Albert Hammond Jr. is a guitarist for the New York City rock band The Strokes. Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977 A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... Rock group (or later rock band) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ... // History The Strokes formed at a young age, with most of the members connected in some way with lead singer/songwriter Julian Casablancas. ...

Albert Hammond Jr.

Hammond Jr. (the son of singer/songwriter Albert Hammond, whose songs include "It Never Rains in Southern California," "When I Need You," and "To All the Girls I've Loved Before") came from Los Angeles to attend film school at New York University and was invited into the band by singer Julian Casablancas; the two met at L'Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland when they were kids. Casablancas officially christened the quintet the Strokes in 1999, and the group spent most of that year writing and rehearsing material in New York City's Music Building. They made their live debut that fall at the Spiral, and word of mouth about the Strokes' incendiary live show propelled them to gigs at venues like Under the Acme, Lower East Side clubs such as Arlene Grocery, Baby Jupiter, and N.Y.C.'s Luna. Image File history File links Hammondjr. ... Albert Hammond (born May 18, 1944) is a singer-songwriter originally from Gibraltar. ... Julian Casablancas Julian Casablancas (born on August 23, 1978) is the lead vocalist of the band The Strokes. ...

Albert is currently engaged to Catherine Pierce, one-half of the folk singing group The Pierces.