Alex Turner with You" is one of Turner's favourite albums, and he has mentioned the song "Only You Know" in many interviews. He has taken inspiration from the production of "Born to Be with You" and The Beach Boys's "Pet Sounds". Nick Lowe, Nick Cave, John Cale and Lou Reed are among Turner's favourite lyricists. He has covered Leonard Cohen's "Memories" and "Is This What You Wanted" with The Last Shadow Puppets. The Beatles are an influence, as is David Bowie. Solo Arctic Monkeys The Last Shadow Puppets Collaborations Alex Turner Alexander David Turner (born 6 January 1986) is an English musician,
Andy Nicholson recovered. However, on 20 June 2006, it was announced that he was no longer part of the band, with Alex Turner later stating ""we sorta found ourselves in a situation where we wanted to move forward"". The band asked Nicholson to leave. Helders later remarked: "It’s not for everyone, the traveling, I suppose ... He didn’t get specific. We didn’t want to drag all of that out of him ... We took [Nick] out to America and we just couldn't see going back to the way things were for whatever reason." Initially, Nicholson began making a name for himself in