“He just looked like he’d never seen anything like it before. I think it was a culture shock for him to see such brainless violence”: Punch-ups, mums and self-made hype – inside the early days of the Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys in 2005.

There is a new about Sheffield’s ever-fertile music scene out next week. Groovy, Laid Back and Nasty: A History Of Independent Music In Sheffield has been penned by Daniel Dylan Wray and as the title promises, focuses on the city’s scene from the punk era onwards.

An extensive extract has been published in today’s Guardian, one that throws an interesting light on the rise of the Arctic Monkeys, whose debut album turned 20 earlier this year.