Alex Turner with Judan Suki at Sheffield's 2fly Studios, Turner asked Alan Smyth if he would produce an Arctic Monkeys demo. Smyth obliged and "thought they definitely had something special going on. I told Alex off for singing in an American voice at that first session." An introduction by Smyth led to the band acquiring a management team, Geoff Barradale and Ian McAndrew. They paid for Arctic Monkeys to record numerous three-song demos in 2003 and 2004. Barradale drove the band around venues in Scotland, the Midlands, and the north of England to establish their reputation as a live band. They handed
Matt Turner (Neighbours) situation. Jaci Stephen from the "Daily Mail" commented that "the men of Erinsborough are a miserable and moody bunch" after Matt found Lauren's sketch of Brad and went into "a permanent sulk". When Steph kidnapped Patrick, Dianne Butler, writing for "The Courier-Mail", quipped "I guess we'll now get to see what sort of mettle Officer Matt has, or if that uniform is like the cheerleaders outfits on "Glee"." Butler later observed that Matt was "never not on duty, he's like Freddy Krueger, he never takes his uniform off." After Lauren revealed that she and Brad had a daughter, Laura Morgan