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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.
The Strokes today are a successful band, arguably because of their ability to produce albums of great sound and lyrics while overcoming the ‘wealthy heirs’ stigma.
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.
The Strokes today are a successful band, arguably because of their ability to produce albums of great sound and lyrics while overcoming the ‘wealthy heirs’ stigma.
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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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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anntschi wrote:
true, gabriel.
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Gabriel_Lino wrote:
Sometimes i think their solo carreer is better than Strokes...
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anntschi wrote:
solo > strokes
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nicholasli wrote:
number 1 strokes solo artist
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post-Agherm wrote:
he's druggy
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Mr-Usuario wrote:
And ugly.
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MSTRFNK wrote:
Saw him on Gossip Girl, completely bald!
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blaircammie wrote:
i love his voice
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gui_nogueira wrote:
In Transit \o/
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Valaro wrote:
hope he gets well soon
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heroinhero115 wrote:
yours to keep is great
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Idizzen wrote:
He sucked big time live. Well, he sounded okay but was very boring on stage. His songs are good though.
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chicachondet wrote:
amazing ^^
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desvairio wrote:
alt3
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