Alexander David Turner[1] (born 6 January 1986) is an English musician and member of Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets. He is the vocalist and lead guitarist in both bands. He is the main songwriter in the Arctic Monkeys and shares writing duties in side-project The Last Shadow Puppets with Miles Kane.

Contents [hide]
1 Recording career
1.1 Forming Arctic Monkeys
1.2 The Last Shadow Puppets
1.3 Other musical projects
2 Musical equipment
3 Personal life
4 Discography
5 References
6 External links [edit] Recording career
[edit] Forming Arctic Monkeys
Main article: Arctic Monkeys
Along with Andy Nicholson and Matt Helders, Turner attended Stocksbridge High School,[2] and together with his neighbour Jamie Cook, formed Arctic Monkeys in 2002.

Turner is believed to have started learning guitar because of the band that was one of his main influences, Oasis. Turner has always been the band's main songwriter, and his observations of inner city England have drawn comparisons to The Streets' Mike Skinner.[3] However, Turner has admitted that during the early days of the band "nobody wanted to admit they wrote [the lyrics] so we kept trying other singers so they'd do it for us." Despite enjoying songwriting, Turner shied away from acknowledgment because he "didn't want to have piss took out of [him]!"[3] However, he has suggested that he has always enjoyed songwriting and that since getting his guitar, has spent most of his spare moments penning new lyrics, as "that’s what [he]'d feel comfortable doing.[4] Describing the manner in which he constructs his lyrics, Turner says

"I'll think about something and I'll be writing, penning something down and I'll keep building on that. The best stuff comes when I’ve got a melody and a rhythm so I know how many syllables each line is going to have and then build it up from there, and make it a whole thing, and try and pay attention to every aspect."[5]

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