Talk:The Strokes

message: I want to explain what I did...24.10.125.76's edits gave the wrong dates to things (not 64.169.92.35 as I originally said, sorry), so I wanted to fix that up. Other people had edited since then, so I couldn't just roll it back, and I hope I didn't miss anything. Adam Bishop 02:50, 9 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: edit explanation

message: Is it possible that someone could add information for the following covers and B-Sides that were left out? I know there are more than these, as well (PLEASE ADD OTHERS!):
-Yellow Ledbetter (Pearl Jam)
--Alex 18:46, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Covers and B-Sides Section

message: Influences - Bob Marley ?!?
I mean I'm sute they may love his music to some extent, but I would not list it as an influence!
yeah, i think it is a bit extreeme. I think it should me removed. Some says some of the songs on the room on fire album has some reage influece, but it is not that much and reagge is not bob marley alone. User:Pyramide
*I agree with you, and took it off myself while adding Television, who is a clear influence to the band. -Nathew
they don't sound like the velvet underground AT ALL, they're still an influence
*The 'modern age' sounds alot like 'i'm waitin for my man'...two famous songs by each band so, yeah, the VU comparisons are apt. Mike850
* Actually Nick Valensi said in an interview that Television were not an influence on him or The Strokes and that he was "sick of people think that they were". Gibsoninside
*i'm waitin for my man sounds nothing like the modern age.......in anyway whatsoever........ever  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.222.41.105 (talk) 21:28, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: bob marley

message: I removed the quotes/lyrics section. Quotes belong on Wikiquote - their selection in encyclopedia articles is inherently pov. Rhobite 00:50, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes 

message: Before I joined, I decided to add the little ditty about Juicebox. Yeah, that was me.
What I've learnt about First Impressions Of Earth is that, indeed, the album will put more production into the mix, and the guitar will be more harder. Remember Pinkerton? FIOE will get the same treatment-harder rock. User:zel_rogero
:Don't advertise the entire album leak, people are gonna start downloading and all sorts or drama will erupt. --Ultrasound 23:59, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: The Leak

message: "On February 27th, 2006, The Strokes performed on Letterman"
This appeared at some point before 23:23 (GMT) 25th of February. Work it out
:According to this, "The Strokes (CD, "First Impressions of Earth")" will be appearing on the Monday, February 27 show of Letterman. That page also lists the next five guests. It's possible that the person who added the statement was trying to avoid statements that date quickly. If they'd written it in the future tense, it would be correct for the day or so between when it was added and the actual event, when they'd have to go back and edit it to the past tense. Jude(talk,contribs) 00:16, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The Magical Time Foreseeing Powers of Wikipedia" 

message: I removed the link to Juliet Joslin (under the heading "room on fire") because it just links back to the original article, even though the URL appears in my browser as ../wiki/Juliet_Joslin.
See for yourself: Juliet Joslin
64.110.246.116 07:28, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Juliet Joslin 

message: 'Eerie', the root for the adverb eerily, means "strange, weird, or fear-inspiring," as in, "The eerie sounds seemed to come from the graveyard after midnight" (From Wiktionary). I hope no one feels Casablancas's vocals are fear-inspiring. I suggest that this should be changed to a word without the negative connotation, but what word should be used instead? Some suggestions: surprisingly, peculiarly, very 
Possibly changing the wording to something like "the similarity between Lou Reed's and Julian's vocals seems uncanny"?
Muéro 08:07, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eerily? 

message: I've tidied up the paragraph which starts "During November and December 2005...". It was a bit of a mess, with no capitals for city names etc. I wonder though, if this paragraph should be in here at all? Your thoughts? Willnz0 01:48, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tidy up 

message: *The White Stripes
*Weezer
*The Walkmen
*The Hives
*The Libertines
*The Vines
*Yeah Yeah Yeahs
*Interpol
*Longwave
*Kings of Leon
*The French Kicks
*Franz Ferdinand
*Muse
*The Walkmen
*Arctic Monkeys
*Wolfmother
*Radiohead
I think both of these sections are not necessary and are debatable. Moreso the contempories, so I have removed that for now. If anyone would like to put in their two cents as to why it should or shouldn't be in the article feel free to do so.
PrettyMuchBryce 23:02, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  contemporaries and influences 

message: This article seems to take for granted that Is This It and The Modern Age were first released in the UK and makes no mention of the band's earlier success there. Jonathan F 01:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Americentric

message: I was checking some recent changes to the Early years section, and I noticed that it doesn't seem to be in any order. It has Nikolai joining the band at age 19 before Julian is sent to boarding school at age 13. I would try to fix it, but I don't really have any knowledge on how the band met and got started. Also, this section does not have any sources, and it would be nice to have verifiable information. --Muéro 18:13, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Early years

