The Strokes

Fraiture and Casablancas first met when they were six at a French school called Le Lycee. Coincidentally, that's French for "school." They didn't become really good friends until fifth grade.

When Casablancas started going to Manhattan's Dwight School, he met Valensi and Moretti. The four of them used to practice together every day after school at Moretti's house.

All of them were born to affluent families, which many of their critics use against them, accusing them of slumming it in the dives where they made their name.