Released at the tail end of mid 00’s UK indie landfill era and lauded for their organic entrance onto the day’s music scene, the Monkeys were hailed as the latest saviour of guitar music and very much christened the ‘Cool new thing’. We look back to see if they have the tunes and chops to back those claims up, if their beginning was actually that organic & try to work out if they were actually (originally at least) just a British Strokes wannabe group.