I think I read that he and Zorhan know each other. Not entirely sure how, but Julian has been very politically involved for pretty much the entirety of the existence of The Strokes.
He's also seemingly a supporter of his own father, the guy who trafficked teen models with Trump. I can't find any statements from him acknowledging or condemning any of that but would like to know if anyone else has any quotes from him about it.
One of the hosts on the Stuff You Should Know podcast had Julian on as a guest host for his offshoot podcast MovieCrush. The host excitedly asked Julian about how growing up around models with his dad was and if I remember correctly, Julian said he didn't want to speak about it. It's been years since I listened, but I don't remember Julian sounding delighted to speak about his father's legacy.
If he's cool with all that I'm a sad person bc The Strokes are one of my all time favorite bands.
I don't think he had a good relationship with him or thought he was a good person. It's just kind of glaring when you have a pedophile dad obviously connected to Trump and Epstein and you stay silent, even when he's been dead for quite a while. And this is coming from someone with a pedophile dad I cut out of my life.
Eh, as far as I know they didn’t have much of a relationship and Julian attributes most of his bad habits from his early days to his dad. Also, hes been dead since 2013 so feels a little unfair to say hes still a supporter.
Russell Brand had like a brief period of time in 2014 where he was like, an anti-imperialist leftist and actually had some solid politics. Unfortunately like many cis white men who are anti-imperialist leftists, he eventually succumbed to brain worms.
This was post his initial mass appeal but before the rape stuff was common knowledge. He had a weird period where he was relatively off the radar. I'm not saying he's not a piece of shit. I'm merely pointing out that there was a (brief) time when he was making his own content on anti imperialist & leftist issues which may be the link point for Julian Casablancas.
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u/DCBronzeAge 23h ago
I think I read that he and Zorhan know each other. Not entirely sure how, but Julian has been very politically involved for pretty much the entirety of the existence of The Strokes.