message: Acording to , Valensi found his 12:51 guitar tone by experimenting with the his tone knob and playing jazz riffs, not by accident. so I changed it.--Furste 23:40, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 12:51 Roland-esque Guitar Tone

message: There was an episode of Rage where the Strokes guest programmed, and one of the programmers was some guy named Matteo Romano. Also, Fab wasn't programming then. Was Romano the original drummer or something? - Ndrly 10:51, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Matteo Romano 

message: There is an album listed in the discography article, stating that apparently they'll release a new album entitled 'Ideas On the Sky' in Dec 2007 (and Jan 07 in the US, which obviously isnt true). Cant seem to find this anywhere on the net and there are no links to cite this. Remove? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.108.40.189 (talk) 02:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New album? 

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message: is it true that one of the strokes songs include a song titled "babies"? is so please inform me and tell me where i can get it thanks. Greanmtn 08:08, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  demos 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:NMEOctober1st2005.jpg

message: I think that the Albert Hammond, Jr. section needs to be whittled down or removed completely. It is copied and pasted directly from Hammond's WP page and isn't relevant enough to The Strokes as a band to be given such detailed coverage. What do you guys think?
Editortothemasses (talk) 04:16, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. indopug (talk) 05:14, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Albert Hammond, Jr. 

message: Indopug, I don't know where you get your information, but The Strokes don't have seventeen music videos when they only have nine singles.  Secondly, I don't think any of their charting is relevant for places like Ireland and Australia.  No other band has that stuff.  It's not relevant because only the U.S. and U.K. are major charts.  You also need to learn how to use the sandbox so I don't have to undo every one of your edits.  And you should've discussed it on here before you decided to reformat the entire page because it looked fine the way it was.  Having eight footnotes for a chart just gets confusing.  And why does it start at the number two?  Just leave it as it is.  EGorodetsky (talk) 08:58, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Check Nirvana discography, Red Hot Chili Peppers discography, Slayer discography etc.. all of which are Featured lists which contain very detailed charting information. I got the information about the music videos here; can you confirm that The Strokes did not release multiple videos for the same single? If you revert the page back, I will have to report you. indopug (talk) 09:28, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I can confirm that those aren't music videos.  The Modern Age and Last Nite Version 2 were part of the $2 bill performance, which was just that, a performance.  Yes it was directed by Roman Coppola in that he pieced the performance together for airing on television but it is in no way a music video.  I am a huge, huge Strokes fan.  Unfortunately I can't confirm that these are not videos, but it seems as if this site is just listing any video they appear in, further shown by what is written at the top, "The Strokes have appeared in seventeen videos."  It says appeared in and does not specify that they are music videos.  What authenticity does this site have?  I can tell you what videos are legit: Go to the strokes official site and you'll see there are only ten.  If you want to be specific, there are some alternative versions, as in cut/edited versions.  For example, in the 'Hard to Explain' video, most versions show a sequence of descending floors but others have a couple making out in an elevator in short clips in between each of the floors.  As for the stuff about charts, my apologies I didn't realize things were changed. EGorodetsky (talk) 11:29, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, now we're getting somewhere. You're knowledge is very useful, I'll check up change it soon. Thanks again for pointing out the errors; and you're right, mvdbase is unreliable, but is used for discographies on Wikipedia as a quick and handy reference tool. indopug (talk) 03:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Format

message: I removed the mention of The Strokes being the saviors of rock. The citation that accompanied this statement merely linked back to wikipedia as it's source. Without a proper citation this statement is heavy POV and should not be included in an encyclopedia article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.24.239.19 (talk) 06:25, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Added it back in but put in a better source.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.34.217.222 (talk) 20:49, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Saviors of Rock

message: Whoever decided to merge Nikolai Fraiture into this page needs to switch it back, he is much more prominent than many other people who have pages on Wikipedia and since he is releasing an album in two months, he should have his own page.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.248.172.238 (talk) 00:32, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Nikolai Fraiture page merge?

