Here is there webiste address too, they are playing the States soon.

http://www.arcticmonkeys.com/

Me too!  That is a spectaular name for a band!!

Ultimo- I read an article in this month's Elle about upcoming British bands. They listed three: Test Icicles, The Subways and Artic Monkeys. They gave the Monkeys the highest rating and said they are becoming the buzz word in NY!

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Ultimo- I read an article in this month's Elle about upcoming British bands. They listed three: Test Icicles, The Subways and Artic Monkeys. They gave the Monkeys the highest rating and said they are becoming the buzz word in NY!

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Yeah all three are good bands, Arctic Monkey are my favs though, just great lyrics and catchy tunes, I can't wait for the album to come out, It is mad how much hype a band can create without even having an album out.

The reason they get so much attention is the way they put themselves out there, the gave away thier singles free on thier website at the start and soon gained a huge following and now that they are going more into the mainstream there following is just getting bigger. I think 2006 is going to be the year of the Arctic Monkey!

I use yahoo for my e-mail and on thier main page they had the following story!

 

Arctic Monkeys Sell Thousands on First Day

01/25/2006 9:24 AM, AP


The Arctic Monkeys sold almost 120,000 copies of their debut album in a single day, and it may become one of the year's top-sellers, retailers said.

The British band shot from obscurity to fame in a matter of months, thanks partly to savvy use of the Internet to market their music to fans.

A stream of adulatory media articles followed, and the group's debut singles, "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and "When the Sun Goes Down," both topped the British singles chart.

The band's album, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not," sold 118,501 copies within 24 hours of its release Monday, more than the rest of the top 20 album chart combined. If sales hold up, it will become Britain's fastest-selling debut, surpassing the 306,631 copies sold by Hear'Say's "Popstars" in 2001.

Phil Penman, head of music for retailer HMV, said Tuesday the Monkeys were "well on their way to having the first million-selling album of 2006."

Formed in 2003, the quartet from Sheffield in northern England signed last year to Domino, the independent record label that is home to Scots rockers Franz Ferdinand.

Yeah I have that on my Ipod Woo, I love it.