{"id":24379,"date":"2025-04-16T09:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24379\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T09:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:24:11","slug":"the-kooks-luke-pritchard-looks-back-on-arctic-monkeys-row-after-once-kicking-alex-turner-in-the-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24379\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kooks&#8217; Luke Pritchard looks back on Arctic Monkeys row after once kicking Alex Turner in the face"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-kooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kooks<\/a>\u2018 Luke Pritchard has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-kooks-55-1325299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reflected on a row<\/a> he once had with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/arctic-monkeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arctic Monkeys<\/a> frontman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/alex-turner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Turner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-kooks-interview-new-album-never-know-luke-pritchard-tiktok-3833349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kooks tell us about \u201cpositive\u201d and \u201cromantic\u201d new album \u2018Never\/Know\u2019: \u201cIt\u2019s such a guitar record, but it\u2019s also got a modernity to it\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Back in 2008, Pritchard spoke about a feud he once had with the singer which resulted in him kicking Turner in the face.<\/p>\n<p>He said at the time: \u201cWe have had a weird relationship with the Arctics since we first met. I had to kick Alex in the face after he tried to pull the leads out of my guitar pedals while we were on stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to patch things up with Alex but he just turned his back and walked away. I suppose they are quite arrogant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arctic Monkeys fans at the time hit out at Pritchard\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/arctic-monkeys-424-1324340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> comments as a \u201cdesperate attempt to get some publicity\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/cdcea390-80d2-4938-9271-90afaf24bf3f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"\/>Arctic Monkeys\u2019 debut album cover CREDIT: Press<\/p>\n<p>Both bands released their debut albums on the same day in January 2006 with the Sheffield band\u2019s \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/reviews-arctic-monkeys-7837-317720\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whatever People Say I Am, That\u2019s What I\u2019m Not<\/a>\u2018 becoming the fastest selling debut album in British music history, while The Kooks\u2019 \u2018Inside In\/Inside Out\u2019 went in at Number Nine and peaked at Number Two in the UK albums chart.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, The Kooks praised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-kooks-82-1337977\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Sheffield band for helping make their debut become one of the most successful albums of that year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in a new interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14595263\/The-Kooks-Luke-Pritchard-Arctic-Monkeys-feud-00s-rockstars.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>, Pritchard has played down their feud. \u201cFrom our point of view, it just happened that our [debut] albums came out the same day, we were the same age, and we had similar influences,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn a personal level, there\u2019s never been a rivalry. But I respect them, and I think they respect us. We come across them quite a bit, and it\u2019s always fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThere was the \u2018kick in the head\u2019 \u2013 we were meant to tour with them around our first album, and it didn\u2019t happen. They came down to our gig, and there was a bit of an incident. But again, it was all fun. It was crazy times, man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pritchard also previously praised Arctic Monkeys\u2019 \u201cdevelopment\u201d over the years<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-kooks-talk-similarities-with-arctic-monkeys-and-praise-their-development-3558449\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> in a separate, more recent interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cIt\u2019s amazing their development and how they\u2019ve managed to not look back. I think it\u2019s a well trodden path and I think that people have to give a bit of time and space to artists.<\/p>\n<p>Pritchard went on to explain how he no longer really feels connected to some of the lyrics and emotion from The Kooks\u2019 earlier work. \u201cThe thing with Arctic Monkeys where they are very similar to us as well, is that we\u2019re the same age. Again, we were the next gen from the indie bands at the time, so we were very young,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Kooks are due to release their new album \u2018Never\/Know\u2019 on May 9.<\/p>\n<p>Of the new record,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-kooks-interview-new-album-never-know-luke-pritchard-tiktok-3833349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the frontman recently told NME<\/a>: \u201cI didn\u2019t overthink it. It wasn\u2019t necessarily strictly a stream of consciousness, but there was this vibe I was getting when I played it to my wife or my friends. It felt there was maybe a debut-ism to it\u2026 trying to get into flow state and let it ride \u2013 let it roll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also recently commented about the current state of indie and how much like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-last-dinner-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Last Dinner Party<\/a>\u2018s Abigail Morris, Pritchard was also criticised for being privately educated.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had it with going to BRIT School. We thought we should make t-shirts saying, \u2018The Kooks Stage School\u2019\u2026 now, that has changed a lot, where people aren\u2019t so much like that. I respect anyone who can get on stage and play, and someone who can write music,\u201d Pritchard added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t know what they\u2019ve been through in their life. But we also do live in an age where [cancel culture] is really common, and it\u2019s being talked about, how people can anonymously say these things. I don\u2019t think anyone feels that way in the industry, so they\u2019ve got a lot of support from people like ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out The Kooks\u2019 full 2025 UK dates below and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fthe-kooks-tickets%2Fartist%2F1098654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit here for tickets<\/a>\u00a0and information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JULY<\/strong><br \/><strong>11 \u2013 TRNSMT Festival, Glasgow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUGUST\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>22 \u2013 Reading Festival, Richfield Avenue<\/strong><br \/><strong>23 \u2013 Leeds Festival, Bramham Park<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kooks\u2018 Luke Pritchard has reflected on a row he once had with Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,481,269,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-24379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-indie","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114346922343167880","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}