The Strokes - @ Jane's Addiction Nyc 10-30-97

[carlo88moe]

i was -16 when this happened...yeah, i'm from the future bitch

[CoffinBuiltForTwo]

I wasn't even born when this happened! TAKE THAT!

[Flor2o]

julian was so skinny back then

[3141592654ify]

nickolai + jackie chan + julian <3

[OrangeySnicket]

Everyone saying they were toddlers in 1997 makes me feel like a crusty grandma.

[OnlyJacq]

1997??? i don't believe

[inaciomartinelli]

WTF was that??

[voltsfabian]

lucky asian..

[StrokeTheMonkeys]

I was -1 when this happened....

[FLaiR791]

I was 2 when this happened..

[yourpainismygain]

This is blowing my mind... fucking incredible.

[CerpinTaxt37]

You look at them here and you wouldn't even believe they could be in the middle of the best night of their life.

Oh, how much hides behind the curtains....

[MrKetzel]

@CerpinTaxt37

watch happenstance

[The6thSimpson]

They look like total 90s kids :')

[doorsforce]

it's just so crazy when you think about these things man... @.@

[LAKEN531ILY]

i was uuhhhmmm i think 7 months old.......THEY ARE SOOOOO much older than me.......it really is a shame im in ove with these guys who have no clue on Earth who i am.......DAMMIT! WHY CANT I BE JULIET!!!! LOL ;) LOVVE THE STROKES<3<3,3

[jamiroquaisfakengay]

@LAKEN531ILY 'Cause you can't.

[LAKEN531ILY]

@jamiroquaisfakengay uh ok..........

[souleater443]

i was a yeah and two months old.

I love the strokes ao much now, it's weird to even think about that...

[misfits12o]

i was 4months old

[nicepine4]

haha yeah, hows it goin? great..

[FLaiR791]

Then 4 years later, They became greatest band of the new millennium...

[mrshizno91]

Its funny how Julian and Nikolai had the same hair do

[thinkhappythoughts67]

Julian has my age here...man..where on fucking earth can i find a hot guy like him!?? :P

[skyNbell]

GAHH... How is it possible Julian looks the same...!

[theworldindepth]

I WAS ELEVEN........DAMN

[anandurango]

nikolai answered the question best

[Samawsom]

Hahaha I wasn't born yet when this happened! XD

But seriously I totally love the strokes anyways

[verysilvery445]

@Samawsom wow you're really young haha

[luis3826]

haha how crazy was this!

[Beyou96]

if i see Julian Casablancas and Nikolai Fraiture coming to me while i have my camera, i will throw away my fuckin camera and jump over them and stalk them.

[cfcphila23]

@dveenhof i honestly think he said it was a good one. but it does sound like that haha

[strokesfan1107]

Thumb's up for Nikolai's thumb's up

[itsbrennabitch18]

Bahaha "what'd you think?" Julian "Yeah, hows it goin? Great" hahahaha love him!

[travisbickelll]

Why are you all saying how old you were in 1997? Nobody gives a fuck!

[Katiccia]

i was five years old dude..amzing

[ouuyeahouuright]

*O*

[anamulleer]

Ok so let me get this straight they WEREN'T the strokes yet and out of all the people they could have stopped to ask if they enjoyed themselves they asked the soon to be lead singer and bassist of probably onle of the best bands of the 21rst century. That is just... crazy.

[MrSquareHead1234]

I have watched this about 100 times, still cannot believe how crazy it is

[misfits12o]

I was 4 months old when this happened

[vivalamac21]

I like that Nikolai's silent...just, like, a thumbs up. Classic Nikolai.

[rissathemighty]

I was 7 months and 14 days old when this was filmed.... *Sigh*... :(

[marsailsaway]

Julian at 17 Jules now hasn't change much

sexier than ever tho

congrats to the guy who got the

chance to tlk to them before becoming

famous they are two amazing dudes

[mrernestflowers]

I wonder what this guy's first thoughts were when he realized who it was..

[tophat95]

PRE-STROKES FOOTAGE. O_O EPIC.

[ehhsielove]

HAS JULIAN SEEN THIS?

