The Strokes, an indie rock band from the United States, performing compositions in the style of alternative rock, garage rock, formed in 1998. It includes vocalist Julian Casablancas, solo guitarists Albert Hammond and Nick Valencia, bass guitarist Nikolai Freitour and percussionist Fabrizio Moretti. The acquaintance of the group members occurs long before the creation of the group, even during school. In early 1998, the band got together and decided to form the band The Strokes. Performances are
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The Strokes, an indie rock band from the United States, performing compositions in the style of alternative rock, garage rock, formed in 1998. It includes vocalist Julian Casablancas, solo guitarists Albert Hammond and Nick Valencia, bass guitarist Nikolai Freitour and percussionist Fabrizio Moretti.
The acquaintance of the group members occurs long before the creation of the group, even during school. In early 1998, the band got together and decided to form the band The Strokes. Performances are held in music clubs in New York, where the team gradually begins to gain popularity. Their performances are noticed by Ryan Gentles and becomes their manager.
The Strokes begin to rehearse and record their own songs. And by 2000, the band's musical baggage was "The Modern Age", "New York City Cops", "Someday", "Sagganuts" and many others. In 2001, the debut single "The Modern Age" was released with such songs as "Barely Legal", "The Modern Age" and "Last Nite". In the same year, the debut album “Is This It” appears, which falls on the 4th position of the list of the best albums of the XXI century, and soon the team goes on tour in the United States.
In 2003, the band recorded a compilation album Room on Fire with the title track "What Ever Happened", in addition to the album contains "You Talk Way Too Much", "Meet Me In The Bathroom". Three years later, the band released the CD "First Impressions of Earth", in support of his "The Strokes" went on a large European tour, during which the musicians hold several concerts in Russia, in particular in Moscow (DK Gorbunova). Soon after returning from tour, the band decides to suspend their creative activities, and the musicians are engaged in solo activities. In 2009, The Strokes began work on another compilation. /
Discography
2001 - The Modern Age
2001 - Is This It
2003 - Room on Fire
2006 - First Impressions of Earth