<![CDATA[‘We were stubborn teenagers.]]>‘We were stubborn teenagers. We didn’t want to be famous’: the inside story of Arctic Monkeys’ frenzied early years

In this extract from a new book on Sheffield’s musical history, Monkeys drummer Matt Helders and the cream of the city’s indie scene look back on the febrile mid-00s – from brilliant tunes to ‘brainless violence’ In 2005, enough of a storm seemed to be...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/29/arctic-monkeys-matt-helders-sheffield

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