NME awards: Decade of Arctic Monkeys

Their last album railed against the production line mentality of the music industry and the fakes that populate it. But Arctic Monkeys are on their way to becoming its most decorated band of the decade after notching up a record seven nominations for next month's NME awards.

The band, who last year followed their record-breaking debut with a well-received second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, and headline slots at Glastonbury and Old Trafford cricket ground, took their total number of nominations at the awards to 15 in three years.

Reflecting their across the board appeal, they were this month nominated for three Brit awards, the more mainstream event the NME awards were originally intended to counterbalance.

But despite critical and commercial success, frontman Alex Turner and his bandmates have steadfastly remained to one side of the industry machine.

Their television appearances are often dry, taciturn affairs and they failed to turn up to collect their awards for best group and best album at last year's Brit awards. But they have been strong supporters of the NME equivalent.

Guitarist Jamie Cook said: "It's sound the readers keep voting for us. We're chuffed. Best band and best album are always a good one. Live would be good. We put a lot of effort into our live work last year, I thought we got a lot better."

NME said the nominations, including best British band, best live band, best album and best track, meant the group had become the most voted-for band of the decade and "the band of a generation". The event is being hugely expanded and will take place at the O2 in London for the first time.

Nominations

Best British band

Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, the Cribs, Klaxons, Muse

Best international band

Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters, the Killers, Kings Of Leon, My Chemical Romance

Best album

Favourite Worst Nightmare, Arctic Monkeys; Shotters Nation, Babyshambles; We'll Live And Die In These Towns, the Enemy; Myths of the Near Future, Klaxons; In Rainbows, Radiohead