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Along with other New York City-based rock bands, the Strokes helped to launch a revival of a post- punk, "stripped-down" and raw sound genre. Their success at the early part of the 21st century helped to revive garage rockGarage rock was a simple, raw form of rock and roll created by a number of American bands in the mid- 1960s. Inspired by British Invasion bands like The Beatles, The Kinks, and The Rolling Stones, these mostly midwestern American groups played a variation.

1 Band members

• Julian CasablancasJulian Casablancas was born on August 23 1978 and is the lead vocalist of the band The Strokes. Julian is the son of the founder of Elite Model Management John Casablancas. His parents divorced when he was young and he attended boarding school at Institut - vocals
• Nick Valensi - guitarnylon strings. steel strings and more guide dots on the fretboard. A guitar is a stringed musical instrument played with the fingers or a plectrum ( guitar pick). The sound is produced by vibrating strings. Guitars have a body (which is hollow for acousti
• Albert Hammond JrAlbert Hammond Jr (born 9 April 1979) is a musician and member of the band The Strokes. The son of songwriter Albert Hammond, Albert Jr was sent to the elite boarding school Institute Le Rosey at the age of 13. While there, he met Julian Casablancas, who. - guitar
• Nikolai FraitureNikolai Fraiture is the bass player in the New York City-based band The Strokes. - bassBass can refer to many different things. Musical SAMPA: [beIs], rhyming with "face" Instrument An abbreviated name for the bass guitar An abbreviated name for the double bass A common name for the Basso vocal range. Terminology Bass (musical term) A bassl
• Fabrizio Moretti - drums

2 Influences

• Blondie
• Bob Marley
• The Cars
• The Cure
• The Doors
• Guns N' Roses
• Television
• The Velvet Underground

3 Contemporaries

• The White Stripes
• The Hives
• The Libertines
• The Vines