Albert Hammond Jr. (''born'' Hammond III; born April 9, 1980) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his role as rhythm and lead guitarist, as well as occasional keyboard player and backing vocalist, in the American
rock
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band
The Strokes
The Strokes are an American rock band from New York City. Formed in 1998, the band is composed of lead singer and songwriter Julian Casablancas, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr., bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Mor ...
. Hammond Jr. released his debut solo album ''
Yours to Keep'' in 2006 and followed up with ''
¿Cómo Te Llama?
''¿Cómo Te Llama?'' is the second solo album by Albert Hammond Jr. The album has 13 tracks and was released on July 7, 2008 in the UK and on July 8, 2008 in the US. "GfC" is the first single from the album, and it premiered on iLike on May 22 ...
'' in 2008. Since then, he has released the 2013 EP ''
AHJ,'' and the albums ''
Momentary Masters
''Momentary Masters'' is the third solo studio album by American musician Albert Hammond Jr. released on July 31, 2015.
Track listing
All songs written by Albert Hammond Jr. except 6, by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Ro ...
'' and ''
Francis Trouble
''Francis Trouble'' is the fourth solo album by Albert Hammond Jr released on March 9, 2018, through Red Bull Records. The album is named after Hammond's twin brother Francis who his mother miscarried in 1980 and was described as "a homage to bot ...
'' in 2015 and 2018, respectively.
Early life
Hammond was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of British-
Gibraltarian
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singer-songwriter
Albert Hammond
Albert Louis Hammond OBE (born 18 May 1944) is a British-Gibraltarian singer, songwriter, and record producer. A prolific songwriter, he also collaborated with other songwriters such as Mike Hazlewood, John Bettis, Diane Warren, Holly Knight ...
, a prolific songwriter best known for his 1972 hit single "
It Never Rains in Southern California
"It Never Rains in Southern California" is a 1972 song jointly written and composed by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and sung by Hammond, a British-born singer-songwriter.
Lyrics content
The lyrics of "It Never Rains In Southern Californi ...
", and
Argentine Claudia Fernández, a former model and beauty pageant winner. He has two older half-sisters.
A first generation American, Hammond is of mixed Gibraltarian, Argentine, Austrian, and Peruvian descent;
his first language was Spanish.
Hammond began playing the guitar at age nine. He was a championship-winning roller skater as a child.
At the age of 12, Hammond Jr. was sent to boarding school
Institut Le Rosey
Institut Le Rosey (), commonly referred to as Le Rosey or simply Rosey, is a private boarding school in Rolle, Switzerland. Founded in 1880 by Paul-Émile Carnal on the site of the 14th-century Château du Rosey in the town of Rolle in the can ...
in Switzerland.
While there, he became friends with future Strokes bandmate
Julian Casablancas, a grade above him, whom he connected with as a fellow American
Hammond moved back to Los Angeles where he completed his high school education at the
Buckley School.
Following graduation in 1998, Hammond moved from Los Angeles to New York City and, having deferred admittance to
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, th ...
, took a short-term filmmaking course at the
New York Film Academy
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.
He later attended
NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, but left after a year and a half.
Career
The Strokes
After moving to New York City in September 1998, Hammond reconnected with his former school friend Casablancas, who later invited him to join the Strokes.
Made up of Casablancas' other schoolmates
Nikolai Fraiture
Nikolai Philippe Fraiture (born November 13, 1978) is an American musician best known as the bassist of the American rock band The Strokes. Since co-founding the band in 1998, he has released six studio albums with them. Among other creative pr ...
,
Nick Valensi
Nicholas Valensi (born January 16, 1981) is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his role as lead and rhythm guitarist in the American rock band The Strokes. Since 2001, the band has released six studio albums, some of which Valen ...
, and
Fabrizio Moretti
Fabrizio Moretti (born June 2, 1980) is a Brazilian-American musician and visual artist best known as the drummer for American rock band The Strokes, with whom he has released six studio albums since 2001. A collaborative artist, he has been pa ...
, Hammond Jr. was the last person to join the band in 1999. In the following two years, the band practiced and performed tirelessly, all while Hammond Jr. was also attending NYU and working at
Kim's Video. The Strokes released their first demo in January 2001, beginning a record label bidding war and years of critical acclaim. Since 2001, Hammond Jr., as part of the Strokes, has released two EPs and six full-length albums, most recently ''
The New Abnormal
''The New Abnormal'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band the Strokes, released on April 10, 2020, through Cult and RCA Records. It was their first full-length album since '' Comedown Machine'' (2013), marking the longest gap between ...
'' in 2020.
Hammond is usually seen playing a 1985 '70s reissue Olympic White
Fender Stratocaster
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or
Gibson
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Les Paul Jr. that is sometimes used by bandmate
Nick Valensi
Nicholas Valensi (born January 16, 1981) is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his role as lead and rhythm guitarist in the American rock band The Strokes. Since 2001, the band has released six studio albums, some of which Valen ...
. On the majority of the Strokes' songs he plays rhythm guitar, and solos are played by Valensi. The songs in which Hammond does play solos are "
Last Nite
"Last Nite" is a song by American rock band the Strokes. It was released on October 23, 2001, as the second single from their debut album, ''Is This It'' (2001). It was a moderate hit for the group on the UK Singles Chart in 2001.
Background
...
", "
Trying Your Luck", "Take It or Leave It", "Under Control", "
The End Has No End", "Ize of the World", "Threat of Joy", "Vision of Division", and "Drag Queen". His solos tend to focus largely on more emotional, "bluesy"-type melodic work, and the guitar tends to have a cleaner, softer tone in comparison to Valensi's (with a notable exception found in "Vision of Division"). He often holds his guitar in a high horizontal position, similar to
Buddy Holly, which he says is so that he can dance better.
Although vocalist Julian Casablancas is the primary songwriter in
the Strokes
The Strokes are an American rock band from New York City. Formed in 1998, the band is composed of lead singer and songwriter Julian Casablancas, guitarists Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond Jr., bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Mor ...
, Hammond co-wrote the track "Automatic Stop" with Casablancas for the group's second album ''
Room on Fire
''Room on Fire'' is the second studio album by American rock band the Strokes, released on October 28, 2003, through RCA Records. Its title is derived from a lyric in the song "Reptilia".
''Room on Fire'' received positive reviews upon its rel ...
''. He has been credited with writing three mostly instrumental songs ("Swiss Beats", "Holland", and "By the Way") for the band's 2001 tour video titled ''In Transit''. These songs were reworked for his later solo album and have different titles ("Everyone Gets a Star", "Bright Young Thing", "In Transit"). He wrote "Elephant Song" when he was required to record a song for his Sound 101 class during his freshman year and used the school's recording equipment. The song was played at a few shows before the release of the Strokes' debut album. They later re-recorded the song as a special giveaway for fan club members.
Solo career
''Yours to Keep'' and ''¿Cómo Te Llama?'' (2006–2013)
In October 2005, Hammond and
Ben Kweller released a version of "
Wait
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" on ''
.''
Hammond released a solo album titled ''
Yours to Keep'' in the U.K. through
Rough Trade Records on October 9, 2006 and in North America through
New Line Records
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/
Scratchie Records
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on March 6, 2007. Produced by
Thin Lizard Dawn vocalist Lattimer and recorded at the
Electric Lady Studios
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in New York City, the album features several musical guests, such as
Sean Lennon
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, Ben Kweller, The Strokes' manager
Ryan Gentles
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Career ...
,
Jody Porter
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of
Fountains of Wayne
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, Chris Feinstein, Mikki James, Sammy James Jr. (
The Mooney Suzuki
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) and the Strokes' lead singer, Casablancas. Bassist Josh Lattanzi and drummer Matt Romano serve as the backing band, with Hammond on guitar and vocals. The first single taken from the album, "101," was released exclusively through iTunes on September 4, 2006. "101" was the follow-up single to "Everyone Gets a Star". The music video debuted online in March 2007. It was going to be available in general music stores, unlike "Everyone Gets A Star" which was only available through UK iTunes Music Store. It was released on November 27, 2006. The music video for "In Transit" was directed by
Joaquin Phoenix
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.
Hammond has said to have been "waiting to make a record like this for years". Early support from his bandmates in the Strokes was only evident after Casablancas' role playing bass and back-up vocals on the track "Scared", though all of the members (with the exclusion of
Nick Valensi
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, who was busy taking care of his newborn children) attended his shows in and around New York.
