Albert Hammond Jr.
Albert Hammond Jr. is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer. He is best known for his role as rhythm and lead guitarist in the American rock band The Strokes. Hammond has released two EPs and six full-length albums, most recently The New Abnormal in 2020.
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Albert Hammond Jr. is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and music 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 band The Strokes. Hammond released his debut solo album Yours to Keep in 2006 and followed up with ¿Cómo Te Llama? in 2008. He has released the 2013 EP AHJ, and the albums Momentary Masters and Francis Trouble in 2015 and 2018, respectively. Hammond is usually seen playing a 1985 ’70s reissue Olympic White Fender Stratocaster or Gibson Les Paul Jr. that is sometimes used by bandmate Nick Valensi. His solos tend to focus largely on more emotional, \”bluesy\”-type melodic work, and his guitar tends to have a cleaner, softer tone in comparison to Valens i’s. Hammond co-wrote the track “Automatic Stop” with vocalist Julian Casablancas for the group’s second album Room on Fire. He was the last person to join the band in 1999. Hammond has released two EPs and six full-length albums, most recently The New Abnormal in 2020. He wrote three mostly instrumental songs for the band’s 2001 tour video titled In Transit. These songs were reworked for his later solo album and have different titles.
He wrote “Elephant Song” when he was required to record a song for his Sound 101 class. The song was played at a few shows during the Strokes’ debut album and later re-recorded as a special giveaway for fan club members. In October 2005, Hammond and Ben Kweller released a version of “Wait Birder” on the 40th anniversary of The Beatles’ A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles’ album Rubber Soul. The album features several musical guests such as Sean Lennon, Sean Kwelling, and Thin Lizard vocalist Ben Lattimer. It was released on March 6, 2007, through Rough Trade Records through New Line Records. It is the first time the band has recorded at the Electric City Studios in New York City, the musical home of the Thin Lizard. It also features guest vocalists such as Thin Lizard’s Lenny Kravitz, Sean Lennon and Sean K weller, and The Rolling Stones’ Paul McCartney. Hammond’s father is British-Gibraltarian singer-songwriter Albert Hammond and his mother is Argentine Claudia Fernández, a former model and beauty pageant winner. Hammond began playing the guitar at age nine and is of mixed Gibraltarian, Argentine, Austrian, and Peruvian descent; his first language was Spanish.
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