The Strokes and SNL
（又名up主接下来需要拌匀的snl音乐现场索引）
这篇文章是我在wiki fandom上面翻到的，比较详细地介绍了The Strokes的职业生涯以及他们在SNL的几次公开表演。读起来不是很费劲，所以在翻译完之后我把原文也一起贴上来了。
The Strokes are an American rock band from Manhattan, New York. Formed in 1998, the band is composed of singer Julian Casablancas, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr., bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Moretti. They are one of the more prominent bands of the garage rock and post-punk revivals, aiding in the resurgence of indie rock in New York City.
The Strokes是一支来自纽约曼哈顿的美国摇滚乐队。乐队成立于1998年，由歌手Julian Casablancas，吉他手Nick Valensi和Albert Hammond Jr.，贝斯手Nikolai Fraiture和鼓手Fabrizio Moretti组成。他们是车库摇滚和后朋复兴中较为突出的乐队之一，可以说引领了纽约独立摇滚的复兴潮流。
After the release of their EP The Modern Age in January 2001, a bidding war ensued among major labels in order to sign the band. Eventually, RCA Records signed them and released their debut studio album, Is This It, later that year. It earned them international commercial success and critical acclaim, appearing on several year-end and all-time album lists. It was followed by Room on Fire in October 2003 and First Impressions of Earth in January 2006, both receiving similar commercial success. They then entered a hiatus for several years.
在2001年1月发行EP《The Modern Age》后，各大唱片公司之间为了签约The Stroke乐队而展开了竞购战。最终，RCA唱片公司签下了他们，并在当年晚些时候发行了他们的首张录音室专辑《Is This It》。这张专辑为他们赢得了国际商业上的成功和好评，也出现在几个年终和历史专辑名单上。紧随其后的是2003年10月的《Room on Fire》和2006年1月的《First Impression on Earth》，两张专辑都（和第一张专辑）差不多成功。然后他们就进入了几年的职业中断。
Toward the end of their original record deal with RCA, the Strokes released two albums in three years with Angles in March 2011 and Comedown Machine in March 2013. Both received lukewarm responses from critics, with the latter being their worst-performing album commercially. They released their first collection of material after their departure from RCA, the Future Present Past EP, in June 2016 through Casablancas' independent Cult Records label.
在他们与RCA的合同即将结束时，The Strokes在三年内连续发行了两张专辑，分别是2011年3月发行的《Angles》和2013年3月发行的《Comedown Machine》。这两张专辑都遭到评论家的冷淡回应，后者甚至是他们在商业上表现最差的专辑。在 2016 年6 月，他们通过Julian Casablancas的独立唱片公司Cult Records发行了他们离开 RCA 后的第一张EP《Future Present Past》。
They made their musical guest debut on Saturday Night Live on January 19, 2002, the eleventh episode of Season 27, hosted by actor and comedian Jack Black. They performed two songs "Last Nite" and "Hard To Explain.
他们于2002年1月19日在周六夜现场（SNL）首次亮相，即SNL第27季的第11集（S27 E11），由演员兼喜剧演员Jack Black主持。他们演唱了两首歌曲：“Last Nite”和“Hard To Explain”。
They returned to Saturday Night Live for their 2nd musical guest appearance on January 21, 2006, the eleventh episode of Season 31, hosted by actor Peter Sarsgaard. They performed two songs "Juicebox" and "You Only Live Once".
他们于 2006 年 1 月 21 日又一次作为SNL的音乐嘉宾出场，即演员Peter Sarsgaard主持的第31季第11集（S31 E11）。他们演唱了两首歌曲：“Juicebox”和“You Only Live Once”。
They returned to Saturday Night Live for their 3rd musical guest appearance on March 5, 2011, the sixteenth episode of Season 36, hosted by actress and pop sensation Miley Cyrus. They perform two songs "Under The Cover of Darkness" and "Life Is Simple In The Moonlight".
他们第三次担任SNL的音乐嘉宾是在2011年3月5日的时候，即第36季的第16集（S36 E16），由女演员和流行歌手麦莉赛勒斯主持。他们演唱了两首歌曲：“Under Cover of Darkness”和“Life is Simple in the Moonlight”。
Later that decade, the Strokes began working with Rick Rubin on a new album. In April 2020 they released their first studio album in seven years, The New Abnormal, through Cult and RCA. Critics generally considered the album a return to form. In fact, they were originally supposed to return to SNL for their 4th musical guest appearance and they're going to perform on April 11, 2020, around the same time the album came out, but then their appearance was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so, they performed on Halloween.
在10年代的后期，The Strokes开始与Rick Rubin合作制作新专辑。2020 年 4 月，他们通过 Cult Records和 RCA 发行了七年来的第一张录音室专辑《The New Abnormal》。评论家普遍认为这张专辑是The Strokes形式上的回归。事实上，他们本应该在专辑发行后就回到 SNL 进行第4次音乐客串演出（约在2020年4月11日）。但由于 COVID-19 大流行，他们的露面被推迟了。所以，他们在SNL的表演被推迟到了2020年的万圣节附近。
The Strokes returned to Saturday Night Live for their 4th musical guest appearance and first appearance in almost nine years on October 31, 2020, the fifth episode and the Halloween show of Season 46, hosted by former SNL writer, stand-up comedian and actor John Mulaney. They perform two songs "The Adults Are Talking" and "Bad Decisions".
2020 年 10 月 31 日，The Strokes 重返SNL，进行他们的第 4 次音乐客串演出和近九年来的首次公开亮相。在由前 SNL 作家、单口喜剧演员和演员John Mulaney主持的第 46 季的万圣节特别篇上，他们演唱了新专辑中的两首歌曲：“The Adults Are Talking”和“Bad decision”。
这篇文章只讲了The Strokes在SNL上的几次演出，但是根据我的记忆，Julian个人应该也上过几次SNL，包括I wish it was Christmas Today（个人专辑《Phrazes for the Young》时期）、Boombox（和三表哥一起写的奇奇怪怪歌）等等，下次等我想起来的时候再去考古看看吧。
