Julian Casablancas father's first marriage, and three other siblings from the third marriage. In 2005, Julian married Juliet Joslin, who was the assistant manager of The Strokes at the time. Their son, Cal, was born in January 2010. Their second son, Zephyr, was born March 27, 2015. Julian's father died of cancer in July 2013. The commercial success and legacy of Julian Casablancas is most attributed to his work with The Strokes- more specifically, to their debut album "Is This It". Named number one album of the year by NME and number two by "Rolling Stone," "Is This It" earned Casablancas and
Is This It Julian Casablancas, guitarist Nick Valensi, bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and drummer Fabrizio Moretti. Casablancas's stepfather and Moretti's and Fraiture's older brothers introduced the quartet to the music of reggae artist Bob Marley, protopunk group the Velvet Underground, and alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Discussing the formative stages of the group, Moretti noted, "Our music was, like, [the Doors'], but trying to be classical. We all took music classes and tried writing songs, and when we put them together they were this crazy amalgam of insane ideas that we thought was really cool." In 1998, Albert Hammond, Jr., who Casablancas knew from