Anonymous asked: could you link me to where is that interview from please?

HERE!

Anonymous asked: I remember someone (maybe Albert or Fab) saying all together the guys make up one whole person with their unique qualities- or something like that. How would you describe each of the guys in one word? What do you think each of them brings to the group? You ladies always give great in-depth answers, so I'm super curious!

Sorry this took so long to answer—I was going to amass a bunch of quotes where they talk about this but in the end I didn’t really have time to get more than a couple. 

Nikolai says here that the band is like a Voltron toy: One big thing that splits off into five distinct parts. In this interview they talk a bit more about who brings what, and I think from a fan perspective, even almost eleven years on, that sounds about right to me! In short, I feel a bit awkward giving my own personal interpretation, even though it’s all in fun, because I find it weird to talk about them here as if I know them personally. But for the sake of the question I’ll say: Albert brings a sense of style (or used to, anyway, with his suits etc.), Fab brings humor and lightness, Nikolai brings consistency and calm, Nick brings honesty and that face, and Julian brings mystery and badassery.

—Chelsea

Anonymous asked: Why the band is called The Strokes

I love this question!

Why are you called the Strokes?

Julian: Because it means a lot of things that are artistic and strong. We all do interesting things in different ways and the words means interesting things in different ways. It just made so much sense that you can’t deny it.

Fab: We’d rejected a bunch of names. Nikolai said that made us laugh for days: ‘de Niros’ as in ‘the Niros’. I used to think of what the word actually meant: a stroke [holds his heart in an inaccurate medical mime], a stroke… blow to the face… a stroke in a painting. The one I think of the most is the brushstroke. But now I just of five dudes standing around.

Nikolai: There were so many different meanings to it, it could never pin us down. So many people have said ‘stroke of luck’, ‘stroke this’… there’s never one thing they can focus on. There’s when you have a stroke, cerebral congestion; there’s a stroke when you play guitar; then there’s the obvious sexual undertones.

Nick: When it first came up, it was like, ‘Oh, The Strokes, like a wank.’ Then a person said ‘No, it’s The Strokes like a heart attack’. Then another person said,’…like a caress’. It rolled off the tongue really well – sort of violent and sort of sexual and it just sounded cool to everybody.

Albert: We’d come in with all these bad names – the de Niros, the Rubber Bands, the Motels, Flattop Freddie and the Purple Canoes – and no one would agree. One day we’re in the studio after practice and Julian said ‘The Strokes’. And everyone was like ‘that sounds great!’. It was that easy; five guys agreeing. it doesn’t really mean anything. We thought it was a cool rock and roll name. When I first heard it, it sounded so old, like someone would have already taken it but no one did. Then I looked it up in the dictionary and ‘a powerful blow to the face, chest or body’ was the first thing. Perfect. That’s exactly what our music is. It’s like a powerful blow to the face.

SOURCE

—Chelsea

Anonymous asked: sorry to bother you ... but would someone please give me the link of that interview you posted here some time, Julian's in a bad mood (or something) and don't want to talk, and Nick is trying to make him laugh. Thank you for your attention (sorry for horrible english)

Here :)