Former Arctic Monkeys bassist Andy Nicholson reveals Matt Helders cried at his photography book
Former Arctic Monkeys bassist Andy Nicholson has revealed drummer Matt Helders cried at his new photography book, I Bet This Looks Good On Your Coffee Table.
Nicholson’s new book documents the band’s early years on the road and consists of photos that he took from behind-the-scenes as they rose up the ranks to superstardom.
The bassist left the group in 2006 and was replaced in the line-up by Nick O’Malley, who remains a member today. However, Nicholson is on good terms with his former bandmates, who saw the book before it hit shelves this month.
In an interview with The Evening Show with Dan O’Connell on Radio X, shared of his relationship with the group, “We talk quite a lot. I sent them an early copy of the book, yeah, and got some great replies.”
The bassist continued, “Matt [Helders] said it made him cry! Jamie [Cook] weren’t far behind.”
He also said that Alex Turner unsuccessfully tried to suggest possible names for the book, adding, “Some of the names that were suggested for the working titles, Al came up with a couple of them. He said, ‘Good job the music was good, because we didn’t look too good either!’ Do you know what I mean?”
Nicholson then said of his exit from the group and how they managed to repair their friendship, stating of his departure, “Well, it was a difference of reasons. Like, I had family stuff going on, they decided to take Nick [O’Malley] on tour, came back, decided to keep Nick, so I wasn’t in there anymore.”
He continued, “After a few years, maybe four or five years of us parting ways and not really talking a lot, we kind of started to link back up and started to have these serious, grown-up conversations and really rebuild our friendship from there. And yeah, everything’s been fine since then.”
The former Arctic Monkeys member also said the “whole fame thing was like a horrible side effect to being successful”, which was never the reason he started playing in the band.
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