Since Arctic Monkeys exploded onto the scene in the mid-noughties, they have evolved from cheeky indie-rock upstarts into one of the biggest bands of their generation.
It meant that I could only practice whenever we all practiced. So I used to keep them in Alex’s garage, and we practiced there. “If I wanted to be in the band it was drums only. “It was very inconvenient for me to buy drums because we didn’t have anywhere to put them in our house, but it was the only choice because the others had already got their guitars. According to now world-famous Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders, he wasn’t left with much of a choice: When four schoolboys from the same council estate in Sheffield decided to start a band, it was first-come-first-served in terms of who would play which instrument.
If Dave Grohl calls you a “killer drummer”, you know you’re onto something good…
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