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Jamie Cook, (born 8 July 1985) is the guitarist of Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys. is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into electrical current, which is then amplified. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... Arctic Monkeys are a Mercury Prize winning, English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. ...

Jamie Cook

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Birth name Jamie Cook
Born July 8, 1985 (1985-07-08) (age 22)
Origin Flag of England Sheffield, England
Genre(s) Indie rock, Post-punk revival
Occupation(s) Guitarist
Instrument(s) Guitar
Backing Vocals
Years active 2002-Present
Label(s) Domino Records
Associated
acts
Arctic Monkeys
Notable instrument(s)
Gibson ES-175

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History

Cook and Alex Turner were neighbours in High Green[1], and like Turner, Cook asked for a musical instrument as a Christmas present in 2001, receiving his first electric guitar[2]. Alexander David Turner[1] (born 6 January 1986)[2] is an English musician and member of Sheffield band, Arctic Monkeys. ... High Green is the northernmost suburb of Sheffield, England and is often referred to as the Florence of the North (of Sheffield). This pleasant, welcoming area is one of the nicer areas Sheffield has to offer. ...


Nicknamed "Cookie", he has been the band's most outspoken member, going on record as saying he "fucking hates the [print] news" and defending the band's numerous successive records by saying "I couldn’t see us being like Coldplay, it’d just be fucking boring. You tour your album for three years and play the same fucking gig night after night. It must really be depressing. Some people might enjoy doing that, but we couldn't." [3]. Coldplay are an English rock band. ...


Despite leaving home, Cook has maintained residence in the Sheffield area along with fellow band member, Helders.[4]. He has been described as "the bullishly confident blue-collar lad [of the group]"[5].


Cook is also considered to be the "indie music fanatic" of the group. In an NME article, it was mentioned that before Jamie joined the band, they had a funkier groove and resembled the sound of Jamiroquai. Armed with the likes of musical tastes for great bands such as The Smiths, Oasis, and Queens of the Stone Age, Cook supposedly stopped the band from becoming another Jamiroquai [6]. Jamiroquai (A portmanteau of Jam and iroquai, loosely based on the native American Indian tribe the Iroquois) is a Grammy Award-winning English funk / soul / disco band. ... The Smiths were an English rock band active from 1982 to 1987. ... For the English rock band, see Oasis (band). ... This article is about the American rock band. ...


References

  1. ^ "Arctic donkey", The Sun, Retrieved 9 June 2006. 
  2. ^ "Brits go bananas", Hour.ca, 16 March 2006. 
  3. ^ "Young Brains", San Diego CityBeat, 31 May 2006. 
  4. ^ "Arctic Monkeys conquer UK; Is America next?", Reuters, 2007-05-17. Retrieved on 2007-05-18. 
  5. ^ "The Lads Are Alright", Blender, May 2006. 
  6. ^ Mardy Bum.com

 

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