| Born: 16th January 1981 Contribution to band: Guitar, Handsome devil Interesting and sometimes obvious facts: The Strokes debut was made at Nick's Sister's 21st, he's the youngest of the gang, and had to borrow Fab's ID to get into clubs sometimes. Obviously, we could easily dub Nick as the "cute one". He has been blessed with painful good looks. Honestly it breaks my heart to look at him, he's so astonishingly beautiful, those blue eyes, the chisseled chin, the pouty lips, and a nose like Marlon Brando, in that it looks perfectly misperfect, probably from the odd fisticuffs. Which isn't suprising as he claims to be the toughest, whether this is physically or not, he's been seen to through the odd punch or two, and thanks to NME, everyong new about before we'd even heard they're album (i'm serious). Maybe it's the looks, the toughness or the silliness that pulls the ladies, or more likely a combination of all 3, but he has his share of women troubles and triumphs. He's often found after shows under a harem of women, plus he's polite, so they can all stay...until he's tired and it's time for bed...but *you* can stay. An earlier girlfriend apparently dumped his for Brian (i think it was brian) from weezer, but this didn't sour the green album for him ("You cannot not like Weezer, man"). Sometime last year, he lost major brownie points when he started seeing infamous actress and photographer and ex wife to the bass player of Duran Duran. Maybe they had a good time, we don't know, but it was bad timing and bad form to bring a girl on the road. Fans also got worried when he lost more weight off his allready scrawny legs, but things are looking up for man, he's back with his friends and playing his John Lennon-y epiphone guitar, which is what he does best. According to interviewers he’s “impossibly handsome”, often “elegantly wasted”, has “the softest hands” and is “fully aware of his own good looks”., and according to his friends he's diplomatic and handsome but with a tendency to be cocky. He met Lou Reed at the movies going to see “Blow” (Johnny Depp), but doesn’t remember any of it, due to the fact that Lou Reed was “sitting right next to me – in the seat next to me!” His Favourite animal is (coudln't decide between) a grizzly bear, a polar bear and a koala bear. coz they're "cute and cuddly", no wonder girls like him |
| The Quotable Nick: Nick on the possibility of their music being a soundtrack to a movie: "A porno movie. Definitely a porno movie. Maybe a gay porno movie. Or Jurassic Park." (How fascinating is this guys thought process? Porn to Jurassic Park in one sentence…) Nick on what he wants to get out of being a “rock and roll star”: "All sorts of things. Playing to bigger crowds, getting more fans and making good records. Being a bigger and better rock'n'roll band. Do you expect me to say like, 'I wanna get a blow job from three girls at once...'. [Laughs hysterically] 'I wanna get a big bag of coke and a big bag of heroin and mix it all together and snort it right up...' That's what I wanna do! [Laughs] And quote me on that..." Nick on dancing (mistaking “down to things” for dancing in the question are they ambitious about getting down to things?) 'I'm ambitious about dancing,' (in a voice that makes you receive anything he says with an element of doubt.) Well, er, what kind of dancing can you do, Nick? (that’s the interviewer) 'I do jazz, I do tap… I do…' (At this Fab splutters disbelievingly 'This is so not true!'). Nick sarcastically on their live set: 'You could compare it to 'Riverdance'; it has the same sort of intensity and magic… You know how it just seems like there's magic onstage when Michael Flatley takes to the stage? Well, it's the same thing with us… Michael Flatley is actually a huge influence on the band.' Nick on how they came to being signed by Geoff Travis: "We were playing so f*cking loud, he heard us all the way across the ocean! Actually, our manager sent him a copy” Nick on his pals: “when i'm not playing, i hang out with these guys; they're my best friends -- i got no one else, really.” (aw, bless) Nick on the media liking good cheekbones: 'Yeah! I mean, I had facial reconstruction,' (He’s lying) 'I said, 'Make me look like Cher!' (he then sings loudly “do you believe in life after love”…) |
| Nick "I'm ambitious about dancing" Valensi |
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| Isn't he the lead singer of Travis? Went to a great Japanese restaurant... how about opening up a little chapeau shop? i do tap, i do jazz.. |
| We'll do whatever you want, man. We can talk while we eat. We can talk while we shit. We can eat while we fuck! would you agree Jules? |