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
Favourite Worst Nightmare than local stories of the first record, FWN is a "faster, meaner" album. The album arguably has influences from The Smiths - "twanging, quasi-ambient backdrops...and Turner's voice [...] crooning like Morrissey or Richard Hawley." Matt Helders said "James was DJing loads in the evening so we'd go out and [...] have a dance." As a result, the drum rhythms of Helders and bassist Nick O'Malley have drawn comparisons to the Eighties funk band ESG. The band's love of classic films also influences their new style. For example, the organ at the beginning of the album's final track, "505" is replicating