On March 16, 2007, at the
South by Southwest festival, Hammond performed a 12-song set including covers of
Frank Black
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's "Old Black Dawning" and
Guided By Voices' "Postal Blowfish". Hammond also regularly covered
the Cars
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' "Don't Cha Stop" in live performances. He supported
Bloc Party
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on their world tour before making stops at Montreal's Metropolis and
Toronto
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's Kool Haus. After this, Hammond headlined two North American tours along with a European tour. The North American tour featured his friends,
the Mooney Suzuki
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. In November 2006, Hammond was announced to be joining
Incubus
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on tour during their North American tour for their new album ''
Light Grenades''.
![Domskibum2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Domskibum2.jpg)
On August 29, 2007, Hammond announced on MySpace that he was going back into the studio to record
his second album in October 2007 for five weeks.
On March 20, 2008, Hammond posted a blog entry on MySpace in which he revealed the title of his second album: ''¿Cómo Te Llama?'' He wrote that it contained 13 songs with a total length of 46 minutes and 30 seconds. He stated he hoped to be touring with the new album until the end of 2008. On May 27, 2008, Hammond released "GfC", the first single off ''¿Cómo Te Llama?'', on iTunes in the U.S. The song was played extensively live on his 2007 tour. A non-album song titled "& So It Goes" was released as a B-side along with the single. The album was released on July 7, 2008.
On May 29, 2008, Hammond was Myspace's featured artist and exclusively premiered his new album ''¿Cómo Te Llama?'' uploading all the tracks of the album on his official Myspace page. He celebrated the release of his album with a July 8 small show at the Virgin Megastore,
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, in New York City. A noted absence from Hammond's band was recording bassist Josh Latzanni.
Steve Schiltz of the band
Longwave
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, who toured with Hammond on his first album also was missing. Although Hammond was supposed to play only two or three songs, he ended up playing almost 10, with a selection that included both new and old tracks. This show kicked off his worldwide tour in support of ''¿Cómo Te Llama?'' with the next show being sold-out at the landmark venue Spaceland in the
Silver Lake
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neighborhood of Los Angeles. This was his only appearance on the West Coast. The following month, Hammond's website officially announced that Hammond would be the support act of the British band
Coldplay
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during their European Tour, which kicked off on September 1 in
Strasbourg, France.
''AHJ'' EP and ''Momentary Masters'' (2013–2017)
![Albert Hammond, Jr](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Albert_Hammond%2C_Jr._2013.jpg)
In an interview with Har Mar Superstar in July 2013, Hammond revealed that he had recorded a five-song EP to be released via Julian Casablancas'
Cult Records
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. Titled ''
AHJ'', it was released on October 8, 2013. Hammond stated in an interview promoting the EP on December 5, 2013, that he would be interested in playing solo as an opening act if the Strokes announced another tour: "I would definitely ask the guys if I could open for them. That'd be amazing."
On June 22, 2014, a photo was posted to Hammond's official Facebook page of himself in a room with other musicians and the caption "the start of something new; LP 3," suggesting that he is working on a third full-length album. Hammond released his third LP ''
Momentary Masters
''Momentary Masters'' is the third solo studio album by American musician Albert Hammond Jr. released on July 31, 2015.
Track listing
All songs written by Albert Hammond Jr. except 6, by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Ro ...
'' on July 31, 2015 in the U.S. via
Vagrant Records
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. The first single, "Born Slippy", was made instantly available for streaming and download via YouTube and iTunes respectively. Both ''AHJ'' and ''Momentary Masters'' were produced with Hammond Jr.'s close collaborator
Gus Oberg.
Hammond Jr. covered "
The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot" by Vera Lynn mixed with the chorus from George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" as part of Amazon's annual music series titled ''Indie for the Holidays''. The song was released on December 1, 2017.
''Francis Trouble'' (2018–present)
Hammond Jr.'s fourth solo album ''
Francis Trouble
''Francis Trouble'' is the fourth solo album by Albert Hammond Jr released on March 9, 2018, through Red Bull Records. The album is named after Hammond's twin brother Francis who his mother miscarried in 1980 and was described as "a homage to bot ...
