this video proves there are still strokers in the world

@awfulusername1465

3 ай бұрын

The stroke fandom is dying, like this post if you stroke it everyday

@Cycluing

3 ай бұрын

I'm a proud stroker. Like if you part of the strokes gang

@MW-dd8vk

3 ай бұрын

Pause 🤨

@austinfj4564

3 ай бұрын

I’m a stroker. I wake up and I stroke. I stroke walking the streets. I stroke at work. I stroke at dinner. I stroke before bed. Like this if you’re a true stroker.

@jimmymolina4300

3 ай бұрын

I stroke it everyday!!! Very proud

the most accurate description of the strokes i’ve ever seen was “The Strokes are the most british American band ever”

@NoUploadJustComment

3 ай бұрын

Might be Sparks but yeah they fit the style well.

@sa1m3r74

2 ай бұрын

Them or early Killers

@maxbryan5146

2 ай бұрын

I think that title belongs to Interpol, who (like many other NYC bands) wouldn't have gotten huge if not for The Strokes

@harryturner2323

2 ай бұрын

I showed my friend the strokes months ago and just told him today they were american, he was shocked.

@roadrollerdio565

2 ай бұрын

I'd say Sparks or Ramones first, but yeah, The Strokes are way up there. The Ramones kicked off all that 70s punk rock after other NYC bands like VU which became so much bigger in the UK than the US, and The Strokes had a similar effect. It's funny because of how much 90s music drew from 70s stuff anyway.

Alex Turner said it best, “I just wanted to be one of the strokes.”

@THEcar2992

2 ай бұрын

Lmao

@ShantSSS

2 ай бұрын

Star treatment yes ❤

@duggiez08

2 ай бұрын

Now look at the mess they made him make

@wezlee117

2 ай бұрын

He should’ve never said that shit it’s every comment on every video

@jaimelannister3317

Ай бұрын

@@wezlee117 he said what everyone is feeling . Everybody wants to sound like the strokes

Strokes may have revived rock, but their best gift to humanity is taking care of Margaret Thatcher

@Dabs_All_Ovar

3 ай бұрын

Couldn't've said it better myself

@tomoyo5920

3 ай бұрын

Hi ​@@Dabs_All_Ovar👋

@Dabs_All_Ovar

3 ай бұрын

@@tomoyo5920 🔥😎👋

@lewisbaitup6352

3 ай бұрын

She listened to comedown machine and then she came down with a stroke

@ImTooms

3 ай бұрын

😂

favorite band ever. i’d kill to hear “drums please, fab” live

as someone born in the early 2000s i feel like ill never truly understand how big the strokes were when i was born during their prime time

@myfavvidz

3 ай бұрын

They actually were not that big in America during the first couple albums, even among rock bands

@danilejai7801

2 ай бұрын

They weren’t that big. There was a whole garage band revival thing going on. The strokes had a music video that got a lot of airtime. Then they disappeared from mainstream.

@moscowguitarman

Ай бұрын

They were bigger in the UK, apparently, but they weren't REALLY big, like oasis were, back in the day.

@alexbrown975

Ай бұрын

They weren't that popular. It was more an agenda pushed by media outlets. If you read NME, listened to Radio 1, watched T4 and were a student they would've felt big. The reality is nobody else cared about them. Their audience was middle class students and that's about it.

@alexbrown975

Ай бұрын

They really weren't that popular. They came and went. They felt popular if you were aged between 15 and 21, read NME, watched T4, listened to Radio one and was a middle class, white student. Nobody else cared. That whole era was the death of guitar music. All style, no substance.

Bro i love the strokes im such a stroker ong

10:46 WEEZER CAMEO

The Strokes have been my favorite band of all time since discovering them in late middle school around 2007 while they were on their hiatus. When they came back with Angles, they were so much bigger than ever and I was beginning to think I'd never get to see them live unless I trekked out to a big festival. However thankfully, my wish finally came true and I got to see them live in support of Red Hot Chili Peppers last year. Would I have preferred them being the headliner? Sure. I swear though, the set they played that night almost felt like it was curated with me in mind, so that makes up for it. And, I'm just glad to finally be able to say I saw them live at all.

@audreymontano3952

2 ай бұрын

You are incredibly lucky to see both of my favourites in one night

@gabrielelagowikman8909

2 ай бұрын

I went to this event in Orlando but it was raining and it was delayed so they played for like 20 min 😢 I got so disappointed. However, one year later I got to see them live in NY so I’m beyond thankful. They’re too good to be just “openers”

@dmaster5556

Ай бұрын

@@gabrielelagowikman8909Hey, seeing them in NY is pretty fitting in of itself so you definitely got redeemed for that rained out show. And yes they definitely are, it just sucks that any time they are headlining, they never seem to come around my way (Southwest United States).

The Strokes, The Arcade Fire, The White Stripes, The Killers, and Vampire Weekend are, in my opinion, the five greatest indie/rock bands of the 2000s. The Counting Crows could be put in that group too, but their best work was in the 90s.

I was introduced to The Strokes through Arctic Monkeys ("I just wanted to be one of The Strokes") which is acc ironic bc of how backwards it is. I immediately fell in love and almost every other artist I love to this date I have discovered through The Strokes in some way. I even read Meet Me in the Bathroom to learn more about them which introduced me to even more bands and songs. The 00s garage rock revival is my fav era of music. All that to say I love The Strokes and they'll always have a place in my heart

video was awesome it’d be cool if you covered the later part of their career (2011-2020)

@41linestreet

2 ай бұрын

Excellent suggestion

Babe, wake up, Marcbutevil dropped another banger

@WalterSoups

3 ай бұрын

Your literally me

Another banger video by MarcButEvil on one of my favorite bands.

An amazing video about one of my all time favourite bands and albums. I hope to see more Strokes videos in the future Marc!

beautiful editing, thanks for the work!

This channel is genuinely fantastic, and I hope to see it grow exponentially.

Now all we need is a Arctic Monkeys video

@fenderpleb2942

2 ай бұрын

alex turner did just want to be one of the strokes after all

Dude, your videos are always absolutely fantastic, and you're a great narrator. Great work.

This is such a fantastic video. I've not been this focused for months

Not gonna lie,knowing that they were all kind of rich,maybe VERY rich,is yet another quality that I really like about this band. It’s definitely different from every other rock bands story. It’s totally cute too,so rich that they didn’t have to have a major,lol. Just focused on their music. I dig it.

@alexanderwood3465

3 ай бұрын

I remember reading about that in the Meet Me In The Bathroom book and thinking 'they had models?! In the front row?!' That's cool no matter which way you look at it 😎

Amazing essay, great research and presentation!

A MARC VIDEO ABOUT THE STROKES MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED

very late but good work man, i thought i knew a ton abt early strokes but their early gigs and whatever were fascinating to hear

great video!! i'm a new fan after listening to bad decisions. i'm currently going through their whole discography.

stroked to watch this vid thank you very much marc

This video, the intro, the editing, script, length, everything is fantastic. Could you please do Talking Heads next?

This video is two in one for me: Marcbutevil posted, and we finally got a Strokes video. :D

Great stuff Marc

great video & editing !

Thank you KZread algorithm. I watch a few music related creators when they come up in my feeds, but subscribe to very few, Trash Theory, Beato, and Geebz. Your humour and (while the length seems a bit short and rushed) obvious research, had earned you at least a temporary subscriber. Now to binge you back catalogue and see what's next. Have a feeling I'm not going to be temporary.

Great video! Had the best birthday ever last year when I went to their concert. What a way to celebrate my 27th hahaha

Stellar video - subscribed!

Hooray, mark is back :)

I was in high school from 2000-04 and the Strokes were a huge deal. I bought a copy of is this is and saw them live at a west coast concert in 2004. Very fun. Julian was super fucked up and stage dived. Also on that show was yeah yeah yeahs, beastie boys, interpol and a bunch of other big early 2k bands.

this vid literally appeared in my tl and I was going to save it to watch later but I accidentally click on and wtf it's the best video essay abt the strokes I've found in english or spanish fr

Another cool vids! thnaks!

I never got hugely into them, my band of choice for that sound was The Bravery, but I appreciate you making videos like this because it helps me become a more educated music listener.

The Beatles and The Strokes are the reason why I started loving rock music. Then, Arctic Monkeys, Wolfmother, Jet, Kaiser Chiefs, The Hives, Velvet Revolver... The 2000's were the last decade of great rock music. The 2010's was nothing but boredom until I listened to "Dayglo Necros" and "Born With A Scorpion Touch" albums from Calabrese band and I thought "Thank god this decade has been saved", but shockingly it was too a band from the 2000's... That time I realized rock music was dead since all the good albums released in the last ten years or so are from 20 years ago

Marc releasing this as i get back hard into the strokes, must be god or something.

Thanks for this vid

Thank you for this excellently written, researched and narrated piece. I absolutely adore this band and this is one the most epic retellings of their meteoric rise. It really screwed their mainstream image later on but I love that they stuck to their sound and their philosophy, that’s why these guys are the indie rock goats to me.

I admit that I don't know much about the band, so I'm going to enjoy this video from beginning to end and I'm going to create my own opinion about them. I trust you Marc👍

No one understands how big of a Strokes fan I am. I seriously consider them the greatest band of all time. I consider Julian Casablancas to be the greatest songwriter of all time. Everything he touches is gold. Nothing will come close... NOTHING.

@Call.It.Fate.

3 ай бұрын

I AGREE. this band is CHANGING me Everytime I hear them, healing me. Best songs, albums (haven't heard one I hated), awesome vocalists, powerful lyrics, beautiful riffs by guitar and bass, hot as hell drumming. They are EVERYTHING I want to be. Coolest dudes ever

@se7ente3n

3 ай бұрын

Greatest songwriter of all time? Really? I love the strokes, one of my favorite bands, but come on. They aren’t the greatest and he isn’t the greatest songwriter

@gabriellevandenberg534

2 ай бұрын

I named my son Julian… I get it

@Call.It.Fate.

2 ай бұрын

@@gabriellevandenberg534 I legit love his name 😭

their live performances are pure perfection

This video is a success, fucking great man 👏👏👏

Seeing the strokes already be on top at age 22 makes me feel so old

Excellent video, as per usual. I would absolutely love to see one on Arcade Fire or The National, if you’re down for either of those.

I love being 13 minutes into a small video essay and then realizing that I've probably never heard the music in question if not in passing.

As kid who love Hip Hop and Rap growing. Finding out The Strokes as my first dabble into Rock is key moment to my child hood and growth in the world

To have live and been part of it is why they are the best❤❤❤

randomly came up on my home page and all i'm seeing is straight facts

I recently seen them live in Chicago, my life has been better since 😌 they changed my life

You know the band is REAL good when even Noel Gallagher has something good to say about it. source: I'm an Oasis fan

great video!

Whatever it is they do on the lead singer’s mic singer’s microphone, I simply love it. It sounds like he is singing through a megaphone, but at a 10-15% level

Bought it Is This It in 2001 and I am still listening to it in 2024. A little over 35 minutes, great songwriting, catchy, and energetic.

Well put vid 👍

The new abnormal is one of my favorite albums of all time

If you can get your hands on this October 2007 copy of Spin Magazine titled "1977 The Year Punk Exploded" there are so many parallels between how The Ramones/NYC in '76 spawned an entire Punk Movement in London which then reverberated back to NYC and greater America and how The Strokes did the same in 2001. That would make for a really interesting deep dive....

