Strokesmania!

29 January 2001: Number 43 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicAfter a couple of disappointing albums, it's tempting to be sniffy about the Strokes' influence on pop culture. Cast your mind back, however, to the scruffy state of guitar music at the start of the noughties (Travis! Turin Brakes!) and you'll realise how enormous their impact was. The Modern Age EP was scuzzy and sexy, debauched and dangerous, the seedy streets of New York set to tape. It made an entire g...

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