AP - Jul 15, 2008
Albert Hammond Jr., Como Te Llama? (Black Seal) Tired of waiting for The Strokes to get around to that next album? Need a fix? Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. leaps into the void with Como Te Llama...
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Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. says he never really set out to record his solo debut, Yours to Keep. It was more about just leaving the safety of my home and making something more than demos...
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The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. is set to write a screenplay. As previously reported, the band have announced they are taking a year off, but the star, who released his debut solo album Yours...
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The Strokes have recorded a cover version of Marvin Gaye s Mercy Mercy Me with Josh Homme and Eddie Vedder, according to reports. The New York rock icons are expected to release their reworked version...
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Per the Chinese calendar, 2006 is the Year of the Dog, but it s shaping up to be the Year of the Foxx on the charts. Jamie Foxx continues digging gold as his sophomore album, Unpredictable, spent...
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(9/2/03. 1 p.m. ET) -- Recording an album can put a lot of pressure on a band. Just ask the Strokes, who are getting ready to release their second album Room On Fire on October 20. Vocalist Julian Casablancas...
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(5/29/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- The Strokes entered into a New York City studio this week to start work on the follow-up to last year s breakthrough album, Is This It. The band had originally signed on with...
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(5/12/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- Queens Of The Stone Age, the Strokes, and Korn are among the acts taking part in a charity auction to benefit the Hearing Aid Music Foundation (HAMF). The goal of the organization...
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(4/28/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- The Strokes have donated a special version of the song New York City Cops to the YES NEW YORK compilation album, set for release on June 3. The band submitted a version of the...
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(1/9/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- A spokesperson for the Strokes has denied reports that drummer Fab Moretti is set to marry his girlfriend of less than a year--Drew Barrymore. The couple have been going together...
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(12/13/02, 7 a.m. ET) -- The father of Strokes singer Julian Casablancas has been accused of sexual abuse. Elite Modeling Agency founder John Casablancas was named in a lawsuit filed Monday (December...
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(10/24/02, 10 a.m. ET) - The Strokes played Seattle s Paramount Theater on Monday (October 21), and the band had a special guest on stage--a cardboard cut-out of actress Sarah Michelle Gellar was on stage...
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(8/20/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- The Strokes will open for the Rolling Stones at a pair of shows on the legendary band s upcoming Licks world tour. The New York rockers will serve as the support act on October...
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(8/15/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- The White Stripes and the Strokes conclude their four-show concert series Thursday (August 15) at Radio City Music Hall in the Strokes home base of New York City. The groups will...
More »USRN - Aug 9, 2002
(8/9/02, 3 p.m. ET) -- All was sweetness and light--and loud--as the White Stripes and the Strokes played the first of four joint shows on Thursday (August 8) at Clutch Cargo s in Pontiac, Michigan. Clearly...
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(8/8/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- The White Stripes and the Strokes, the heroes of the new garage-rock movement, play the first of four highly anticipated shows together Thursday (August 8) at Clutch Cargo s in...
More »USRN - Jul 16, 2002
(7/16/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- The Strokes were forced to cancel the first three dates of its tour with Weezer this week after lead singer Julian Casablancas suffered a minor leg injury, according to a spokesperson...
More »USRN - Jun 27, 2002
(6/27/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- The next video by New York buzz band the Strokes will feature appearances by former Guns N Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum. The clip, for the song Someday, is...
More »USRN - Jun 3, 2002
(6/3/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- The Strokes have announced the five dates that they will open for Weezer. The band will open for Rivers Cuomo and crew starting July 15 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Opening all of Weezer...
More »USRN - May 21, 2002
(5/21/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Dido and the Strokes were among the varied rock acts to be honored at the 19th annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards, held Monday (May 20) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills,...
More »USRN - Mar 22, 2002
(3/22/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- Kid Rock has another hit on his hands as Lonely Road Of Faith sits in the top 20 of Billboard s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The rap-rocker, however, told LAUNCH that he s willing...
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