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Julian Casablancas Enters the Void: On The Strokes’ Friction, Why He Left NYC, and Starting Over

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The mumbling, famously moody Strokes front man opens up about his new band, