Early life and education ← Previous revision Revision as of 20:55, 4 November 2009 Line 21: Line 21: ==Early life and education== ==Early life and education== - Julian Casablancas is the son of ((John Casablancas)), son of immigrants from Sabadell in Spain and the founder of ((Elite Model management)), and Jeanette Christiansen, a ((Danish people|Danish)) model who was Miss Denmark in 1965. He has four half-siblings. His paternal grandfather Ferran Casablancas was a textile businessman. His parents were divorced when Casablancas was nine, and he lived with his mother and Sam Adoquei. + Julian Casablancas is the son of ((John Casablancas)), son of immigrants from Sabadell in Spain and the founder of ((Elite Model management)), and Jeanette Christiansen, a ((Danish people|Danish)) model who was Miss Denmark in 1965. He has four half-siblings. His paternal grandfather Ferran Casablancas was a textile businessman. His parents were divorced when Casablancas was nine, and he lived with his mother and artist Sam Adoquei. The first original member of The Strokes with whom Casablancas met was ((Nikolai Fraiture)). The two attended ((Lycée Français de New York)) together. When he was 14, Casablancas was caught drinking before school and consequently was forced twice a week to attend a rehabilitation program called Phoenix House. Soon afterwards, his father sent him to ((Institut Le Rosey)),<ref>(http://www.rosey.ch/fr/htmlNews/newsFR.html LE ROSEY :: Ecole privée internationale suisse<!-- Bot generated title -->)</ref> a boarding school in Switzerland. it was here that he encountered ((Albert Hammond, Jr.)). Though the two were not friends at the time, they would later become roommates and finally bandmates. The first original member of The Strokes with whom Casablancas met was ((Nikolai Fraiture)). The two attended ((Lycée Français de New York)) together. When he was 14, Casablancas was caught drinking before school and consequently was forced twice a week to attend a rehabilitation program called Phoenix House. Soon afterwards, his father sent him to ((Institut Le Rosey)),<ref>(http://www.rosey.ch/fr/htmlNews/newsFR.html LE ROSEY :: Ecole privée internationale suisse<!-- Bot generated title -->)</ref> a boarding school in Switzerland. it was here that he encountered ((Albert Hammond, Jr.)). Though the two were not friends at the time, they would later become roommates and finally bandmates.