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Emerging from the New York City underground scene, this Alternative-Rock
band began its formation in 1998 when lead singer+songwriter Julian Casablancas,
guitarist Nick Valensi and drummer Fabrizio Moretti started making music
together while attending prep school; the line-up was completed over the
next year with the addition of guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. and bassist
Nikolai Fraiture.
The quintet released in January 2001 the 3-song EP "The Modern Age"
and six months later a debut full-length album titled "Is This It",
that received strong reviews on both sides of the Atlantic; it soared
to #2 in the U.K. and reached the #33 on The Billboard Top 200 chart spawning
three smash singles: "Last Nite" peaked at #5 on The Modern
Rock chart and crashed into the top 20 in Britain, "Hard To Explain"
also cracked the U.K. top 20 and hit #7 in Canada; the final single, "Someday",
became the group's second Billboard Modern Rock top 20 hit.
The band's sophomore album, "Room On Fire", came out in October
2003, it was an instant smash hitting the top 5 on both the U.S. and the
U.K. charts; the record included two Billboard's Modern Rock top 20 hits:
"12:51" and "Reptilia", which both also entered the
British Singles chart peaking respectively at #7 and #17 spots; the third
single off of the CD, "The End Has No End", was quite successful
reaching the #27.
January 2006 saw the release of The Strokes' third album, "First
Impressions Of Earth"; the CD includes the hit singles "Juicebox"
and "Heart In A Cage".
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