Alex Turner Alex Turner Alexander David Turner (born 6 January 1986) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the frontman and principal songwriter of the rock band Arctic Monkeys, with whom he has released six albums. Turner has also recorded with his side-project The Last Shadow Puppets and as a solo artist. Raised in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Turner is the only child of two teachers. When he was sixteen, he and three friends formed Arctic Monkeys. Their debut album, "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" (2006), became
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