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- Matthew Helders was born 7th of May 1986 in a Sheffield suburb, High Green. In his teens he formed the highly successful band Arctic Monkeys with his mates Alex Turner, Jamie Cook and Andrew Nicholson. He bought a drum kit "'cos that was all that was left.". The band rose to fame with an international breakthrough in 2006, after gigging around the UK for some years. He went to college in Barnsley with band mate Alex and had A-levels in musical technique, where they both passed the exam with top grades. Matt's drumming technique is funky and inspired by that from rap and hip hop-music, which he was a big fan of in his teens. He also provides his distinctive backing vocals, which can be heard on tracks such as "You probably couldn't see for the lights, but you were staring straight at me", "D is for Dangerous" and "Teddy Picker". He often does cameos in the band's music videos, since the rest of the band don't do that. In Paul Fraser's "Scummy Man" (2006), a short film based on Arctic Monkey's #1 hit "When the sun goes down", he plays a young man on his way home from a band practice who turns down a prostitute offering him her services. He also appears in the music video for the song.- IMDb mini biography by: Anja
- SpouseBree Helders(June 12, 2016 - present) (1 child)
- He has a cat named Tom.
- A picture of his dad appears in Arctic Monkeys EP "Who the f*ck are Arctic Monkeys?".
- He has released his own clothing line on the popular brand Supreme Being, consisting of three t-shirts, a jacket and a zip-hood.
- He likes gadgets, and has a kazoo and a harmonica to play on.
- For us we always think of making records as if they are going to be heard on vinyl. We know they're not, in most cases, but for us it's still important.
- I think we spend more and more time on every album concentrating on everyone's individual parts.
- The simplification of the drums is something I took from John Bonham. Some of the most exciting stuff he does is when he leaves gaps.
- [NME: The UK smoking ban kicked in on July 1 (2007). Has it bothered you?] Nick's [Nick O'Malley] the only one of us that smokes. [Nick: Oi, my mum reads this!] Like I said. Nick doesn't even smoke.
- [2007, on the UK smoking ban] We were reading about that place where they give out free deodorant because you smell people more now in bars.
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