The Arctic Monkeys And Their Indie Music History

By Matthew Morgan


Many social networking sites can give us updates on what is going around the world right now. Aside from that, it also help us in keeping up-to-date on our interest like music especially when it comes to chart-topping songs. Would it be Taylor Swift dominating the charts again or from Arianna Grande? Those are the popular and mainstream ones that people know. Whenever you asked others if they know some rock bands, others might sputter for some answers and give you the most basic or iconic one. You cannot blame them though since not all appreciate the wonders of rock-bands. Nevertheless, if you are a fan of that genre then you should know that some bands like the Magnolias and others had started as an indie.

Whenever you wanted to be an artist or musician, sometimes you might take a risky path. But when luck is at your side, maybe a famous singer might recognize your talent since he or she happened to watch your cover videos and began to like it. But that can just be a one in a million chance. As a result, you started to as an indie artist.

There are many rock bands who started as an indie group or indie rock. This term was used before as an indication for those artist who are making an independent record labels. In other words, they do not work with big companies like Fueled by Ramen and others. But as the music began to improve thanks to social media, more indie bands had found some commercial success.

When it comes to indie rock, the most successful and iconic one is the Arctic Monkeys which is an English band. They started in 2002 with Alex Turner as their frontman. Until now, they still are making music and their new album is still on-going.

While starting their career, the recorded some songs for demos and burnt it on a CD then give it to the audience at their gigs for free. And then suddenly the distribution grew and more people began to listen to their demos. Their fans even made them some site in MySpace which they did not even know.

It was their fans that also contributed to make them successful in their career. And by listening to their music, you would not be surprised on why many individuals invested their effort and time on supporting this band. Their songs became popular and they made six studio albums and also released one live album.

In addition, they also won some big awards. They have seven Brit Awards and also 3 nominations coming from Grammy Awards. You would never doubt it since if you listen closely and understand the lyrics, their song-writing is very on-point and clever.

And you think Justin Bieber was the only internet sensation before. No, there was also Arctic Monkeys who became like that because of their fans. If you check their channel in YouTube, most songs have reached one hundred million, proving that many persons still are listening to their songs.

Do you want to be like them as well? It might be risky. Nevertheless, it can also be worth it.




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