Beneath the Boardwalk Turner used to work. Slowly, as more demos were spread online, they were all classified under this name. This has led to many people falsely believing that "Beneath the Boardwalk" was an early album, or that the early demos were all released under this heading. In a 2005 interview with "Prefix Magazine", Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders said: Many of the songs featured in the collection (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 14) went on to appear later — albeit re-recorded — on Arctic Monkeys' debut album, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not". The
Alex Turner did not read regularly and was too self-conscious to share his writing with others. Nonetheless, he enjoyed English lessons. His teacher, Simon Baker, later remembered him as a clever pupil who was "quite reserved ... a little bit different." He noted that Turner had an "incredibly laid-back" approach to school work, which worried his mother. Turner then spent two years at Barnsley College (2002–2004), where he studied for A-levels in music technology and media studies, and AS-levels in English, photography and psychology. After watching friends perform in local bands, Turner, Helders, Nicholson and another friend, Jamie Cook, decided to form