[lovebreathlive]

They are both still gorgeous as they were back then <3

[mothervideos]

"yeah hows it going, great"

[luis3826]

Yeah how it going haha

[grUngEroX1992]

Ahaha julian doesnt like you

[WorkHardNSayItsEasy]

OMFG NIKOLAI'S HAIR

[SeaWithinASea111]

ITS SOOO 90's!!!

[mexicanwaveable]

typical julian :D

[xHARD2EXPLAINx]

Sex

[ArcticBlues7]

what does the lady say

[Strokaa]

lol

[Cerpin1]

..hey man what did ya' think?!

Jules: Yeh how's it goin..

[youboli]

Yesterday i went to see Jane's Adiction xD

[ri394]

a piece of history right here

[vampirevitorio001]

you were having the great moment of your life and you dident even know

[desasterz]

That asian guy was their key boarder but then Albert joigned instead.

[ttpinzon]

nikolaiiiiiiiiiii so hot :P hhahah

[marybsb88]

The Asian-looking fellow looks familiar. Anyone else think so?

[marybsb88]

The Asian looking fellow looks familiar. Anyone else think so?

[marokokisetter]

from spin magazine:

"We used to go to a lot of concerts, Julian and I," Fraiture says,

beaming. "Somebody actually just sent me an unbelievable

video of us at a Jane's addiction show in 1997. Someone with a

camera randomly stopped us and was like, "Hey, what did

you think of the show?' and we said, "We liked it." It would

be funny if we were like, "We're gonna start a band now. This

is the best night of our lives!" But it was, actually. It was

one of the best nights of our lives." - Nikolai

[rissathemighty]

@marokokisetter OHMYGOD.

[BorisGaquere]

Hey! Congrats on getting mentioned in Spin Magazine!!! This concert was apparently the catalyst to the formation of the Strokes. What a lucky moment to have saved on video!!

[clicktrack]

Nikolai talks about this video in the new Spin.

[rheaprinzmetal]

amazzing

(@ 0:15 jules just wants to get past lol)

[ProGeekMexican]

Maybe if this guy shouldnt asked Julian and Nikolai, maybe The Strokes have never existed  =O

[KobeJames9876]

you people are funny...

"oh my god! this is amazing! i didnt know they existed back in 1997!"

yep, they did exist...couple of music lovers going to a concert, is all...

[Jairuzify]

Damn, Jules was only 19 here and he still looks pretty much the same hahah

[kenkocarmenb]

so they know how it feels like to be a mortal lol

[CoN0R115]

Guy recording: "Hey man whatchu think?

Julian Casablancas: "Yaw.. da wuz good.."

Guy recording: *Thinking* "...What a douche...."

Ironic.

[eeveefan14]

Lol, I was 2 when this was filmed XD

[nge1301]

holy shit. If it was me, I would have deleted the video! and why did you only added this last month?

[zebra123]

If you listen closely, someone in the background says, "Yeah, the new Strokes ablum is coming out March 22nd, 2011!"

[amlwje]

Where did you get this one from??? this is so crazy :O

unbelievable..

[DjMooney27]

I wonder if the chinese man was with Jules and Nikolai? 

[bklyntigr]

what a co-inky dink

[TheGidgez]

wow at first i felt this vid had an eerie vibe going on, cause julian looks so different here, but then i saw it was back in '97, very intimate footage right here!

[headman844]

so this was totally random? thats so crazy!

[Forbrtishesyesonlyy]

Holy shit

[themodernage123]

So that means that Julian was 17 when this was filmed?

[murderxkawai]

i got goose bumps just by watching this... amazing, consider yourself probably one of the luckiest human being alive.

[RudolfSchmidt]

man, reading youtube comments is depressing. is it just me? yeah probly is.

[luvanthonykiedis]

0:14 "oh hot damn, sorry random asian guy, but who is that fine ass man back there?"

[babiiray1]

@luvanthonykiedis lmao, so true, so true.. :)

[lherman22]

Thats pretty increadible. Plus that fact that you recognized them from that 1 second encounter years earlier.

[alexstrk93]

ohmygod. this guy..... he just talked to the future rock stars that would change music forever. its funny to think everybody around + the guy filming just saw them as normal guys at a concert, they didnt even know what was coming. haha

this is amazing!

