Title: Stroke the Verve/Research on The Stroke and The Verve

Rock is a genre of music with many artists who are not given the recognition they deserve. Living in certain areas, such as South Carolina, has an influence on the types of music one may listen to. Most southern radio stations are country radio stations with few devoted to rock or top 40. The Verve and The Strokes are two bands with similar histories that many in the south have not heard of. Here is a brief overview of how these two bands came to be and what their music is all about.
The Verve was a five member band formed in Wigan, Lancashire in England. The band's original line-up w…