On January 23, 2006, the Arctic Monkeys released their first studio album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not To the delight of criticism of Indie Rock, who dubbed him as one of the best outings of the 2000s. 19 years later, the album is talking about him again Thanks to the man of the cover, that fans have found … on Tiktok.
Chris McClure, photographed in close-up, half-closed eyes and mouth cigarettes, is now behind a parodic Tiktok account bringing together more than 360,000 subscribers. The man camps the character of Steve Bracknall, a harassing manager of the (false) amateur football club of the Royal Oak FC, reports the media, reports the media NME – who had also classified Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not In their top 100 of the best British albums of all time in 2006, and in their top 500 of the best albums of all time very short In 2013.
NME relates that, for this shoot, the group had given 70 pounds sterling to their friend Chris McClure for a tour of the bars of Liverpool before a semi -improvised photo session, in the early morning: “[Ils m’ont] Sitting on a stool. They gave me even more whiskey and I vomited in the middle of the thing. Everything was blurred. […] I was happy but I think I didn't realize how huge it was going to be. It was only the day of exit, in January 2006, that I said to myself: 'Damn, what did I give a damn about?'” In a beautiful story of friendship and music, clearly.
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