Highstreet Magazine May. 2014 | Page 6

ALEX TURNER: The biography Alexander David Turner was born in January 6, 1986 in High Green, UK. He is an English musician, best known as the vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter of the English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. The son of two teachers; his father is German and his mother is English and they instilled the love of music and interest in the letters, Turner received his first guitar as a Christmas gift in 2001. Turner attended Stocksbridge High School and he used to work in different bars, playing the guitar or singing and in 2002 he formed the Arctic Monkeys. Despite enjoying the composition, he felt shy when he had to recognize that he wrote the songs; he said “I didn’t want to make a fool of myself!” Alex Turner has had a very private life and he strongly rejected the paparazzi when he was declared as the coolest man in the planet by the NME magazine in December 2005. Turner donated the guitar which he used in the early days of the band, a