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