Nick Valensi

Valensi was born in New York City, to a Jewish Tunisian father and a French mother, Danielle. Valensi\'s father died when Nick was nine. He began learning guitar at the age of 5, following an impromptu strum on one of his father\'s guitars. His father described him as a natural guitarist, due to his quickness at picking up the ability to strum along with the rhythm of songs at a young age. Growing up, Valensi spent many summers at his grandfather\'s home near Bordeaux, until the age of 16. He has two sisters, Céline and Alessandra. He attended The Dwight School, where he met and formed a band with Fabrizio Moretti and Julian Casablancas, and later Hunter College, where he met Nikolai Fraiture. He was once quoted as saying, "I always thought I wanted to be able to play any song you could name. But once I started playing with Julian, that\'s when I really started to understand music."\n',…