This is a collection of known Arctic Monkeys demos and early recordings. These are the ones I could find, but please let me know if you find more.
Some of these went on to get re-recorded later on and put on the studio albums, and others never made it past the demo stage or were mainly played during their early live shows. The early demos were all recorded between 2003-2004.
The 2Fly demos was the first recordings they ever did, recorded with Alan Smyth in Sheffield in the summer of 2003. The band used to hand out burned CDs with demos at their gigs and those demos were then collected by fans/journalists and shared online. Beneath the Boardwalk is the unofficial collection of all of these studio demos and live recordings.
The Five Minutes With Arctic Monkeys are re-recorded demos and came out in 2005 with two new demos, different to both the ones on Beneath the Boardwalk and later the released versions on Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not.
I honestly don’t know anything about the Favourite Worst Nightmare demos. But they’re amazing!
There are truly some hidden gems in these, and I honestly love these demos so much. I hope you’ll enjoy!
