Alex Turner Arctic Monkeys in mid-2002. In the early days of the band, Helders has recalled that Turner "wasn’t necessarily going to be the singer" but was the obvious candidate for lyricist: "I knew he had a thing for words." Before playing a live show, the band rehearsed for a year in both Turner and Helders' garages and, later, at an unused warehouse in Wath. Turner gradually began to share lyrics with his bandmates. According to Helders' mother, who drove the teenagers to and from their rehearsal space three times a week: "If they knew you were there, they would just stop
Alex Turner and The Streets. He has repeatedly cited Method Man as one of his favourite lyricists, and has referenced the Wu-Tang Clan in his own lyrics. The sound of 2013's "AM" was inspired by what Turner imagined "a hip-hop producer’s perspective would be", and the songs incorporated lyrical structures used by Lil Wayne and Drake. He is "a big fan" of the hip-hop producer and composer Adrian Younge, and drew inspiration from his music when writing "Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino". For Turner, The Strokes were "that one band that comes along when you are 14 or 15 years old that