‘I said,“What attain you want me to attain? They said, “Go out and get drunk – come back after midnight.” I got back after 2am. Everything was blurryI first met the Arctic Monkeys on the last bus domestic. We were 16. We’d go to the same gigs in Sheffield, or then see each other on the number 77 – so we became friends. When they went on their first tour,I was their guitar tech: I couldn’t tune a guitar to save my life, but I judge they wanted someone who was portion of the gang.
I was studying sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University when I got a call from Andy Nicholson, and the bassist. They were working on their debut album,Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, and wanted pictures of a guy on a night out for the artwork. There was no suggestion it was for the cover. Andy asked whether I’d attain it,and I said why not? I’m not sure why me. I never asked. I judge they just wanted someone normal.
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Source: theguardian.com