'' was released via
Red Bull Records on March 9, 2018. The first single "Muted Beatings" was released on February 2, 2018. In 2019 he released a new single, "Fast Times," preceding a brief Western USA tour.' That May, he released the single "More to Life". The following year Albert was featured on the 2020 song "Another Hit of Showmanship" by the rock band
the Struts
The Struts are a British rock band formed in Derby, Derbyshire in 2012. The band consists of lead vocalist Luke Spiller, guitarist Adam Slack, bassist Jed Elliott, and drummer Gethin Davies.
The band has cited its influences as: Queen, The ...
.
Artistry
Music
Guided By Voices,
The Beach Boys
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,
Buddy Holly,
Frank Black
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,
John Lennon
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,
Matthew Sweet
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and
The Velvet Underground
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are cited as Hammond's musical influences.
Albert's main guitar is a
Fender Stratocaster
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Arctic White 1985 Reissue of a 1972. He owns three white Stratocasters, a Gibson Les Paul special single cutaway, a Rickenbacker 325, and a Gretsch hollowbody. His amplifier is a Fender Hot Rod DeVille 2x12. His pedal board is made up of an old version of the MXR Micro Amp, a V1 Jekyll and Hyde Ultimate Overdrive and Distortion, and a BOSS TU-2 tuner. In later shows, he adds another Micro Amp, and Jekyll and Hyde, and a Boss Digital Delay. He now uses a Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay pedal instead of the Boss Digital Delay.
Fashion
Hammond Jr.'s sartorial trademark is wearing formal three-piece suits, and has been said by bandmate Julian Casablancas to be the most influential on the band's style.
Hammond Jr. most recently collaborated with designer Amber Doyle for the Strokes' 2019 European tour. In a 2018 interview he stated that he'd had a passion for style from an early age, and has always combined his own designs with retail favorites. While Hammond has been best known for his formal wear, he launched his own range of
Francis Trouble
''Francis Trouble'' is the fourth solo album by Albert Hammond Jr released on March 9, 2018, through Red Bull Records. The album is named after Hammond's twin brother Francis who his mother miscarried in 1980 and was described as "a homage to bot ...
t-shirts and sports incorporated classic vintage tees.
In 2009, Hammond released his own line of men's suits which he co-designed with stylist Ilaria Urbinati. The suits were at first only available at Urbinati's soon-to-open Confederacy boutique in Los Angeles. Speaking about the designing endeavor, Hammond Jr. told ''New York'' magazine, "I want to make suits that I'm going to have for myself. They're for the person who needs his one suit for a wedding. He'd rather get something like this than go to
Men's Wearhouse
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, pay the same amount, and look like an out-of-date parent." Hammond also collaborated with Elliot Aronow o
Jacques-Elliottfor a collection of ties in 2015.
Personal life
Hammond Jr. has been married to Polish restaurateur Justyna Hammond Jr. (née Sroka) since December 23, 2013; she distinctively incorporates the suffix Jr. in her surname. As of 2020, the two live in Los Angeles. The couple have one daughter, Holiday, born on March 7, 2021.
Hammond Jr. also continues to or has previously maintained homes in the
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neighborhood of Manhattan and in New York's
Catskill Mountains; in the late 2000s, he built his recording studio, One Way Studios, near his home in
Port Jervis
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and later moved to the nearby community of
Eldred.
In the 2000s, he had relationships with British supermodel
Agyness Deyn
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, as well as American musician Catherine Pierce of
The Pierces
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Early life
Allison Margaret Pierce (born July 22, 1975) and Catherine Eleanor Pierce (born September 12, 1977) were born in Birmingham, Alabama. They tr ...
.
In the 2000s, Hammond Jr. suffered from a serious drug addiction that involved
cocaine
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,
heroin and
ketamine
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, among other drugs. He entered rehab in 2009 and has been sober since.
Discography
Studio albums
EPs
Singles
Notes
See also
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Music of Gibraltar
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*
Argentine American
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They are part of the broader Hispanic and Latino American category, and make up a scant 0.1% of the U.S. population, compared to lar ...
References
External links
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Spin Magazine feature October 2003, retrieved March 25, 2007
Star Magazine web feature March 28, 2007
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