The Death Ramps
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Death Ramps performing at Madison Square Garden on 22 March 2012. From Left-to-right: Nick O'Malley, Matt Helders, Alex Turner, Jamie Cook.
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Arctic Monkeys |
| Origin | Sheffield, England |
| Genres | Indie rock,post-punk revival, psychedelic rock, garage rock |
| Years active | 2007–2014 (Hiatus) |
| Labels | Domino |
| Associated acts |
Miles Kane Richard Hawley |
| Website | arcticmonkeys |
| Members |
Alex Turner Jamie Cook Nick O'Malley Matt Helders |
"Death Ramps" is an alias for British indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. They usually go under this name in collaboration with Miles Kane and fellow Sheffield artist Richard Hawley, and have released five tracks, all B-sides to Arctic Monkeys singles.
Domino, their label, stated: "Unfortunately, we're not allowed to tell you the true identity of the Death Ramps but needless to say they're a band with A Certain Romance (wink, wink)."
In an interview with AnotherMag in 2013, frontman Alex Turner stated:
We used to ride our BMXs on these little hills in the woods where we grew up in Sheffield. As six-year-olds they looked like death ramps to us – I always thought that'd be a cool name for a band. When we started using guest singers like Richard Hawley and Miles Kane on the B-side of our seven-inches we called ourselves the Death Ramps and my mate Reino Lehtonen-Riley, who owns The Great Frog, knocked up some rings. We've all got one.
The Death Ramps / Nettles single was released on 3 December 2007 on 7" vinyl, limited to just 250 copies.
The songs are the B-sides from the Arctic Monkeys single "Teddy Picker", from their second album Favourite Worst Nightmare.
All music composed by Death Ramps.
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