The Strokes: First Ten Years

Name: The Strokes: First Ten Years
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SKU: 9781644283509
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The Strokes: First Ten Years provides an intimate and impressionistic narrative chronicling the rise of one of New York's greatest bands. Featuring hundreds of colour and black-and-white images, this authorised visual record captures the band from their early days as students at the Dwight School through their ascent to global fame. Through the lens of a close friend and photographer, readers gain a rare, personal glimpse of the band both in public and private moments.
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Format: Hardback

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This book is ideal for fans of The Strokes, enthusiasts of New York rock culture, and anyone interested in intimate, behind-the-scenes photographic histories of influential bands.

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The first authorised visual record of one of New York's greatest bands.

An intimate and impressionistic narrative of The Strokes: First Ten Years, including images of the guys when they were students at the Dwight School in Manhattan and would gather for lunches at their local diner. This is a peerless window into the group through the lens of a close friend who was there before it even began.

The book features hundreds of colour and black and white images of the band in public and in private. A truly personal look at the rise of The Strokes - one of the biggest and most enduring bands in the world.

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Nick Valensi of The Strokes praises the photographer Cody as "always a motivator, forever a friend" who captured special moments unknown to the band. Fabrizio Moretti calls the book "brimming with nostalgia" and likens it to "the scrapbook we never made." Mick Rock, a renowned photographer, endorses it as probably the most definitive collection of images. Adam Green of Moldy Peaches describes it as "a rare treat" essential for fans, highlighting the revealing and tender photos from the band’s explosive early years.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781644283509

Publisher: Rare Bird Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 December 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Rare Bird Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

By Cody Smyth
Contributions by Claude Franques
Foreword by Mick Rock

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 226.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 184

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Cody Smyth was born during a snowstorm in 1978 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. He was raised by his artist parents on the Upper West Side and the West Village. Shooting professionally for over 20 years, Cody has worked commercially with clients such as Apple TV, Variety, MTV, MTV2, Vanity Fair, NME, Nylon, Dazed & Confused, Ford Models, among others. He has photographed some of the biggest names in music, including The Strokes, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West, Joan Jett, Dave Gahan, Lil Wayne, Alicia Keys and many more. In 2001 he started working and later collaborating, with legendary photographer Mick Rock on countless photo and video shoots. It became a mentorship that lasted over 20 years. The Strokes: The First Ten Years is Cody's first book.