Nick Valensi

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Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1981-01-16

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Listeners

4,540

Total plays

11,669

Nick Valensi is the lead guitarist in New York rock band The Strokes. Born 16th January 1981, Valensi learnt guitar from an early age (receiving one from his father at the age of five). During his time at Dwight High School he met future bandmates Julian Casablancas and Fabrizio Moretti. The boys formed The Strokes with Nikolai Fraiture and Albert Hammond, Jr. completing the lineup. Valensi did not release any solo albums or singles yet, but he has collaborated with such artists as Devendra B

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. PGC-1α-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes

   · 2003 · cited 9,289x

2. Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission

   · 2020 · cited 9,232x

3. Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies

   · 2006 · cited 9,177x

4. The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

   · 2011 · cited 9,161x

5. Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

   · 2007 · cited 7,930x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Nicholas

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

New York City

Spouse

Natalia Romero

Occupation

musician

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Field of work

music

Genre

garage rock

Instrument

guitar

Record label

Rough Trade

Image

Nick valensi 2dollarbill.jpg

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