More Info on Julian CasablancasSimilar Undetermined MusicSearch Artistopia
Biography
Infobox musical artist |name = Julian Casablancas|image = Julian Casablancas Belfort 2010.jpg|alt = Julian Casablancas|caption = Casablancas on stage|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Julian Fernando Casablancas|Born = Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|08|23 New York City, New York , United States |origin = New York City, USA|Spouse = Juliet Joslin(February, 2005-2011) http://ripcordnews.com/tag/julian-casablancas-wife-pregnant/ dead link|date=March 2011|instrument = Lead vocals , keyboards , guitar , Bass guitar|bass , Drum kit|drums , guitar synthesizer , harmonica |genre = Indie rock , New Wave music|New Wave , alternative rock , garage rock , post-punk revival , synthpop |occupation = Singer, songwriter, Muscian|years_active = 1998–present|label = Cult, Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade , RCA Records|RCA , Sony BMG |associated_acts = The Strokes , Queens of the Stone Age , The Lonely Island , Danger Mouse , N.E.R.D , Santigold , Digitalism (band) , Pearl Jam |website = URL| http://www.juliancasablancas.com/URL| http://www.thestrokes.com/|notable_instruments = Julian Fernando Casablancas (born August 23, 1978)cite web |url= http://www.themodernage.co.uk/julianx.html |title=Julian Casablancas profile |publisher=themodernage.co.uk |accessdate=2011-08-09 is an United States|American singer-songwriter and frontman of The Strokes . Casablancas pursued a solo career during The Strokes' hiatus, releasing the album Phrazes for the Young on November 3, 2009.
Early life, education, and personal life
Julian Casablancas was born in New York , New York, to Catalan American cite web|url= http://www.republicnola.com/republic-new-orleans-live-music/julian-casablancas.html |title=Julian Casablancas presented by Republic, Wagatail and Winter Circle |publisher=www.republicnola.com |date= |accessdate=2011-06-21 business mogul John Casablancas, the founder of Elite Model Management , and Jeanette Christiansen, a former model and Miss Denmark.cite web|url= http://allmusic.com/artist/julian-casablancas-p479859/biography|title=Allmusic profile of Julian Casablancas|last=Phares|first=Heather|accessdate=2011-04-22|work=Allmusic His paternal grandfather, Fernando Casablancas, was a well-known textile businessman. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1148114/ Julian Casablancas - IMDb His parents divorced and his mother subsequently married painter Sam Adoquei. Adoquei helped shape Casablancas' early musical taste by exposing him to music such as The Doors which was markedly different from the mostly Phil Collins -influenced music he originally listened to.
The first member of The Strokes Casablancas met was Nikolai Fraiture , who attended Lycée Français de New York with him (Fraiture graduated in 1997,cite web|url= http://www.lfnyalumni.org/en/classmate/classmateresults/classmateresults.php? criteria=1997 |title=AALFNY: Find a Classmate |publisher=Lfnyalumni.org |date= |accessdate=2011-03-20 Casablancas in 1996cite web|url= http://www.lfnyalumni.org/en/classmate/classmateresults/classmateresults.php? criteria=1996 |title=AALFNY: Find a Classmate |publisher=Lfnyalumni.org |date=2009-01-26 |accessdate=2011-03-20). When he was 14, Casablancas' father sent him to Institut Le Rosey , an elite boarding school in Switzerland. It was during Julian's brief stay in Switzerland that he met future Strokes member Albert Hammond, Jr. http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/strokes-isthisit.shtml The Strokes: Is This It - PopMatters Music Review, retrieved May 7, 2011.cite web|url= http://www.jimdero.com/OtherWritings/OtherStrokes.htm |title=The Strokes |publisher=Jimdero.com |date= |accessdate=2011-03-20 Casablancas attended The Dwight School cite web|url= http://www.dwight.edu/home/ |title=The Dwight School |publisher=Dwight.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-03-20 with two other future Strokes, Nick Valensi and Fabrizio Moretti . Casablancas never finished school, but continued to take music classes where he says he first enjoyed himself in class.cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=NG1PsNK2_Bw |title=?Road Tripping with Julian Casablancas BBC Radio 1& #93;?? |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2011-07-05 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/oct/31/2? INTCMP=SRCH
Musical career
Influences
Julian Casablancas' has said that Sam Cooke 's " A Change Is Gonna Come (song)|A Change Is Gonna Come " is his favorite song of all time. In addition, Julian Casablancas has also cited Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground as a major influence on his lyrics and singing style. "The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him — it was so matter-of-fact", Casablancas stated in a Rolling Stone interview, "Reed could be romantic in the way he portrayed these crazy situations, but he was also intensely real. It was poetry and journalism". He has also stated very often throughout his career that Bob Marley was one of his favorite songwriters to go back to.cite web|url= http://www.americansongwriter.com/2010/08/drinks-with-julian-casablancas/ |title=Drinks With: Julian Casablancas |publisher=AmericanSongwriter.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-18
Solo work
His first solo album, Phrazes for the Young (inspired by the Oscar Wilde book "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young"), was released on November 2 in the UK and November 3, 2009, in the United States. Recorded in Omaha, Nebraska, and Casablancas' home city New York, the album was produced by Jason Lader, with additional production from Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes ' Mike Mogis .cite web|url= http://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/46099 |title=NME Exclusive |publisher=Nme.com |date= |accessdate=2011-03-20 The album was strongly influenced by New Wave music|new wave and electronica , with Casablancas utilizing synthesizer s for many songs. He discussed his new influences by saying "I would've gone weirder with the music, but I wanted to be smart. I didn't want people to say, 'Okay, this is his weird abstract thing,' and dismiss the album. I worked too hard on it for that to happen...I wanted to be crazy original and bridge the gap between traditional music and modern music."cite web|url= http://www.spin.com/articles/spin-interview-julian-casablancas|title=The SPIN Interview: Julian Casablancas|date=2009-10-28|accessdate=2011-04-22|last=Marchese|first=David|work=Spin|publisher=Spin Media LLC
Julian Casablancas made his live solo debut for a private party for fashion brand Opening Ceremony in Tokyo, Japan.cite web|url= http://www.spin.com/articles/strokes-julian-casablancas-debuts-solo-tunes |title=Strokes' Julian Casablancas Debuts Solo Tunes |publisher=Spin.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-18 To celebrate the release of the EP, Casablancas performed a series of shows in October 2009 at The Downtown Palace Theatre in Los Angeles with his live show band, The Sick Six. Other members of The Sick Six include Jeff Kite (keyboard), Nelson London (synthesizer), JP Bowersock (guitar), Danielle Haim (percussion) and Alex Carapetis (drums).cite web|url= http://www.juliancasablancas.com/news/2010/03/26/id-now-like-to-introduce-the-band |title=I’d Now Like to Introduce the Band |publisher=JulianCasablancas.com |date= |accessdate=2011-09-18 Casablancas then toured with The Sick Six in Europe, United States, Australia and Japan from November 2009 until July 2010.
