The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr turns superhero, thwarts pickpocket

Most days, Albert Hammond Jr lives a straightforward existence, as guitarist in The Strokes. Sometimes, though, he transforms into a crime-fighting superhero; stopping would-be pickpockets in their tracks and turning them over to the police.

That’s more or less what went down when he clocked a thief trying to nab his wife Justyna’s purse. Cornering the robber, and taking back his stuff in a clip from a nearby security camera, Albert Hammond Jr later remarked “oh wow, I did get angry, didn’t I?”