Is This It
Occupation
- Vocals: Julian Casablancas
- Guitar: Albert Hammond Jr.
- Guitar: Nick Valensi
- Bass Guitar: Nikolai Fraiture
- Drums: Fabrizio Moretti
Is This It is the debut album by the American indie rock band The Strokes. It was released on July 30, 2001 and received mostly positive reviews.
Formation
Guitarist Nick Valensi Julian Casablancas already learned during his time at the New York School Dwight know. During her school years, the two became friends with drummer Fabrizio Moretti and bassist Nikolai Fraiture, as the last member followed in 1998 by the guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., son of the musician Albert Hammond. In autumn 2000 a demo recording of their first songs fell into the hands of Ryan Gentles Bookers, who took them under contract for four performances in December. These performances have left a lasting impression; Ryan Gentles quit his old job and was Manager of the Strokes. In March 2001, shortly after the release of debut EP " The Modern Age", he helped them to a recording contract with RCA Records. In the following weeks, The Strokes recorded the album " Is This It".
Style and reception
Already on " Is This It " can be heard influences of The Velvet Underground, who called Julian Casablancas later one of his favorite bands, and the Ramones.
The Allmusic Guide saw the origins of the Strokes in the punk- influenced New York in the late 1970s:
"On the Modern Age EP, singles like Hard to Explain, and Their full-length debut, Is This It, the NYC group presents a pop - inflected, second- generation take on late- '70s New York punk, complete with raw, world - weary vocals, spiky guitars, and to insistently chugging backbeat. "
" The Modern Age EP, singles like Hard to Explain and their debut album Is This It, the New York group presents a pop -inspired late recourse to the New York punk of the late 70s, complete with raw, lebensüberdrüssigem vocals, sharp guitars and a persistently then chugging rhythm. "
As an album that revived the garage rock of the 70s again, applies " Is This It " as authoritative template for later successful bands like the Arctic Monkeys:
"Without any Strokes Libertines, Franz Ferdinand, no, no Kings Of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, no. "
In the Billboard charts, the album reached number 33 on the German charts Place 28 In the UK, Norway, Sweden and Australia, it reached the Top 5 in each of the country charts. In Rolling Stone, the album got four out of five points, the Allmusic Guide chose it for AMG Album Pick.
" Is This It " was " 150 plates for eternity " recorded in 2006 by the readers of the magazine Visions in the list of which was published in issue 150.