Julian Casablancas by the same thing twice!" After the release of the two other albums and several major tours, the band took a 5-year break before returning with their fourth album "Angles" in 2011. The five year hiatus was said to be the result of conflicting solo projects, sobriety issues, and unspoken emotions.The Strokes' drummer Fab Moretti claimed the band struggled to process such "subconscious volcanic emotions", partly because they were still "children" at the time. Though their creative processes has been critiqued by outside observers as “a democracy under a dictator”, Casablancas has encouraged each band member to contribute their own
Wild Horses (US rock band) Wild Horses (US rock band) Wild Horses was a band that originally featured former Buster Brown and Montrose members Johnny Edwards and James Kottak. The band also featured James Kottak's former Kingdom Come bandmate Rick Steier. The band went through at least two bassists: Chris Lester and Jeff Pilson. Johnny Edwards left to sing for Foreigner and was replaced by former Shout lead vocalist John Levesque before the band recorded their first album "Bareback". John Levesque sang on both of the band's official albums ("Bareback" and "Dead Ahead"). Johnny Edwards and James Kottak previously played together on Buster Brown's second