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
The Strokes number two on "Rolling Stone"s 100 Best Albums of the '00s, 199 on "Rolling Stone"s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and number four in the "NME" top 500 albums of all time. Lead singer-songwriter Julian Casablancas, guitarist Nick Valensi, and drummer Fab Moretti started playing together while attending Dwight School in Manhattan. Bassist Nikolai Fraiture befriended Casablancas while the two attended the Lycée Français de New York. At age 13, Casablancas was sent to Le Rosey, a boarding school in Switzerland, to improve his academic performance. Casablancas met guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr. in Switzerland. Later, when Hammond came to