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Update: The Arctic Monkeys Myspace page reportedly went for £1,170.00/$2,048.67 although Ebay may have invalidated the sale/auction.
The other day I was reading about the recent surge in people selling their Myspace profiles. Basically, there's actually a market for Myspace profiles or at least the ones with thousands of friends. I guess online marketers view them as being similiar to buying email lists.
With that said, it seems that the Arctic Monkeys Myspace profile is now up for sale. With about 14 hours left it's up to £250 or $304. Here's a bit of the blurb off Ebay:
This auction is to give you the opportunity to take over the running and management of the Arctic Monkeys Myspace Profile. The site was set up in March 2005, before the band rocketed to stardom. The site was set up as a fan site, and know has 50,000 fans, with 711,468 views alone. There are more than 20,000 fans waiting to be added, with other great opportunities to be further explored. I myself have not had enough time due to other commitments to really make the most of the profile, and so now I am looking to pass this site on to someone who will be able to keep the profile up to date and fulfill its true potential.
Here's also a bit about Myspace and the band in an interview that Prefix did with Arctic Monkeys. (Sidenote: Some of the UK press has said that Myspace is responsible for the band's rise to superstardom):
PM: I notice you have a pretty popular site on Myspace.
Arctic Monkeys: We don’t know about that, either.PM: So that’s not you guys?
Arctic Monkeys: No, no. The other day someone said to us, “I looked at your profile on Myspace.” I said, “I don’t even know what Myspace is.” [When we went number one in England] we were on the news and radio about how Myspace has helped us. But that’s just the perfect example of someone who doesn’t know what the fuck they’re talking about. We actually had no idea what [Myspace] was.
Thanks for the tip Sara!
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Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" (Satuday Night Live / SNL)(March 11, 2006)(Windows Media)
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The new issue of Filter has a good article on Arctic Monkeys:
"We were always going to be Arctic Monkeys, before we even had a band or anything," says Alex Turner with a chuckle. Naturally, he's used to the question. "It comes from the drummer's dad. He had a band in '76 or something that went by the name. They spelled it differently, but we just always love it."
Neat story, right? Read the following from the Prefix interview with Arctic Monkeys to find out the truth. Funny stuff:
"Prefix: The name of the band — that comes from the drummer of your father’s band?
Arctic Monkeys (Matt): No, no. That’s a lie as well. I’ll tell you the truth. We made that up ‘cause we got so many people asking us that in the U.K. — every interviewer asked us about that. So we just started making stories up. We made so many up that it was hard to keep track.It’s just a name. Jamie, the guitarist, came up with it at school before we were in a band. He just always wanted to be in a band called Arctic Monkeys."
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Another day and another five articles on the Arctic Monkeys. I'm actually beginning to think that by trying to downplay the hype the band has inadvertantly fueled the hype. In any case, selling 360,000 records in the UK with your debut will result in a ton of press no matter what you do.
The majority of the press has been from the UK although the NY Times has a very glowing feature posted today...
"Then he does, and the song gets even better. Mr. Turner's lyrics are worth waiting for and often worth memorizing, too. He delivers pithy, unpretentious descriptions of a teenage world defined by daydreams and nightlife. And he has an uncanny way of evoking Northern English youth culture while neither romanticizing it nor sneering at it."
"There is no guarantee that the Arctic Monkeys will sell like Franz Ferdinand. And there is no telling whether American listeners and rock radio stations will embrace — or, for that matter, understand — their slangy tales of taxi rides and street crime and sulking girlfriends. If the Arctic Monkeys remained a British juggernaut but an American cult band, they wouldn't be the first. And it wouldn't really matter. You probably won't hear a better CD all year long."
Other Arctic Monkeys' articles from today...
"Arctic Monkeys break UK album chart record" (NME)
"Jarvis Cocker Praises Arctic Monkeys" (Gigwise)
" Sugababes To Cover Arctic Monkeys" (Playlouder)
"Arctic Monkeys' spring tour revealed" (Soundgenerator)
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Just got back from the Arctic Monkeys show at Bowery Ballroom tonight. I was talking with someone after the show and they said that no band can live up to the hype that the Arctic Monkeys have. I think that was a valid point, but we both also agreed that they put on a heck of a show that night.
The band entered the stage to Dr. Dre's Next Episode and the crowd was amped and gave the guys a very warm welcome. When I interviewed Matt (drummer) from the band last night, he told me that The Chronic 2001 was an album he loved. The band then proceeded to rip through a set of high energy rock. Despite the hype surrounding the band, I didn't see any gimmicks. The guys just play great, pure rock music. The only disappointment for me was the lack of an encore, but it was still a mighty performance.
After the show I handed out some Prefix flyers and discovered saying "first U.S. online interview up next week" was far more successful than the usual silent approach I use. (Note: We might not actually be the first U.S. online interview for the band, but I think we will be.) Here are two bits from the interview that'll be up next week...
Prefixmag.com: How old are you guys?
Arctic Monkeys (Matt): Three of us are 19. One of us is 20.Prefixmag.com: I guess most band names are a bit awkward to chant, but have people been chanting Arctic Monkeys at shows?
Arctic Monkeys (Matt): Oh yeah. They chant Monkeys instead. In England they shout Monkeys. In Canada last night they were chanting Arctic.
Previously: Arctic Monkeys Hype
The Arctic Monkeys hype continues to build and today as I was going through various sites I came across three articles on the band. Haven't seen this much hype around a band since the last band that was hyped up. In any case it should be interesting to see how this ends up. Looks like they'll huge though...
BBC: Arctic Monkeys business - Band play up to million pound hype ("Think of the previous bands who have been massively hyped and enthused about ... The Strokes and Oasis - they were never this big this quick.")
Gigwise: Arctic Monkeys Sign £1million Publishing Deal ("The news compound predictions that the Arctic Monkeys are set to be the biggest British band since Oasis.")
NME: Arctic Monkeys play biggest gig yet ("The gig which was twice upgraded from smaller venues in the capital...)
Update: Prefix interviews Arctic Monkeys Part 1, Part 2
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Arctic Monkeys: A Certain Romance (MP3) / Fake Tales Of San Francisco (MP3) / I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (Video)
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Arctic Monkeys: Scummy (MP3) / Bet She Look’s Good... (Video)
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