Chronicles
The Strokes
The Strokes – Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond, Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti – in the midst of the current madness of readying their upcoming album, each band member freed up some time to talk with us at City Stage in lower Manhattan. Over the course of a couple days, each member of the band touched on their love of music and experiences creating homemade mixtapes.
While reminiscing about influences as varied as 80s Metal and Wham!, Frank Sinatra and Pearl Jam, Puccini and Radiohead, each bandmate shared personal memories of creating and sharing music back in their cassette tape days. The first in the TDK Life on Record Chronicles series, The Strokes pay tribute to the mixtape and the music that inspired them. The Strokes plan to release their highly anticipated fourth album in early 2011.
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CHRONICLES TRACKLIST
SOHO "Hippy Chick"
WHAM! "Careless Whisper"
PEARL JAM "Better Man"
IN LIVING COLOUR "Cult of Personality"
JANES ADDICTION "Jane Says"
WARRANT "Heaven"
POSION "Fallen Angel"
VANILLA ICE "Ice Ice Baby"
PEARL JAM "Yellow Ledbetter"
MGMT "Brian Eno"
ARCTIC MONKEYS "Mardy Bum"
BON JOVI "Livin’ on a Prayer"
GUNS 'N ROSES "Welcome To The Jungle"
ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)"
FRANK SINATRA "My Way"
RADIOHEAD "Talk Show Host"
AC/DC "Let There Be Rock"
MOTLEY CREW "Dr. Feelgood"
SKIDROW "Youth Gone Wild"
BUILT TO SPILL "Distopian Dream Girl"
TESLA "Signs"
BEETHOVEN "Moonlight Sonata"
ARCTIC MONKEYS "Despair in the Departure Lounge"
SAM COOKE "A Change Is Gonna Come"
PUCCINI "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot