10 Artists Who Totally Ripped Off The Arctic Monkeys

7. Iggy Pop

Now this one might be cheating a bit - Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders featured on the record after all - but Iggy Pop's "Post Pop Depression" owes a great deal to the Sheffield four-piece, indicating the bands influence on established as well as up-and-coming artists.

While "German Days" and "Chocolate Drops" wouldn't have felt out of place on "AM" and "American Valhalla" could have been dropped from "Suck It And See" for being a little too experimental, there are also hints of "Humbug" throughout the record.

That's thanks in part to the presence of Josh Homme, whom Arctic Monkeys fans might recognise as being the producer of the band's third genre-shifting album. While Turner and co ditched "Humbug's" divisive desert rock sound immediately after that record's release, its influence has crept over Arctic Monkeys' discography, and Homme and Helders have incorporated that sound to great effect here.

Opening tracks "Break Into Your Heart" and "Gardenia" sound like the love child of "Humbug" and "AM", making "Post Pop Depression" the greatest Arctic Monkeys record that never was.

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When Matteo isn't cashing in on a lifetime of devotion to his favourite pop culture franchises and indie bands, he's writing and publishing poems and short stories under the name Teo Eve. Talk about range.