Watch the Arctic monkeys boldly cover the Strokes 'Is Is It'

When Alex Turner sang "I just wanted to be one of the Strokes" on the opening track of Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino il

The fan of frontman and cowboy outfit has become lyrical about his obsession with Strokes for years, stating in an interview with NME in 2011 that the debut album of New York group was one of his great inspirations. "I remember that I had the habit of playing this first album at the university all the time, when our band was starting to take its first steps," he told NME. "And I remember consciously trying not to look like" The Strokes ", deliberately taking pieces of songs that looked a lot like them, but I still loved this album."

Clearly, his obsession with Strokes is still raging . A few nights ago, Sheffield's outfit tore off a cover of the Strokes song "Is This It" at a show in New York.

They get close enough to the original arrangement, Turner doing his best to mimic Julian Casablancas' wounded trail. Needless to say, they pulled it off with aplomb. Look at it below.