I never heard of most of the bands the people are talking about except for the Rolling Stones. The Strokes CD is almost as good as the lastest Mick Jagger and better than the 2nd Hootie CD and a bit better than the 1st Toad the wet sproket CD. I say they kinda rock in an alternative way, without being too hard and angry like Nirvana. Maybe closer to Lennie Kravat.