The Strokes News: The Strokes Guitarist Buys House

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The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr has bought an enormous new country house.

The Strokes are without doubt one of the most influential rock acts of the decade. The band's debut album 'Is This It?' sparked a wholesale shift in guitar music, throwing bands back into the charts.

Embodying the filthy glamour of New York, the band's mixture of skinny ties and skinny riffs inspired a thousand groups, many of whom in turn went on to enjoy vast success. Sure, The Strokes may have thus far failed to live up to the glistening promise of their debut but the group...