i recently heard about the band the strokes
Do you  mean The Strokes, the American rock band from New York?
yes, Formed in 1998, the band is composed of singer Julian Casablancas, lead guitarist Nick Valensi, rhythm guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Moretti. 
Yes I know after five-album deals with RCA and Rough Trade, they continued to release new music through Casablancas Cult Records
last july in 2017 there were rumors they were working on their new album with legendary producer rick rubin
Sounds great. The lead singer and songwriter Casablancas met the guitarist, an drummer when they all attended Dwiight School in Manhattan.
their first album was very sucessful, In 2009, NME named Is This It as the Greatest Album of the Decade (2000s).
And Casablancas befriended the Bassist Nicolai Fraiture while the two attended the Lycee Francaise de New York