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
Jamie Cook (rower) the Great Britain's under-23 men's eight crew at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria. One year later he represented the under-23 men's fours at 2014 World Rowing Championships in Varese, Italy. In 2017 he was named in the Oxford eight for the third time and will take part in the 2017 boat race alongside his brother Ollie and fellow Old Abingdonian Vassilis Ragoussis. Oxford won the race. Jamie Cook (rower) James Edward Timothy Cook (born 1992) is a British rower. Whilst in education at Abingdon School he gained colours for the Abingdon School Boat Club. After leaving Abingdon