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The Strokes

Tele crunch and laconic cool—turn-of-century rock reboot distilled to two minutes flat.

Indie rock
Garage rock
Post-punk revival

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

Is This It reanimated leather-jacket melodicism for file-sharing blog tribes.

Last Nite’s hi-hat push became decade template for danceable guitar lurches.

Later albums toyed with synth glaze while keeping Ramones clock discipline.

Clean streaming keeps amp breakup proximity, room noise floor, and vocal filter attitude.

Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr., Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, and Fabrizio Moretti met at school in New York. Is This It (2001) was recorded with producer Gordon Raphael, and its stripped-down guitars launched the garage-rock revival. Room on Fire (2003) followed.

First Impressions of Earth (2006), Angles (2011), and Comedown Machine (2013) were more varied. The New Abnormal (2020), produced by Rick Rubin, won the Grammy for Best Rock Album.

The Strokes: recent news, 2020–2026

2020 The New Abnormal was released in April.
2021 The New Abnormal won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.

Interesting facts about The Strokes

01 American rock band formed in New York City in 1998; Julian Casablancas is lead vocalist.
02 Is This It (2001) included Last Nite and Someday among defining tracks.
03 Is This It reached number two on the UK Albums Chart and wide US critical acclaim.
04 Is This It was recorded with producer Gordon Raphael.
05 The New Abnormal won the Grammy for Best Rock Album.