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The Sun
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Star of Arctic Monkey's famous album cover now – and his secret TV star pal
FANS of the Arctic Monkey will well remember their debut album, that launched the band to fame in the mid-noughties. The iconic album cover to Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not featured a young lad smoking - and we can reveal what he looks like now and who his VERY famous pal is. 5 5 The man on the front of the Arctic Monkey's first ever record was Chris McClure, who was just 16-years-old at the time. He landed the gig of posing as the poster boy for the album after he met Alex Turner, Matt Helders, Jamie Cook, Andy Nicholson, and Nick O'Malley in Sheffield before they were famous. However, he has now revealed just how much he was paid to be on the album that has since gone down in history. In an interview with Northern Chorus posted on Instagram, Chris said: "I was given about 700 quid." Chris has previously recalled the story of how he ended up on the Arctic Monkeys most famous album. Speaking to The Guardian in 2016, he recalled how he became friends with the band - who weren't famous at the time - when he was just a teenager. Chris said: "I frst met the Arctic Monkeys on the last bus home. We were 16. "We'd go to the same gigs in Sheffield, then see each other on the number 77 – so we became friends. "When they went on their first tour, I was their guitar tech: I couldn't tune a guitar to save my life, but I think they wanted someone who was part of the gang." Talking about being asked to be on the cover of their now very famous debut album, Chris recalled: "I was studying sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University when I got a call from Andy Nicholson, the bassist. "They were working on their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, and wanted pictures of a guy on a night out for the artwork. "There was no suggestion it was for the cover. Andy asked if I'd do it, and I said why not? I'm not sure why me. I never asked. I think they just wanted someone normal." He then revealed he was given a "wad of cash" to get drunk and to come back at 2am to take the picture. Talking about becoming famous overnight, after the album was released in 2006, Chris said: "That Monday, my phone never stopped. It was bonkers; like being dipped into fame. Everyone in the world wanted to know who I was." 5 STAR PAL Along with the Arctic Monkeys, Chris also has another very famous star pal. He is also friends with Line of Duty star Vicky McClure - no relation. The pair have struck up a close friendship over the years, and she often helps him plug his daytime disco, Day Fever.
Daily Mirror
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Arctic Monkeys' 'true meaning' of iconic song that fans are still trying to work out
Fans of Arctic Monkeys are still trying to work out the meaning behind one of the band's most iconic songs, with one Reddit user suggesting they have finally cracked the code Arctic Monkeys' fans are still puzzled over the meaning of one of the band's biggest hits. The indie rock legends have a plethora of popular songs, with tracks like Fluorescent Adolescent continuing to spark discussions among fans even after more than a decade since its release. Now, attention has shifted to a song from Arctic Monkeys ' most commercially successful album, led by Alex Turner. A post on the r/ArcticMonkeys subreddit has seen fans sharing their various interpretations of a track from 2013's AM, an album that was released around the time the band were headlining Glastonbury Festival. Fans are still trying to figure out the meaning behind the song, Do I Wanna Know?, which featured on the 2013 album. One user wrote: "My interpretation of AM's 'Do I Wanna Know?' I feel that the best way to enjoy this song is with the music video. A lot of people find the AM persona irritating and cringe. Constantly chasing this girl to no avail and telling us, the listener, about his fantasies about her. "But I find it quite interesting. You can clearly see in the video the personas spiral into madness as s**t just gets weirder and weirder, symbolising how the character may feel. "It starts out as clearly being black and white (either true or false) but then colour creeps its way into the video symbolising how the persona begins to question what he knows and believes because of this girl. "This culminates into full blown explosion of colour and confusion. The things that the character used to know as true are ultimately questioned and perhaps ignored." Other users have suggested other interpretations of the song, which has been aided by watching the music video. Another has since thanked the original poster, as the music video has recontextualised the song for them. They wrote: "I never watched the music video until now so thanks. "It's the song that got me into it them so I don't find it cringy. But I also think that the video could symbolize him getting farther and farther away from the girl (feels like he's losing her and control over the situation/his feelings). "Like things started out simple and easy to understand between them, black and white, and slowly got more confusing, adding colour, until he's not even sure what's happening between them or if there was anything to start with." But some fans have suggested that this bewildering track is misunderstood as being superficial. One user countered: "That's an interesting perspective... "I'm pretty sure it was never meant to be as shallow as people perceived it to be. It's just that because it got really popular, people thought it just became a stupid song. Another jokingly claimed the song straightforward than the original poster suggested. The song 'Do I Wanna Know?' appears on Arctic Monkeys' widely debated 2013 album, AM. However, one user thinks they've deciphered its rather simple message, humorously suggesting: "He just doesn't know if he wants to know."
