The minute Scott Weiland (who we all know WAS the band) got off smack, a natural sequence of events ensued - poor quality shows, garbage follow up albums and (dum, dum, dum) the dreaded 'side projects' nonsense talk they litter the media with. Don't lie to yourselves...we all know it. Tweenie Boppers take note!!
Case in point, I'm scared this is going to happen to my FAVORITE band of all time, The Strokes. Julian is a bad ass crooner along with Fab on the drums.....you simply cannot go wrong. They did something for indie rock that cannot be replicated. Add in their twenty something angst, their self deprecation, hipster before we knew what hipster was look, and you have indie gold. I went to Outside Lands Fest in San Fran last year and saw them along with a million other hard core fans. Let me tell you that they BROUGHT THE THUNDER!! Julian was so trashed on stage he didn't know he was in San Francisco....seriously. It was the best show I have ever seen them put on. For the love of God, they even opened with NYC Cops. What a move, a song so controversial, they rarely play it and even changed the name to satisfy the record company....at that very point, I saw what a stainless steel set they all had on them . See a clip below....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=842xHKF0q9c
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