Alexander David Turner (born 6 January 1986) is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist and main songwriter of the English rock band Arctic Monkeys. He has also recorded with a side-project called The Last Shadow Puppets and as a solo artist. Turner has a baritone vocal range.
Alex Turner is the only child of Penny and David Turner, who taught German and Music respectively at Sheffield secondary schools. He was raised in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield.
He attended Stocksbridge High School in Sheffield (1997–2002) and was later remembered by his English teacher, Steve Baker, as "someone unconventional, a little bit different, with a brightness and a cleverness that would serve him well. He had a very original sense of humour.
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