this basis, Arctic Monkeys gave away free demo CDs at their gigs. Jamie Cook, (born 8 July 1985) is the guitarist of Sheffields Arctic Monkeys. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Matthew Helders (born 7 May 1986), is the drummer for the band Arctic Monkeys. ... Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Turner has always been the band's main songwriter, and his sharp and cutting observations of inner city England have drawn comparisons to The Streets' frontman Mike Skinner. ^[4] However, Turner has admitted that during the early days of the band "nobody wanted to admit they wrote [the lyrics] so we kept trying other singers so they'd do it for us." Despite enjoying songwriting, Turner shied away from acknowledgment because he "didn't want to have piss took out of [him]!"^[4] However, he has suggested that he has always enjoyed songwriting and that since getting his guitar, has spent most of his spare moments penning new lyrics, as "that’s what [he]'d feel comfortable doing.^[5] Describing the manner in which he constructs his lyrics, Turner says The term inner-city is often applied to the poorer parts at the centre of a major city. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Mike Skinner (born November 27, 1978), more commonly known by his stage name The Streets, is a rapper from Birmingham, England. ...

"I'll think about something and I'll be writing, penning something down and I'll keep building on that. The best stuff comes when I’ve got a melody and a rhythm so I know how many syllables each line is going to have and then build it up from there, and make it a whole thing, and try and pay attention to every aspect."^[2]

The Last Shadow Puppets

In August 2007 plans were announced for Turner to record an album with friend Miles Kane and producer James Ford. Kane, of Arctic Monkeys support act The Rascals, announced the project on 2 August 2007. The project features Turner and Kane sharing vocal, guitar and bass duties with Ford playing drums.^[6] Owen Pallett also features on the album. The duo have called themselves The Last Shadow Puppets, the album is called The Age of the Understatement, and was released on the April 21, 2008 and reached the number one spot in its first week. is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Final Fantasy (band) redirects here. ... is the 111th day of the year (112th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Era (or Anno Domini), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other projects

Turner worked with Dizzee Rascal on the song "Temptation" from Dizzee Rascal's album Maths and English. He also worked with Dizzee Rascal on a different version of the same song "Temptation Greets You Like a Naughty Friend" which featured on the "Brianstorm" single. Turner also features in the Reverend and the Makers song "The Machine" and features on guitar in the song "Sex With The Ex" from their debut album The State Of Things, on which he also co-wrote some of the songs with McClure. Dylan Mills, known professionally as Dizzee Rascal (born November 1, 1985 [1] in Bow, East London)[2], is a Mercury Prize-winning English MC/rapper and producer. ... Maths and English is the third studio album by British rapper and Grime artist Dizzee Rascal. ... Favourite Worst Nightmare track listing Brianstorm Teddy Picker D Is for Dangerous Balaclava Fluorescent Adolescent Only Ones Who Know Do Me a Favour This House Is a Circus If You Were There, Beware The Bad Thing Old Yellow Bricks 505 Brianstorm is a song by Sheffield-based indie rock band... Reverend and The Makers are an Indie Funk Electro band based in Sheffield, England and signed to Wall of Sound. ... The State of Things is the second EP by British rock band Turin Brakes, and their first release for Source Records. ...

Equipment

Turner used to play a Fender Arctic White American standard Stratocaster, and later a black Mexican 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 pickguard and rosewood fretboard, a guitar discontinued by Fender. Also, during live performances of "If You Were There, Beware", he uses a Gretsch Spectra Sonic. During the earlier days he used Orange AD30T amplifiers.^[7] Now he uses a Fender Vibroverb for clean tones and a Selmer Zodiac 30 watt for more distorted tones. Fender redirects here. ... A Fender Stratocaster with rosewood fingerboard and three-tone sunburst finish. ... Fender redirects here. ... A Fender Stratocaster with rosewood fingerboard and three-tone sunburst finish. ... Two different electric guitars. ... Favourite Worst Nightmare track listing Brianstorm Teddy Picker D Is for Dangerous Balaclava Fluorescent Adolescent Only Ones Who Know Do Me a Favour This House Is a Circus If You Were There, Beware The Bad Thing Old Yellow Bricks 505 Brianstorm is a song by Sheffield-based indie rock band... Favourite Worst Nightmare is the second studio album by Sheffield indie rock band Arctic Monkeys that was first released in Japan on 18 April 2007 before being released around the world. ... The Fender Bronco was an electric guitar model produced by the Fender company from mid 1967 until 1981. ... Gretsch is a U.S. musical instrument manufacturer currently being distributed by guitar company Fender and drum craft company Kaman. ... Corporate logo of Orange Amplification Orange amplifier and cabinet with the distinctive tolex Orange Amplification is a British electric guitar and PA amplifier manufacturing company, famous for its distinctive bright orange tolex covering on amplifier heads and speaker cabinets. ... This page is about amplifiers for musical instruments. ...

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 ProCo 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. Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What Im Not is the debut album by Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys, released on 23 January 2006. ... A guitar pedalboard is a container for electric guitar effects pedals and their power supplies. ... In the world of guitar music and guitar amplification, distortion is actively sought, evaluated, and appreciatively discussed in its endless flavors. ... An effects pedal, or stomp box, is an effects unit housed in a small metal chassis, used by musicians, usually electric guitar players as a guitar effects pedal, but sometimes players of other instruments including keyboards, violin, or cello. ... Boss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. ... This article is about the guitar manufacturer. ... // Look up overdrive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Hughes & Kettner (or Hüghes & Kettner), founded in the mid-1980s, is a German brand of guitar and bass amplifiers, cabinets and effects processors. ... The Electro-Harmonix logo Electro-Harmonix is a company that makes electronic sound processors based in New York. ...

Private life

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]}, often DJ or frequent at clubnight Threads.^[8] For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ...

Alex is currently dating TV presenter Alexa Chung. A television presenter is a British term for a celebrity who is best known for introducing or appearing in television programmes. ... Alexa Chung (born November 5, 1983) is a British TV presenter and former fashion model. ...

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