Heart in a Cage him off the top of the building. Hammond commented that "It's not like it's the first time I've almost died on a shooting for a music video." The single was reworked with traditional bluegrass instrumentation in 2006 by mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile and Punch Brothers on the album "How to Grow a Woman from the Ground". The song maintains several elements of the traditional bluegrass feel while still following the overall structure. Heart in a Cage "Heart in a Cage" is a song by the American rock band The Strokes. Written by lead singer Julian Casablancas, the song was released
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