Pukkelpop 2011

Biography

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.

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Genre

Alternative, Indie, Indierock, Rock, Singer-songwriter

Performed at Pukkelpop in

2007

Website

http://www.alberthammondjr.com

Social media

• http://www.myspace.com/alberthammondjr
• http://www.last.fm/music/Albert+Hammond%2C+Jr.