Arctic Monkeys BiographyIn 2001, neighbours Alex Turner and Jamie Cook asked for instruments as a Christmas present and both received electric guitars. After teaching themselves to play, the pair formed a band with Turner's school friends Andy Nicholson and Matt Helders later in 2002. Nicholson already played bass, so Matt Helders ended up on drums - "that was all that were left...they all had guitars so I bought a drum kit after a bit". Although reports suggested they named themselves after Helders' uncle's (or even father's) band, Helders later admitted that these reports were untrue - "We made that up ‘cause we got so many people asking us that in the UK, so we just started making stories up", and that he just didn't have the heart to tell the original reporter he'd been
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