Nick Valensi

Nick Valensi is an American musician and songwriter, born on January 16, 1981. He is best known as the lead and rhythm guitarist for the American rock band The Strokes, which he has been a part of since 2001. Valensi has contributed not only as a guitarist but also as a keyboardist and backing vocalist on some of the band's six studio albums. In 2013, he founded the band CRX, where he serves as the singer, songwriter, and lead and rhythm guitarist. Valensi has also collaborated with various artists, including Sia, Regina Spektor, and Kate Pierson, as a songwriter and session guitarist. He was born in New York City to a Tunisian father and a French mother and was raised on the Upper East Side.