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No 4: The Strokes â€“ Is This It

At a time when nu-metal and dad-rock ruled the airwaves, the Strokes' rewired rock'n'roll with irresistible songs, inventive guitars and arty arroganceMore top 10 albums of the decadeThe impact of the first Strokes album was immediate and dramatic. But if private school-educated New Yorkers Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr, Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti hadn't followed their lo-fi punk-rock instincts, their world-changing moment might never have happened.Despite Rough ...

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11:06 on November 26 2009

No 4: The Strokes â€“ Is This It

Guardian Music — At a time when nu-metal and dad-rock ruled the airwaves, the Strokes' rewired rock'n'roll with irresistible songs, inventive guitars and arty arroganceMore top 10 albums ... more info