First you talked a lot about Weeze now the The Steaks ❤️❤️ I love you

I got into them right after Room on Fire was released. The band provided great memories and have a very sentimental place in my ears. Their music was revitalizing to me as a teen. I was never shocked they came from wealthy families, they always came off as NYC royalty. The jet setting Euro-American hipsters. But I liked that about them and as a broke teen in Middle America, wanted to emulate that. It was cool.

i love this video

My favourite industry plants ❤

Great video ❤ ever considered doing an Artic Monkeys essay? Id personally love to see it one day

Great !! Can you do Interpol and/ or The Smiths next?

Phoebe Bridgers definitely got that from her toxic ex boyfriend, and Strokes' former friend, turned foe: Ryan Cabrera. As much venom as that guy sputters in recent times about the Strokes, it wouldn't surprise me if she's repeating something based on his angry and resentful "stories"... Gordon Raphael's book is a great inside view of how they came to be... Lots of talent in all, but especially one person. An obsession with perfection, and an honesty with their own shortcomings as they were coming up. It produced a simple but truly impressive body of songs that made their first album. The secret sauce was hard work, simple melodies (as defined by their own initial abilities) and a faithful and unwavering nod to Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground.

Huge fan of the Strokes.

The Strokes didn't 'fake it until you make it' they literally did the most important thing and were just themselves without caring what others thought.

I was 30yrs old when The Stokes first came out and thought they looked and sounded like The Knack, The Vapors, The Tubes from the late 70’s. They even had a similar naming convention

Badass video

cool video, marciplier

We need Marc to do a DEVO video

The Strokes is my religion

you should definitely do a video about the Arctic Monkeys. where heavily inspired by The Strokes, and just a great band. love the videos!

The band that inspired our sound!!!

real mark moment

My favorite comment gets pinned in one week!

@xp8969

3 ай бұрын

Hysterical video bro, I'm not sure if most people will realize you're being sarcastic the whole time tho, you make it sound like you're being serious

@Knowledgeable5

3 ай бұрын

You should do a RHCP video

The file sharing was no lie, I would have no idea who they were if I didn't run into them in kazaa or limewire, one of those things. I kept seeing their name along with dozen of other songs.

Yeahhhhh!

The Strokes did a lot, but I think Franz Ferdinand perfected the early 2000s rock formula, and were able to move past that formula.

pop punk, skate punk was also huge in the late 90s

Thank you guitar hero 3

As for me it's way much harder to produce that distorted sound than usual kind of over-produced one

Please do a video on the Killers at some point! I think they’re honestly one of the best next to The Strokes, their entire discography is completely unique from each release

This is great Marcbutevil. I always learn something with you. The son of Gibraltarian-British songwriter Albert Hammond, Albert Jr. is a member of the strokes. I didn't know but there is an interesting story behind the band. By the way his father (Albert Hammond) made such good music that I still remember seeing his albums everywhere at my parents' and grandparents' house.

My favorite band ever. I grew up listening to them when they were really taking off, and i just get a huge nostalgia boner whenever I hear their songs again.

If I had a time machine man

“Mark’s favorite comment” here you go Mark 👍

These videos are extremely entertainning. I think Rage Against The Machine would be a hell of a cool band to get a video about!!

It's interesting the fact that they were privileged and still had a sensibility that could reach a lot of people in the way. I think that kinda explains why they got a bit more cinic perspective in time. But still, such great artists! I love them. Hopefully they'll keep doing records. Excellent research!!! ❤ PS. You didn't say anything about that Trump photograph...

you're making videos on the strokes? this is huge

you’ve talked about the rise of The Strokes, now you have to talk about the anti-Strokes, Vampire Weekend. please do a vampire weekend video they’re my favorite band

COMMENT FOR MY LOVE OF THIS AMAZING ARTISTS

This was a great video, I would love to see your take on Arctic monkeys

I saw them live last year, and ive bwen in arguments with other strokes fans as to which is their best album. As good as the new abnormal is. Is this it sounds better both live and the studio version.

Great video, commenting for the algorithm

The Nepobabies

I feel like I just re read MMITB

But where is the oasis video Marc?