ON THIS DATE IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1978, A FUTURE ROCK FRONTMAN WAS BORN TO A BUSINESS MOGUL DAD WHO ALSO FOUNDED ELITE MODEL MANAGEMENT AND, SHOCKINGLY A DANISH MODEL MOM WHO WAS MISS DENMARK IN 1965…THE ROCKER CELEBRATING HIS 46 BIRTHDAY IS CO FOUNDER, SONGWRITER AND FRONTMAN OF THE STROKES, JULIAN CASABLANCAS. CASABLANCAS PARENTS DIVORCED WHEN HE WAS 8 AND AT 13 HE WAS SENT TO BOARDING SCHOOL IN SWITZERLAND TO BETTER HIS GRADES AND THAT IS WHERE HE MET HIS FUTURE BANDMATE ALBERT HAMMOND JR…HE LATER RETURNED TO NEW YORK AND MET 2 MORE FUTURE STROKES BANDMATES. HE NEVER DID FINISH HIGH SCHOOL, BTW! BUT DID GET HIS GED! THE STROKES WERE FORMED IN 1998 AND THEIR DEBUT ALBUM CREATED QUITE A RECORD LABEL BIDDING WAR…THAT DEBUT ALBUM, IS THIS IT, DROPPED IN 2001 WITH THE SECOND SINGLE BEING AN ABSOLUTE BANGER ”LAST NITE”! IT’S TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND… HAPPY 46TH BIRTHDAY JULIAN CASABLANCAS… CRANK IT UP AND ROCK OUT ON 105.7 THE X IN THE FINALLY FRIDAY FIVE O CLOCK FREAK OUT!!!
