Josh Homme disputes his influence on Arctic Monkeys’ sound


Arctic Monkeys live in NYC (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever)

Arctic Monkeys live in NYC (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever)




When the Arctic Monkeys ventured out to the Californian desert in 2009 and settled down with producer Josh Homme to work on their third studio album, many believe it began a flirtation with alternative American rock, classic British metal and smatterings of old school rap which eventually led to the runaway success of last year’s ‘AM‘.

However, during an interview with BBC 6Music, Homme has disputed the level of influence he had what was then very much a strongly rooted, northern British group, and instead believes that gradual evolution is an inevitable consequence of the personalities of the four bandmates.

“I think there’s a misconception that I slowed them down or weirded them out when we worked together,” Homme said. “They’ve been playing this dangerous game of changing on every record, reaching like a rock climber for their next grip. I just love them as people.”

Arctic Monkeys headlined Nos Alive in Lisbon yesterday, drawing heavily on last year’s hugely successful LP.


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