message: exclusive new album the strokes 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC5JIdfjtSk  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.211.226.124 (talk) 16:12, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  new album the strokes 2009 (exclusive video) 

message: Is this true? If not it should be removed:
Recent musicmill rumor has Pharrell Williams as the producer of The Strokes' next album. Williams discussed his interest in producing the album to NME Magazine. Casablancas and Pharrell teamed up with singer Santogold for a song commemorating the 100 year anniversary of Converse All Star shoes. The song was titled "My Drive Thru." The single can be downloaded for free from the Converse website and is also available on iTunes.[citation needed]
ObiWan353 (talk) 03:56, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pharrell Williams rumor 

message: the wiki article says albert is the lead guitarist and nick is the rhythm guitarist. if anything, it is the other way around; nick plays many more lead parts. but i think generally they share those duties. 
should it just say (guitarist) after each? i think the way it is is misleading/wrong.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Batemapa (talk • contribs) 05:31, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead vs. Rhythm Guitarist 

message: This section begins: "The Strokes released their debut album Is This It in the US in October 2001 on RCA after some delay due to changes made from the UK-released version (released 27 August 2001)."
To me it seems a strange way to start.  It gives more prominence to the US release, even though it occured after the UK one.  Can this be altered?
82.139.117.151 (talk) 20:18, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is This It: (2001-2003) 

message: i removed rock and roll from the genre list because the strokes dont sound like rock and roll and the only people who call them rock and roll are strokes fanboys who have never listened to Chuck Berry or little Richard or the comets or any other real rock and roll band or solo musician.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.222.41.105 (talk) 17:57, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rock and Roll 

message: I would like to see a source for this information. Nothing comes up with a google search, so where was this confirmed?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.103.131.55 (talk) 01:26, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connections from the Left Side 

message: The Strokes are not Indie or Indie Rock. Stop putting it to that.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.156.31.230 (talk) 21:45, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The Strokes are Indie Rock band. Read NME, Clash, Q Magazine and many other musical magazines.109.201.226.12(talk) 15:35, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

text: The Strokes write songs on Rough Trade Records. Rough Trade Records is an independent (indie) record label, based in London, United Kingdom. The Strokes sound is indie rock - post-punk revival and garage rock revival. Read musical magazines.109.201.226.12(talk) 20:30, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

text: Term 'indie' when used in the UK, tends to refer to a specific genre of music, rather than the status of their record label; in line with this popular trend, record producers will often coerce their artists into imitating the style of so-called indie. P.S:I did not write the previous responses. It's not me. It's my first response in this dispute.109.201.230.163 18:20, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: And why would the definition of the term "indie" in the UK be relevant to this discussion. The Strokes are an American band. "Indie" refers to label. Indie, independent.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.115.140.86 (talk) 08:50, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The Strokes are indie band. Information from authoritative American source — Pitchfork. Please, read reference: The Decade in Indie (pitchfork.com)  Neptune777 (talk) 15:24, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

text: Indie should not be in the lede. It gives preference to one genre over others that are listed in the infobox. Lede should remain neutral and readers can see all genres in the infobox anyways and can read more about the strokes indie-cred later in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.115.140.86 (talk) 13:14, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I write already the second time. The Strokes are indie band. Information from authoritative American source — Pitchfork. Please, read reference: The Decade in Indie (pitchfork.com)  Neptune777 (talk) 14:54, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: But they are also "garage rock" according to article so why does "indie" get preference?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.81.64.160 (talk) 08:23, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  >THE STROKES >INDIE 

message: Can anyone post the fact that the new album got leaked and The Strokes couldn't do anything but uploading to their website? Thank you. -Fangirl  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.147.0.6 (talk) 16:19, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: ANGLES leaked

message: There really need to be some more photos here ! -- Beardo (talk) 21:14, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos 

message: Hey Strokes fans and scholars: just FYI Nikolai Fraiture's article is lacking any reliable sources. Cheers. --Animalparty-- (talk) 08:44, 14 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Nikolai Fraiture]] needs BLP sources 

message: The timeline here seems gratuitous and unnecessary.  The line up hasn't changed nor has there been any changes in the instruments they played.  A simple list would suffice. -Xcuref1endx (talk) 02:09, 7 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timline 

message: why is there a timeline? timelines should be for bands who have had a lot of member replacements over a long stretch of time. None of the members have left.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by ICommandeth (talk • contribs) 04:51, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Timeline? 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The new EP is more than relevant enough to justify an EP section within the discography section. Thanks – Nbdelboy (talk) 17:58, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: EPs don't go in that section. An EP isn't considered a studio album. TheOnlyOne12 (talk) 23:17, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Discography is a catalogue of an artist's body of work, not a list of studio albums. Re Wikipedia:WPMAG guidelines, "generally not included" does not mean "Do NOT include". This new EP is more than relevant enough to be included – Nbdelboy (talk) 01:49, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  EPs in Discography section 

message: The associated acts section is filled with artists that dont really relate to the band. Many have only collaborated with one of the band's members, and therefore should only be included in their own page's associated artists section. Anybody else have any thoughts on this? Cheers – Nbdelboy (talk) 01:52, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Associated acts section kinda cluttered  

message: Maybe this page must have a section with references in popular culture, like shirts in Transformers, Two broke girls etc.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by PolloLite (talk • contribs) 14:28, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  References in popular culture