Now, some of you might have been a bit confused when you picked up your Arctic Monkeys album and perhaps noted that the cover star was not, in fact, a band member. Well, those of you who don't remember any of The Smiths' album covers might. Anyway, the young man who appears on the cover of 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' has been identified, and what's more, he's said some stuff.
Chris McClure is a Manchester University student who was asked by his friends Arctic Monkeys to help with publicity shots. He told 6music: "Basically, me and my mate, they gave us like, 70 quid and said, 'go and get a bit intoxicated, come back and we'll take pictures' and we were like, alright then. It's a privilege [to be on the cover] but I'm not looking for Bez-style superstardom or owt. I can't actually grasp how many they've sold so far. It's just numbers, but it's pretty surreal at the moment to be honest."