Hard To Explain

Happy 45 To Voice/Face JULIAN CASABLANCAS Of THE STROKES

Posted on by JL

23 August 2023

JULIAN FERNANDO CASABLANCAS was born on 23 August 1978 in New York City.

Happy 45 to the voice/face/songwriter of rock idols THE STROKES who started making arousing hullabaloo back in 2001 with their debut LP Is This It? proving that manic songs with manic guitars still make you millions of fans. Of course, a cute-charismatic frontman helps.

I picked these 2 stellar strokes to
celebrate Casablancas‘ birthday.

– HARD TO EXPLAIN –

From that ace debut album.
Striking live version.

– ODE TO THE MEDS –

One of the best power ballads ever.
Already played this diamond 1 million times.
From their most recent LP The New Abnormal (2020).
Casablancas vocal performance is superb.

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THE STROKES: Bio – Discography – Instagram

(Group photo: back cover of their ‘Room On Fire’ LP)

TOUCHÉ AMORÉ – Hard To Explain Why Post Hardcore Gang Covers THE STROKES

Posted on by JL

8 August 2021

Band: TOUCHÉ AMORÉ
Who: Post hardcore gang from Los Angeles
Active: Since 2007 / 5 studio albums so far.

Cover: HARD TO EXPLAIN

Original by New York City’s boys band The Strokes.
A track from their much-acclaimed debut LP Is This It,
released 20 years ago.

Touché Amoré don’t really change the song much, except
turning up the decibels way high and screaming their lungs
to pieces. That’s cool with me. What about you?

Scream here…


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The original stroke…

Touché Amouré: Twitter