Julian Casablancas Modern Age EP" in 2001. The EP sparked a bidding war among record labels, the largest for a rock and roll band in years. Shortly after, The Strokes' critically acclaimed debut album "Is This It" was released. The band has received the highest of praise for "Is This It," and it set the stage for what people expected to “save rock” in the new millennium. Though some would argue that such statements left unreasonably sized shoes to fill, The Strokes are still highly recognized as one of the most influential garage rock bands of the early 2000's, paving the way
Julian Casablancas Voidz’ album, "Virtue," through which he more explicitly expresses politically-charged ideas. Doing so, Casablancas explains, is using his music as a “means to an end to make the world a better place.” The music industry, according to Casablancas, operates quite similarly to the political world, where “whoever’s propaganda’s the loudest” is what is popular, regardless of its quality. In 2016 Casablancas interviewed Henry Giroux, during which they discuss the idea of whether or not the average American identifies that there are still existing struggles and conflicts that need to be addressed within the country. Amongst various other issues impending on