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Albert Hammond, Jr. (born April 9, 1980, in Los Angeles) is a musician best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Strokes. Outside of the band, he has released two solo albums.
The son of Gibraltarian-British songwriter Albert Hammond, Albert Jr. was sent to the elite boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland at the age of 13. While there, he met Julian Casablancas, who would go on to be a fellow band member.
In 1998, Albert met up with Julian in New York City and together they formed a band with Julian’s former schoolmates: Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti.
Albert is currently engaged to English model Agyness Deyn. His trademark is wearing formal suits, usually a different one for each show. Albert is usually seen playing an olympian white Fender Stratocaster, or bandmate Nick Valensi’s Les Paul Jr. He is usually associated with the “rhythm” guitar portion of the majority of Strokes songs, and most solos are played by Valensi. The solos in which Albert does play are Last Nite, Trying Your Luck, Take It Or Leave It, Under Control, The End Has No End, Ize Of The World, and Vision Of Division. His solos tend to focus largely on more emotional, “bluesy”-type melodical work, and the guitar tends to have a cleaner, softer tone in comparison to Valensi’s (with a noteable exception found in Vision Of Division). He often holds the guitar in a high horizontal position, similar to Bob Dylan and Ian Curtis.
The son of Gibraltarian-British songwriter Albert Hammond, Albert Jr. was sent to the elite boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland at the age of 13. While there, he met Julian Casablancas, who would go on to be a fellow band member.
In 1998, Albert met up with Julian in New York City and together they formed a band with Julian’s former schoolmates: Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti.
Albert is currently engaged to English model Agyness Deyn. His trademark is wearing formal suits, usually a different one for each show. Albert is usually seen playing an olympian white Fender Stratocaster, or bandmate Nick Valensi’s Les Paul Jr. He is usually associated with the “rhythm” guitar portion of the majority of Strokes songs, and most solos are played by Valensi. The solos in which Albert does play are Last Nite, Trying Your Luck, Take It Or Leave It, Under Control, The End Has No End, Ize Of The World, and Vision Of Division. His solos tend to focus largely on more emotional, “bluesy”-type melodical work, and the guitar tends to have a cleaner, softer tone in comparison to Valensi’s (with a noteable exception found in Vision Of Division). He often holds the guitar in a high horizontal position, similar to Bob Dylan and Ian Curtis.
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riotvan93 wrote:
love him (:
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deviantpsyche wrote:
just got this Artist's ringtones at www.itsflycell.com. In Transit is my favorite! love it.
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Ethaneeze wrote:
ahem.... fab (little joy) > strokes > the rest
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heystayyoung wrote:
so fuckin nice
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DavidLostInAcid wrote:
It's sad his overall play count is so severely split. 2 million for Hammond, Jr. (correct), but a whopping 1+ million for Hammond Jr. (incorrect). =/ Genius, though, either way.
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BritaBowen wrote:
The first.
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you_rocks wrote:
albert hammond, jr. or albert hammond jr.??????????????
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Crimzonite wrote:
Recent fan! I'm also listening to Nikolai Fraiture's solo project; I love how he's called it Nickle Eye.
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kidsandheroes wrote:
he makes me happy ♥
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HeCtor-182 wrote:
hate chu albert
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HeCtor-182 wrote:
The Strokes>Julian>My balls>Albert
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upesupernova wrote:
strokes>albert>julian, but I love all of them
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chenzi wrote:
Strokes >>>>>>>> solo / side projects [2]. that said, this stuff is still great too :P
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katesnaps wrote:
i actually like albert's solo project better than julian's, and i fucking love jules. so, uh. ANYWAY, i was so stuck on everyone gets a star and 101 that i sort of neglected the rest of yours to keep. big mistake, that album is grrrrr8, finally listened to all of it on the train today after having it for.. idunno, since it came out?
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jules_vine wrote:
Their works are so much better than the new shitty casablancas
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Enishiii wrote:
amazing!
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henkedenke wrote:
uhum, no julian>albert. every day, forever. albert is great aswell, but julian is better
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totbl_please wrote:
albert>julian
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christophlieber wrote:
Strokes >>>>>>>> solo / side projects
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Laura_Ingalls wrote:
love you albert
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