Despite being inundated with major label offers when they first appeared on the scene, The Strokes finally signed to RCA because it was the only company that didn’t balk when the band stated they’d never want to make a video. Casablancas revealed the reason for this in a 2001 interview with ‘Penthouse’: "The idea of lip-synching to songs on a film just seems retarded to me."

Pic: Pieter M Van Hattem

