The Strokes: 'All that Spinal Tap bullshit has gone out the window'

The Strokes are back, after a five-year hiatus, with a new way of working and fewer drugs aroundRock stars are meant to seem smaller in real life. Particularly those who've had to shoulder as heavy a title as "saviours of rock'n'roll" for the past decade. But the Strokes – Julian, Nick, Fab, Albert, Nikolai – are enormous. As in, they take up an awful lot of space, particularly when crammed into a small lift. They're teasing their manager, Ryan Gentles, as he tries to take a call."Is that Ba...

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