As the crowds shuffled along the security queue at Ibiza airport, not one person noticed that the band standing next to them had played a raucous, sold-out gig at Ibiza Rocks just the night before. A scene witnessed in 2007, the band was Arctic Monkeys, and they were still riding high on the success of Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, the fastest-selling debut album in British history.

Heads down, studying their feet, four unassuming young lads from Sheffield looked exactly that, blending in with the hungover masses heading home after a week-long bender in San Antonio, paler than when they arrived.

But of them all, frontman Alex Turner would never blend in that easily again. After those precocious lyrical anthems put him centre stage at the tender age of 20, he bagged himself a model girlfriend and quickly morphed into an indie-rock god before our very eyes. And with every subsequent album, he’s changed his look, and his hairstyle.

Alex Turner’s haircuts are a bit like his lyrics, drawing from a whole set of influences. And from reserved indie scally to aloof millionaire rockstar, he’s pulled off each restyle without an obvious fail – while Turner looks to the past for his hair-spiration (we have a hunch he’s trying to mirror every stage of hair icon George Harrison of The Beatles) he always gives his retro styles a modern spin. Let’s check out his greatest hair hits.

The Alex Turner Feather Cut

You won’t find X-Factor audition footage of the Arctic Monkeys anywhere. They made it the old-fashioned way; rehearsing in garages and playing in the corners of pubs and bars, then putting out demos via forgotten social network MySpace. Their sound wasn’t manufactured, and neither was their style.

This early haircut has elements of hero worship, touching on a style favoured by Paul Weller, Ian Brown and Liam Gallagher, mixed with the boyish charm of every kid you’ve ever seen at V festival. Turner moved on from this look, but his Modfathers are still partial to feathered sideburns, giving it the hallmarks of a classic. It works for most hair types, provided it’s not super curly.