Savages (band) with other musicians, such as the Strokes front man Julian Casablancas; as duet singer for a Sort Sol and Lydia Lunch cover, "Boy/Girl", Trentemøller; as featured artist in the song "Complicated" and as singer-songwriter for the song "River in Me", and Damon Albarn of Gorillaz; as featured artist, along with Noel Gallagher, in the second single from album "Humanz", "We Got the Power". Earlier in 2017, Beth revealed a collaboration with Primal Scream front man Bobby Gillespie for her upcoming solo works. Hassan formed an experimental electronic duo with fellow bassist Kendra Frost as Kite Base in 2015. The band
Julian Casablancas attended Dwight School with two other future Strokes, Nick Valensi and Fabrizio Moretti. Casablancas never finished high school, but took a GED and continued to take music classes at Five Towns College, where he says he first enjoyed himself in class. Upon meeting future guitarist Nick Valensi and drummer Fab Moretti at Dwight School in Manhattan, the three began to play music together. He reconnected with guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. when the latter moved to New York. The band was formed in 1998 when Hammond was accepted into the band, with Casablancas as the lead vocalist and main songwriter and