'Impact of Arctic Monkeys' debut almost impossible to put into words'
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Domino Records Jessica Rickards, then Jessie May Cuffe, was out on the town in Liverpool when she was scouted
Twenty years ago an emerging "blog rock" band from Sheffield released their debut single. Though they had only been signed the year before - and to a small independent label - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor shot straight to number one and stayed in the top 100 for 31 weeks. Written by frontman Alex Turner, it was described by critics as the perfect encapsulation of what it was to be "young, pissed, lusty, bored, angry and skint" in modern-day Britain. And at a time when The Strokes, The White Stripes and The Libertines reigned, it was also one of the first singles to be successfully marketed by fans - and the internet. The Arctic Monkeys were a hungry, young foursome from the working-class suburb of High Green.
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