On July 30, 2001, – 15 years ago – The Strokes released their debut album ... who staged an impromptu photo shoot of his then-girlfriend as she exited the shower. The black glove was ...

I live in New York City because of The Strokes. It’s just that simple ... Imagine that. I snapped a photo and looked skyward briefly. I couldn’t help but smile. I hit play on “Someday ...

When they first entered the public consciousness in 2001, the Strokes would've been the last ... the band playing together in one room?'" Photo by Frank Ockenfels 3 Raphael remembers the session ...

He devotes chapters to the critical importance of the elements that define a band — photo, group name, group members, recording — and when the Strokes first burst into the public eye they ...

Julian Casablancas performs with The Strokes in November, 2001. Photo credit: Jun Sato/WireImage Melbourne community radio station Triple R has aired a rare live performance from The Strokes in ...

Nikolai Fraiture at the Strokes’ rehearsal space in the Music ... so I’d just do the drugs and kind of numb out. I knew I would shoot up drugs from a very young age. I’d been wanting to ...

I felt a little bit sorry for them.” Is This It, the album that followed 20 years ago today, only intensified the clamour around The Strokes and further inspired a generation of millennial alt-rock.

It’s right there in the first line of “Star Treatment” from the Arctic Monkeys‘ latest album, Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino, where he sings, “I just wanted to be one of The Strokes.” ...