Julian Casablancas is a singer-songwriter from New York, United States, best known as the lead singer and principal songwriter of the Strokes. He is also associated with the Voidz. His work is tagged across alternative dance, experimental rock, neo-psychedelia, rock and synth-pop.

Casablancas is born in 1978. He is half American and half Danish, and is the son of John Casablancas and Jeanette Christiansen. His parents divorce when he is young.

Early life and education

He attends kindergarten with future Strokes bandmate Nikolai Fraiture. In his early teens, his father sends him to the Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland, where he first meets Albert Hammond Jr., one of the few other American students there. After returning to New York, he continues at the Dwight School, where he meets Fabrizio Moretti and Nick Valensi. He later drops out, saying he feels he is not learning anything there.

Career

Casablancas fronts the Strokes, a New York rock band, and his solo work includes Phrazes for the Young, released in 2009. He is also connected with Cult Records and Julian Casablancas Publishing.

The Strokes

The Strokes release Is This It, Room on Fire, First Impressions of Earth, Angles, Comedown Machine and The New Abnormal.