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
Julian Casablancas synthesizer), Alex Carapetis on drums and percussion, and Jeff Kite on keyboard. Wanting to earn a greater sense of respect as a band, rather than be perceived as a “side-project” of Julian's, the band officially changed their name from "Julian Casablancas + The Voidz" to simply "The Voidz" during an 'initiation' video on the band's YouTube page on December 8, 2017. Julian performed with Carapetis and Kite throughout the tour for his solo album, "Phrazes for the Young". Through Carapetis, Casablancas met Gritter and Bercovici. Bercovici, having played music with Yaghmai for several of years, then connected him to Casablancas,