Julian Casablancas

Julian Fernando Casablancas is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band the Strokes, with which he has released six studio albums since its founding in 1998. Casablancas released a solo studio album, Phrazes for the Young, in 2009 and has released three albums with the experimental rock band the Voidz.

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Born: Julian Fernando Casablancas , ( 1978-08-23 ) August 23, 1978 (age 47) , New York City , New York, U.S.
Occupations: Singer songwriter musician
Years active: 1998–present
Spouse: Juliet Joslin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2005 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2019 )
Father: John Casablancas
Genres: Indie rock post-punk revival garage rock revival new wave experimental rock neo-psychedelia
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Julian Fernando Casablancas (born August 23, 1978) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the rock band the Strokes, with which he has released six studio albums since its founding in 1998. Casablancas released a solo studio album, Phrazes for the Young, in 2009, and has released three albums with the experimental rock band the Voidz.

He was born in New York to Danish model Jeanette Christiansen and businessman John Casablancas. He met bassist Nikolai Fraiture at the age of six, and attended the exclusive Le Rosey school, where he met guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. He did not complete high school, but he received a GED.