Albert Hammond, Jr. (born April 9, 1980, Los Angeles, California) is a musician and member of the garage rock band The Strokes in which he mostly plays rhythm guitar and occasional lead. He is also a solo musician. He released his debut album Yours To Keep in 2006 and followed up with ¿Cómo Te Llama? in 2008. The Beach Boys, Buddy Holly, Frank Black, Guided By Voices, John Lennon, Matthew Sweet, Television and The Velvet Underground are often cit...
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Albert Hammond, Jr. (born April 9, 1980, Los Angeles, California) is a musician and member of the garage rock band The Strokes in which he mostly plays rhythm guitar and occasional lead. He is also a solo musician. He released his debut album Yours To Keep in 2006 and followed up with ¿Cómo Te Llama? in 2008. The Beach Boys, Buddy Holly, Frank Black, Guided By Voices, John Lennon, Matthew Sweet, Television and The Velvet Underground are often cited as his major influences.
The son of Gibraltarian musician Albert Hammond and Argentine former model and beauty pageant winner Claudia Fernández, his mother has Peruvian and Austrian roots. 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, Hammond met up with Julian Casablancas in New York City and together they formed The Strokes with Casablancas' former schoolmates Nikolai Fraiture, Nick Valensi,...
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