This performance is right at the height of Strokes-mania, when they were the most buzzed about band on the planet and probably the most buzzed about band ever. Grunge, Alternative and Modern Rock had all lost their luster and the internet had quickly become an explosive new way to discover music and spread music. The Strokes basically capitalized on a fresh Garage Rock sound and a audience looking for something that wasn’t boy band Pop. The buzz was enormous, but luckily The Strokes had the songs to back it up. Their debut Is This It was one of the best albums of the decade and set the bar ridiculously high for everything that came after. This 2001 performance of “Last Nite” shows just how tight they were even back in the early days, and shows why the hype was justified in the first place. Now if only they could regain the heights of that first album….
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