The first Arctic Monkeys album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, was released on January 23, 2006, and quickly became the fastest-selling debut album in British history. The artwork features a black-and-white close-up shot of a guy smoking a cigarette. Who is he? Someone from the band? Nope.
His name is Chris McClure. He was the frontman of a band called The Violet May and was a close friend of the group back then. Today, he’s known as Steve Bracknell, a comedy character on TikTok that spoofs an amateur soccer coach, kind of like Ted Lasso but much sillier.
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