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Nick Valensi has played lead guitar in the Strokes since the band's 2001 debut, helping define the early-2000s garage-rock revival across seven studio albums, and in 2013 founded his own band, CRX, where he steps forward as lead singer and songwriter; he has also worked as a session guitarist for artists including Sia and Regina Spektor.