Who is The Strokes

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A sexy, stylish, and undeniably cool band, The Strokes are the future of rock & roll

The Strokes is a 5 piece band hailing from New York City, made up of Nikolai Fraiture (bass), Julian Casablancas (vocals), Albert Hammond Jr and Nick Valensi (guitar) and Fab Moretti (drums). Their The Modern Age EP kick-started a wave of hype that saw their 2001 debut record, Is This It achieve massive success and helped initiate an explosion of bands who squeezed brazen New York punk attitude into 3 minute pop songs.

In 2003, their second album (Room on Fire) hit stores and recieved critical praise, some critics citing this album as an advance musically and showed they weren't content to milk the formula that brought them their success.

Constant touring followed by a well-earned break (during which Casablancas married the band's publicist's secretary) meant that it wasn't until January 2006 that their third record, First Impressions of Earth was released. (read more)

The Strokes - You Only Live Once 

Some people think they're always right
Others are quiet and uptight
Others they seem so very nice nice nice nice (oh-ho)
Inside they might feel sad and wrong (oh no)

Twenty-nine different attributes
Only seven that you like (oh-oh)
Twenty ways to see the world (oh-ho)
Twenty ways to start a fight (oh-ho)

You Only Live Once Lyrics

The Strokes - You Only Live Once Video

With a Hundred ways to do a dozen things........why not try it all? **YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE**

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Just can't stop listening to Reptilia, the Stroke's best song ever.
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The Strokes - Reptilia

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The Strokes - 12:51

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The Strokes - Last Nite

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The Strokes - You Only Live On...

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Heart In a Cage - The Strokes

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The Strokes - Someday

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The Strokes - Juicebox

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The Strokes - Hard To Explain

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The Strokes - Is this It

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Top Albums 

Is This It

1. Is This It 2. The Modern Age 3. Soma 4. Barely Legal 5. Someday 6. Alone, Together 7. Last Nite 8. Hard To Explain 9. When It Started 10. Trying Your Luck 11. Take It Or Leave It

Release Date: 10/09/2001

Room on Fire

Release Date: 10/28/2003

First Impressions of Earth

Release Date: 01/03/2006

Yours to Keep

Release Date: 03/06/2007

Nasty Little Thoughts

Release Date: 09/07/1999

Links 

The best of the rest

Here are a few of the best fan sites and portals where The Strokes fans can find more about their favorite band.
The Strokes Official Website
Official site contains news, tour dates, pictures, audio clips, fan club, and merchandise.
The Strokes at Wikipedia
A series of articles covering the history of the group, the development of their work, the members and notable albums and songs.
The Strokes Official MySpace
MySpace music profile for The Strokes with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more.

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Blog Posts 

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music induced euphoria: The Strokes Post #141
The Strokes Post #141. The Strokes - Is This IT (live, Mad TV) [mp3] ... The Strokes Posts. for an explanation of the daily postings, click HERE for the concert archive click HERE. on repeat. DISCLAIMERS GALORE! ...
The Strokes – Room On Fire « Album Du Jour – Updated Daily
The Strokes are actually the earliest group that I can remember that re-popularized the 60's/70's ?garage band? rock sound. Sure, there have been bands making this style of music ever since it was invented in those magical decades, ...
music induced euphoria: The Strokes Post #140
The Strokes Post #140. I stumbled upon this gem a couple of weeks ago. Highly recommended watching. The Strokes - You Only Live Once (live) [mp3] UPDATE: youtube deleted the video, so I uploaded it to dailymotion: ...
Songs About New York City, Mix II: Dylan, Beirut, The Strokes ...
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