The roots of The Strokes date back to 1997, when school friends Julian Casablancas (lead vocals), Nick Valensi (guitar) and and Fabrizio Moretti (drums) began making music together, before ...

In 11 mostly short, mostly fast rock songs about love and ennui, the Strokes — Julian Casablancas 23, on vocals, Nick Valensi, 20, and Albert Hammond, Jr., 21, on guitar, Nikolai Fraiture, 22 ...

Fellow band member Nick Valensi revealed that the group were aware of and concerned about Hammond Jr's drug abuse. "We all saw something was broken - certain people getting into drugs," Valensi said.