page_title: Julian Casablancas
section_title: Musical influences
hierarchical_section_title: Julian Casablancas / Musical influences
caption_attribution_description: Lou Reed performing at the Hop Farm Music Festival on Saturday the 2nd of July 2011
context_page_description: Julian Fernando Casablancas is an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of American rock band The Strokes. He also released a solo album, Phrazes for the Young, in 2009. In the same year, he founded the independent label Cult Records, which currently represents artists such as The Growlers, Rey Pila, and Karen O. He later formed the band The Voidz in 2013, with whom he has released two albums; Tyranny and Virtue.
context_section_description: Casablancas claims that one of his earliest musical influences was The Doors- musically and instrumentally, in particular, rather than through the identity of Jim Morrison as a frontman. He has also cited Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground as a major influence on his lyrics and singing style. "The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him — it was so matter-of-fact," Casablancas stated in a Rolling Stone interview. "Reed could be romantic in the way he portrayed these crazy situations, but he was also intensely real. It was poetry and journalism."
  Additionally, he has stated that Bob Marley, Nirvana and Pearl Jam are major influences on his work, the last being the reason he started making music, upon hearing the song "Yellow Ledbetter". Julian, in agreement with several members of The Voidz, has named Stevie Wonder as being a composer with a “next level mind".
caption: Casablancas recognized Lou Reed as a key influence on his musical style
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