Is This It? The Story of The Strokes' 'Last Nite'

The Strokes… Music’s coolest ‘The’ Band of the early 21st
century.


Along with Sweden’s The Hives, Australia’s
The Vines, and Detroit’s The White
Stripes - The Strokes almost certainly had no intention
of getting looped into the phenomenon of wispy haired indie rock
bands that all seemed to break out between the summers of 2001
and 2002; because - if we’re being honest - they didn’t exactly
have what you might call an indie origin story.


Formed in New York City in as early as 1997 by Frontman Julian
Casablancas, Guitarist Nick Valensi and Drummer Fabrizio Moretti
at the illustrious Dwight Private School (which lists Truman
Capote and Paris Hilton as Alumni) the trio would quickly recruit
friend Nikolai Fraiture to play bass with them, as well as
Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. in ‘98. Hammond Jr. had just
relocated to New York from Los Angeles by way of Switzerland,
where he was childhood friends with Julian Casablancas - at - you
guessed it - an even more illustrious Private Boarding School.


Within less than 3 years, The Strokes would completely re-define
what it would mean to be a trendy modern rock band - and they did
it mostly on the back of this hit single; This is the story of
The Strokes Last Nite, with newly unearthed
audio from the band!


Written by Clayton Taylor for iHeartRadio Canada