Garage rock
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Garage rock is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most commonly in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The styl
The D-Men (later the Fifth Estate) in 1964
Link Wray, pictured in 1993, who helped pioneer the use of guitar power chords and distortion as early as 1958 with the instrumental "Rumble", has been cited as an early influence on garage rock.
The Pleasure Seekers in 1966 (Suzi Quatro far right)
Paul Revere & the Raiders in 1967
The Strokes
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The Strokes are an American rock band from New York City that formed in 1998. It has maintained the same lineup since inception: lead vocalist and primary songwriter Julian Casablancas; guitarists Nic
Garage rock
…with NME in 2003 designating it a "new garage rock revolution", or simply a "new rock revolution". The mainstream attention to the revival began with the Strokes and their 2001 debut album Is This It. Playing a style indebted to '60s–'70s bands like the Velvet Underground and the Ramones, the band's intention…
The Strokes performing in Berlin in 2022. Left to right: Julian Casablancas, Nikolai Fraiture, Albert Hammond Jr., Fabrizio Moretti, and Nick Valensi.
The Strokes in 2002
The Strokes in concert, 2006
The Strokes at Austin City Limits Festival in 2010