[AwkwardCupcakes]

aww niko still has braces in this video

[colffenstein]

Nice teeth 0:21

[JunWisewar]

hot damn~ the current Jules still look sexy as ever or even sexier than the 97's Jules..

[ferbert19]

dude thats awesome. I was born a month beofore that

[AwkwardCupcakes]

woah, i cant believe this was 14 years ago!

[1251alexRR]

Shit man. I was like 6 years old at the time. haha. Julian sounds like he's being sarcastic. haha.

[dveenhof]

LMAOO AT JULIAN

Camera guy: My man what did you think?

Julian: Yeahh how's it goin??

[SimplyShaded]

@dveenhof I thought Julian said "yeah it was going great" since that makes more sense, but idk lol

[stephaniestephensok]

@dveenhof

hes actually saying "yeah it was a good one"

[strokesfan1107]

@dveenhof haha much akin to the interview in "In Transit" when Gill asks Julian "How are you doing" and he responds with "Heeelloo" hahahaha

[purpleewashere]

@dveenhof he said yeah it was a good one

[dveenhof]

Nikolai still has braces in this

[ralieghTsakers]

fabulous 

[nat4u235]

I was born in 96 and this is from 97... AHH! I feel so young!

[xxJellJessxx]

@nat4u235 i feel young! i was born a year after this was made!

[verathecoolest]

@nat4u235 you are young...

[Electronitron]

@nat4u235 Eh.... You should...

[djoe1986]

lol

[CoheedAtThe930]

ahaha whatttt this is so candid and crazy they should see this!

[benneyful]

the strokes .. i miss you!

[joshwhalen17]

I would like to know how you happened upon this video, and what your initial reaction was...

[ParkerHatesIdiots]

Ha, wow.

I would pay a lot of money to see the camera man's reaction, when he saw Jules and Niko on MTV, three years later.

Haha he probably thought they looked real familiar.

[cacam01]

No shit! Before the strokes! WOW

[kurko04]

they were just 19!!

[kurko04]

Thats so fuckin awesome!

[mckidees]

umm does that look like joey from friends?

[ttqsg]

ha! before they were rockstars. sweet!

[ilovoasis]

I'm freaking out!!! That's so cool:) I <3 The Strokes

[GirMittens]

waayyy back when they were mortal

[BVILLE92]

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[miguelitaxxx]

1997??

[Chacha5678]

nikolai is one beautiful man

[SpiritsFighter]

This Woman don't know she was in front of two guy of the futur best rock band on the 2000's decade. FUCK YEAH !!

[MetallicRoses1]

woooaahh lucky!

[jbrad445]

That is the coolest moment ever! little did this guy know that the 2 shy guys he asked, were to become part of one of the biggest bands in music!

[venusazem]

this is soooo.... EPIC? yeah, that´s the right word!! niko is still the same, jules grow up a bit... they were so hot and they are much more hot now=)

[MercurySyndrom]

OMFG

[nick4man3]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!

[DrMantecol]

Crazy.

[melfaery]

Holy fuck. I went to so many concerts during this era & lived in NYC for most of my life. Who knows, Julian could have been standing right next to me ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[dmwmgls]

Too cool

[MEAGANsullyIScool]

this is fucking awesome!

[scarryterry]

Pretty amazing video. I'd like to know what Julian and Nikolai said to each other after heading home.

Nikolai: That was a great concert, what did you think?

Julian: I think we should start a band....

[MoonchildMindaugas2]

@scarryterry That was indeed at the time they started it :D Just a couple of months or so (the band started in 1998).

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOO!!! :D

[ThatSillyDinosaur]

@scarryterry

actually, yeah...

they said that in an interview...

good call.

[StupidTeddybear]

@scarryterry weird how nikolia referred to this in a interview i read. He must of read your comment lol

[scarryterry]

@StupidTeddybear I read that article! It's certainly possible he saw my comment. If he did indeed refer to it that would be pretty cool.

Also, that comment of mine is probably the most successful youtube comment I've made, so thanks for making it happen, guys! lol...

[ynaalouise]

holy jesus

[johaaannaa]

coolest thing ever!!!!

[juulkaps]

omg hdgashdsagad

[BorisGaquere]

holy crap! did you know it was them? 4 years before the first album came out!