“I find the sound and presentation of the voice to be at least as meaningful as the lyrics.”
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Alex Turner
Alexander David Turner is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, and the frontman of the rock band Arctic Monkeys. He is known for his lyricism ranging from kitchen sink realism to surrealist wordplay, which has been praised by music critics. All but one of Turner's studio albums have topped the UK Albums Chart. He has won seven Brit Awards, an Ivor Novello Award, and a Mercury Prize among o…
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entertainment · British indie rock musician (born 1986) · singer · singer-songwriter · guitarist · also Alex Turner, Alexander David Turner, Alex, Turner
Born 6 January 1986 · Q315643
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2026· 4 entries
“Sometimes Mr. Snarl shows up”
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“There are many contemporary rock songwriters who I admire, but none more than Alex, [...] there seems to be no limit to his lyrical inventiveness… It would be impossible to overpraise him.”
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“fourth album, Suck It and See, in New York and met up with his bandmates and James Ford for recording sessions in Los Angeles. Marc Hogan of Pitchfork enjoyed the album”
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2023· 1 entry
The band headlined Glastonbury Festival for the third time, despite Turner having been diagnosed with acute laryngitis days before
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2022· 1 entry
Turner composed the music for the audiobook version of Richard Ayoade's The Book That No One Wanted to Read with the instrumental interludes being performed himself and James Ford
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2018· 3 entries
“The Yorkshire dialect that was once his USP is now deployed sparingly, as a jolting effect.”
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That Turner ironically "played with the role" of being a rockstar but simultaneously "can't help but be a real rock star"
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Arctic Monkeys invited Clarke to perform his reading of "I Wanna Be Yours" at one of their Sheffield arena shows
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2016· 1 entry
The album was not released until April 2017
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2015· 1 entry
With Turner also playing bass, guitars, keyboards, and synthesisers
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2014· 3 entries
It became known that Turner and the rest of Arctic Monkeys were involved in Liberty's tax avoidance scheme
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The Submarine soundtrack appeared on The Times's list of 100 Soundtracks to Love
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And he co-wrote her debut album, Belladonna of Sadness, in between Arctic Monkeys' touring commitments
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2011· 2 entries
Released ep “Submarine”.
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Turner has shown his appreciation for biker culture and got his A licence in 2011.
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2008· 1 entry
Turner formed a covers band with Dev Hynes for a one-off show in London and recorded a spoken word track "A Choice of Three" for Helders' compilation album Late Night Tales
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2007· 5 entries
Who have released two orchestral pop albums: The Age of the Understatement (2008) and Everything You've Come to Expect (2016)
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Turner was inspired by the music of Bowie, Scott Walker, Serge Gainsbourg, David Axelrod and Ennio Morricone
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Kitty Empire of The Observer noted that he was a "reserved" presence on stage: "He chats a bit to about 15 people in the middle of the front rows, and only looks up at the balcony, once, a little apprehensively
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Rosie Swash of The Guardian remarked upon Turner's "steady, wry stage presence": "Arctic Monkeys don't do ad-libbing, they don't do crowd interaction, and they don't do encores
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To form a side-project band, the Last Shadow Puppets, with Ford and Miles Kane, whom he had befriended during a tour in mid-2005
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2005· 1 entry
“We were given some poor advice and I made a poor decision, but I always paid my taxes in full, on time,”
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1986· 1 entry
Born 1986-01-06.
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