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Jeremy Tiger 6/16/11  __Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys__ Alex David Turner is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and main songwriter for the Arctic Monkeys. He was born on January 6, 1986 and raised in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, England, and attended Stocksbridge High school from 1998 to 2003. During his teenage life he enjoyed listening to rap music but his attention later turned to rock music such as The Strokes and The Libertines. Turner has recorded with a side-project called The Last Shadow Puppets releasing the album, //Age of Understatement// on the 21st of April in 2008. He also all the music for the soundtrack of the movie, //Submarine,// the debut feature film of Richard Ayoade, a friend and director of various Arctic Monkeys music videos. Alex Turner has been in a relationship with English television presenter, model, and editor at British Vogue, Alexa Chung. The primarily reside in the Columbia Road market area of East London and also spend time in Brooklyn, New York City. Alexa Chung hosted the television show on MTV called //It’s On// which was an interactive talk and variety program that aired from June 15 to December 17, 2009. In 2008, the band, The Kooks//,// revealed an ongoing dispute with the Arctic Monkeys. Front man if The Kooks, Luke Pritchard had kicked Alex Turner in the face while he was attempting to pull the leads out of his guitar pedals while The Kooks were on stage. Pritchard later approached Turner and try to apologize and offered to share a jam session, but Turner turned his back and walked away. Pritchard described that Turner was a “genius musician” and a “talented songwriter”.