Other work
Known to not play much on Strokes recordings, Julian has proven himself an able multi-instrumentalist through guest appearances. He has played a Guitar synthesizer|casio guitar and provided backing vocals on " Sick, Sick, Sick " by Queens of the Stone Age , bass guitar and backing vocals on Albert Hammond, Jr.'s "Scared", and the second set of drums on the Strokes' "Evening Sun".
Julian, along with the Strokes, provided vocals on a cover of Marvin Gaye's " Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) " with Joshua Homme on drums and Eddie Vedder on backup vocals. The cover was released in 2006 as the b-side to " You Only Live Once (song)|You Only Live Once ".
In 2009, during his solo phase, Julian recorded " Boombox (The Lonely Island song)|Boombox " with Andy Samberg , Jorma Taccone , and Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island for their Incredibad|debut album , and was featured in an SNL Digital Short for the same song. In addition, Julian also recorded "I Wish It Was Christmas Today", a festive song based on a Saturday Night Live skit made popular by Jimmy Fallon, Horatio Sanz and Tracy Morgan. Julian performed the song live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on December 21, 2009, together with The Roots , Horatio Sanz and Jimmy Fallon .
He also collaborated with Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse on the song "Little Girl" on the 2010 album, Dark Night of the Soul (album)|Dark Night of the Soul . Julian also lent his vocals to the title track, "Rave On", on a 2011 tribute album to Buddy Holly, Rave On Buddy Holly . Aside from vocal collaborations, Julian also contributed to a song, "Forrest Gump", on Digitalism's sophomore album I Love You, Dude in 2011. The electronica duo initiated a collaboration with Julian Casablancas through his manager, and Julian contributed 'a 30-second recording with him on guitar' via email.cite web|url= http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/friends-in-high-places-20110709-1h7ej.html#ixzz1RcUSsRdQ |title=Friends in high places |publisher=Nme.com |date=2011-07-10|accessdate=2011-09-20
Julian has also contributed musically to several advertising campaigns. In 2008, Julian recorded a song with Santigold (then known as Santogold) and Pharrell of N*E*R*D called " My Drive Thru " for Converse (shoe company)|Converse . Julian Casablancas also composed an original song "I Like The Night", as part of his endorsement deal to represent Azzaro's new mens fragrance, Decibel, dB. The Azzaro Decibel television commercial featuring Julian aired in France on September 1, 2011.cite web|url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/strokes-frontman-julian-casablancas-stars-230304 |title=Strokes Frontman Julian Casablancas Stars in a New Perfume Ad |publisher=hollywoodreporter.com |date=2011-09-01 |accessdate=2011-09-20
He has also served as inspiration for several other musicians and the painter Elizabeth Peyton .cite web|url= http://www.artnet.fr/artwork/424996572/423788132/julian.html |title=Elizabeth Peyton - Julian |publisher=Artnet.fr |date= |accessdate=2011-03-20 Courtney Love 's song "But Julian, I'm a Little Bit Older Than You", from her debut solo album '' America's Sweetheart (album)|America's Sweetheart (2004), was written about Julian Casablancas.cite web|url= http://www.nme.com/reviews/courtney-love/5806 |title=Courtney Love : California Ventura Theatre on |publisher=Nme.com |date=2001-11-06 |accessdate=2011-03-20
Official website| http://www.juliancasablancas.com
The Strokes Persondata | NAME = Casablancas, Julian | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Casablancas, Julian Fernando | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Singer | DATE OF BIRTH = August 23, 1978 | PLACE OF BIRTH = New York City, New York , U.S. | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Casablancas, Julian Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Roseens Category:American male singers Category:American rock singers Category:American singer-songwriters Category:American people of Catalan descent Category:American people of Danish descent Category:American people of Spanish descent Category:American agnostics Category:Musicians from New York City Category:The Strokes members Category:Lycée Français de New York alumni Category:People self-identifying as alcoholics
