10 Legendary Music Artists That Never Got Better Than Their Debut Record

When the dawn of Y2K began, it was time for a lot of rock and rollers to get over themselves. After the surge of nu metal bands started to infest the airwaves once again, there was too much sadness to go around and no real sense of purpose in rock and roll anymore. If you wanted to find the reason why you picked up guitar in the first place, you had to look back a little further like the Strokes did.

Almost kicking off the garage rock revival on their own, Is This It captured the kind of freewheeling spirit of The Strokes in their native New York, as they took the building blocks of rock and roll and made them cool again. Even when they decided to be a little cheeky by taking bits from the likes of Tom Petty, you never mistook them for anyone else, as Julian Casablanca's disaffected vocals kept you glued to the song at every turn.

And while Room on Fire deserves it's just praise as a great album on its own, most of the Strokes' material post Is This It has been hit or miss, as the band either try to replicate their past success or falling flat on their face trying to do something new. If The New Abnormal is any indication though, The Strokes may have finally found a way past their debut's shadow. They're proud of their roots, but it might finally be time to move on.