Player No. 063indie-rock
Albert Hammond Jr
Rhythm guitarist of The Strokes and a solo artist, known for the tight, percussive, interlocking guitar parts that lock against Nick Valensi's leads. His white '70s-reissue Stratocaster into a clean Fender — bright, jangly, hard-panned — is half of the two-guitar machine on Is This It and Room on Fire. Son of songwriter Albert Hammond.
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