As lead vocalist and songwriter, Casablancas began to explore musical scales within Middle Eastern music, not any traditional Western scales. The goal of the group was to create music that represented a quality of being both very aggressive and quite complex. In 2017, the group wanting more recognition as a band rather than a side project changed its name to simply the Voidz. Other members of this new band included Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter and Amir Yaghmai on guitar, Jacob "Jake" Bercovici on bass (as well as synthesizer), Alex Carapetis on drums and percussion, and Jeff Kite on keyboard. In 2013, Julian began another side project called Julian Casablancas + the Voidz.
This venue had been previously used in the Michael Jackson “Thriller” music video. The first major shows in North America took place over the course of a month at the Downtown Palace Theater in Los Angeles. A tour would follow the release with a backing band called the Sick Six including Jeff Kite (keyboard), Nelson London (synthesizer), JP Bowersock (guitar), Danielle Haim (percussion) and Alex Carapetis (drums). I wanted to be crazy original and bridge the gap between traditional music and modern music." The LP would be recorded in New York and Omaha, Nebraska with producer Jason Lader and some additional assistance from Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes. I worked too hard on it for that to happen. I didn't want people to say, 'Okay, this is his weird abstract thing,' and dismiss the album. “I would've gone weirder with the music, but I wanted to be smart. He talked about this new direction in his music. The title of the album had been inspired by the Oscar Wilde book, Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, while the album itself embraced a very 1980’s new wave sound that had a heavy emphasis on the use of synthesizers.
He has always been quite adamant the brand name that is the band should be protected. “It’s like touring with me or with five of me." The singer would also go on to say that as a solo artist he is able to experiment with his music and lyrics in ways that he would probably avoid in the Strokes. He would talk about releasing music as a solo artist versus material from the Strokes. Creatively, he is a force to be reckoned with." In 2009, Casablancas released his first solo album entitled Phrazes for the Young through RCA. He's the one with the ear for detail in this band. Nick Valensi would say this about the singer. Each member of the group brings their own ideas about future songs, then the band decides what to use and what to discard. Some have said that he would insert a large measure of control over the music, but he and other members have said that does not seem to be the case anymore. Throughout the history of the Strokes, Julian has served as the principal songwriter for the group. He would later attend music classes at Five Towns College, which became the very first time that Casablancas actually enjoyed going to school. The singer would never finish high school, but did receive his GED in place of it. At the latter, Julian would start to informally play music with Nick Valensi and Fab Moretti, which ultimately was the beginning of the Strokes. The future frontman of the Strokes would attend a variety of schools throughout his early life, which led him to meet many of the future members of the band through schools such as Lycée Français de New York, the Institut Le Rosey boarding school in Switzerland, and the Dwight School in New York. Julian has several half brothers and half sisters through his father’s multiple marriages. His mother would later marry painter Sam Adoquei, who heavily influenced the young Casablancas by introducing him to classic rock artists such as the Doors. At the age of eight, his parents would divorce. His father John was the founder and owner of Elite Model Management, while his mother Jeanette worked as a Danish model and former Miss Denmark. The Strokes lead singer was born on Augin New York City.
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