Albert Hammond, Jr.

Albert Hammond Jr. is one of those guitarists who makes everything look effortless — the interlocking riffs he and Nick Valensi cooked up on Is This It basically rewired what indie rock guitar could sound like in the 2000s, and people are still stealing from it. His father is the legendary songwriter Albert Hammond Sr., so music is literally in his DNA, but he carved his own lane entirely. Beyond the Strokes, his solo catalog — five albums deep — shows a guy genuinely obsessed with craft, chasing a jangly, sun-drenched sound that sits somewhere between Television and classic 70s pop. He also went through some real personal battles with substance abuse and came out the other side still making records, which says a lot about his drive. Easy to overlook because he's not the frontman, but honestly the Strokes' sound lives and dies on what he does.

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Name (English)

Albert Hammond, Jr.

Name (Japanese)

アルバート・ハモンドJr.

Reading

あるばーと・はもんどJr.

Born

April 9, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation

guitarist / singer / songwriter / musician / fashion designer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Monkey

• Official sitehttps://alberthammondjr.com
• Xhttps://x.com/alberthammondjr
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Hammond%20Jr.
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89Jr.
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597936

Tags

• California
• guitarist
• singer
• songwriter

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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