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Valensi went to public schools his whole life except for one year at the Dwight School in Manhattan. It was here that he met future bandmates Fabrizio Moretti and Julian Casablancas . Valensi graduated from NYC Lab School and later attended Hunter College with fellow band member Nikolai Fraiture , but eventually dropped out to play with the Strokes full-time. Before they gained notoriety, he also worked as a part-time waiter in several upscale Manhattan restaurants. He is the youngest member of the Strokes (although at 6'4", he is also the tallest). Being only 19 years of age when they formed, he had to borrow other band members' IDs to gain admission to many of the clubs they played in. Valensi's main guitar, which he uses for every live show and recorded song, is an Epiphone Riviera with Gibson P-94 pick-ups. In a 2004 interview with Epiphone, he called it "the greatest guitar never made" because no one else had ever thought to use P-94's in a Riviera. In 2005, Epiphone released a signature model of his guitar, the Elitist Nick Valensi Riviera P-94 guitar. He also owns and plays a Gibson Les Paul Junior with two P90 pickups which he often lended to Albert Hammond Jr. to play, and he was recently spotted with a black Gibson Les Paul Custom in the "Juicebox" music video. His amplifier is a 2x12" Fender Hot Rod DeVille amp with Jekyll & Hyde (by Visual Sound), MXR Micro-Amp and Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner pedals. He cites his greatest influences as Slash , The Velvet Underground , The Cars , and George Harrison . Nick is currently dating Amanda De Cadenet , a British-born actress and photographer and lives with her, and her daughter in New York. The Strokes are on a world tour promoting their third album, First Impressions Of Earth . He is Jewish . He is also studying part time for a degree as a zoologist. According to De Cadenet's forum she is expecting a baby, meaning Valensi will be a father for the first time. |
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