The ultra hype around these guys is obscuring the fact that their music is catchy and not really that derivative if not the most challenging.

For those people that think their recordings are awesome...

CLEAN OUT YOUR FUCKING EARS!

They are shite. 8 times boost. They suck and are the most derivative band of the last 10 years. The only reason no one notices is because of the fact that they rip off music from 20-25 years ago and not music of 10 years ago. (i.e. Creed) Can that guy sing a song WITHOUT distorting the front end of an Avalon mic pre? How many songs have a guitar part down-stroked in 16th notes?

My friend bought a CD of their 4 track Demos. They sound like the album. So, why did they spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to sound like a fucking 4 track?

STROKES EAT SHIT!

Room on Fire is the first disc I've bought in a while where I wanted my money back after the first listen.

Not crap for one reason and one reason alone. Their mere existence pisses people off. Thumbs up you Muppet looking peices of not crap aka rotten teeth.

The Strokes are ace. A really good example of a simple, classic band, with exactly the right 5 people getting together and just playing great songs very well. Plus they get into the charts. I know for many of you here that supposedly doesn't count for much, if anything, but it makes me feel good.

12:51 is pop perfection.

Anyone heard the new single, Juice Box? It's...odd.

You can stream it here I think:

www.thestrokes.com

run joe, run wrote:Anyone heard the new single, Juice Box? It's...odd.

Yeah it is...

run joe, run wrote:Anyone heard the new single, Juice Box? It's...odd.

You can stream it here I think:

www.thestrokes.com

if by odd you mean fucking horrible, yes

danmaksym wrote:Secondly, they are a great live act- very "down to earth" and are seemingly quite willing to eliminate the barriers between "audience" and "band."

What the fuck, they're all the sons of millionaire media-modelling etc. parents. They were signed before they even played a gig!

They're about as "down-to-earth" as Elton John

run joe, run wrote:The Strokes are ace. A really good example of a simple, classic band, with exactly the right 5 people getting together and just playing great songs very well. Plus they get into the charts. I know for many of you here that supposedly doesn't count for much, if anything, but it makes me feel good.

12:51 is pop perfection.

You shouldn't confuse your personal opinion with facts. The Stroke are monkey shite in a bucket, I can prove it with algebra.