The Strokes
By David Downs
New York city garage rock kingpins The Strokes never had to earn a dime. Vocalist Julian Casablancas, guitarists Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi, drummer Fabrizio Moretti and bassist Nikolai Fraiture were born into a world of private schools and family contacts in the media. Almost groomed to be rock stars by default, their EP “This Modern Age” (2001-Rough Trade) sparked into a major label bidding war for their first LP Is This It (2001-RCA/Rough Trade). The album positioned the leather-clad quartet as the natural inheritors to rock's legacy, with extremely tight, taut, popular sonic overtures combined with an edgy, underground swagger. The debut album finished second in The Village... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Alternative/Indie
- City Of Origin:
- New York City, ,New York United States
- Formed Date:
- 1998
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