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A two-hour compilation of the sessions and interviews the Strokes have done for the BBC since their earliest visits to the UK twenty years ago in 2001.

BBC Radio 6 Music’s Artist Collection features New York band the Strokes twenty years on from their debut album Is This It.

At the BBC is a two-hour compilation of sessions and interviews the band has done at the BBC over the years, since their earliest visits in 2001.

Having tested the waters with an EP, the engaging five-piece went on a promotional tour for Is This It, travelling just ahead of the album’s release date in the various countries they visited around the world.

They created quite a sensation, the album was a hit and contained the singles Hard to Explain, Last Nite and Someday. It rocket-fuelled a resurgence of spiky, concise, guitar-driven songs delivered with attitude, and has ranked high in various best album of the 2000s charts.

The Strokes have earned their place among the influential acts from New York, such as the Velvet Underground, the Ramones and Television, and continue with line-up that remains unchanged since 1998.

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Tue 15 Aug 202300:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • The Strokes

    Last Night (Radio 1 Session, 6 Feb 2001)

  • The Strokes

    Trying Your Luck (BBC Session 060201)

  • The Strokes

    N.Y.C. Cops (Radio 1 Session, 6 Feb 2001)

  • The Strokes

    Soma (Radio 1 Session, 6 Feb 2001)

  • The Strokes

    The Modern Age (Peel Session 27.6.01)

  • The Strokes

    Hard To Explain (Peel Session 27.6.01)

  • The Strokes

    Someday (Peel Session 27.6.01)

  • The Strokes

    Reptilia

    • Rough Trade Records.

  • The Strokes

    Vison Of Division

  • The Strokes

    Juicebox

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Rough Trade Records.

  • The Strokes

    Ask Me Anything

  • The Strokes

    Heart in a Cage (2006 Session)

  • The Strokes

    Life's a Gas (Radio 1 Session Ramones cover 2006)

  • The Strokes

    You Only Live Once (Session 2006)

  • Johnny Cash

    Man In Black

    • The Man In Black: The Definitive Collection.

  • The Strokes

    Alone Together

  • The Melodians

    Rivers Of Babylon

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

  • The Strokes

    Call Me Back

  • The Strokes

    Taken For A Fool

  • The Strokes

    Tap Out

  • The Strokes

    All The Time

  • The Strokes

    Brooklyn Bridge To Chorus

    • The New Abnormal.
    • RCA.
    • 3.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 27 Jul 202100:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music
  • Tue 15 Aug 202300:00
    BBC Radio 6 Music