this is what the strokes sound like:
velvet underground (production sound & vocals)
the ramones (rhythm)
television (riffs and melodies)
plus there's a band from new york called jonathan fire*eater that people said the strokes took the idea of ripping off those bands from, but i've never heard them. they split up ages ago though.
i just googles them, here's a myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/jonathanfireeater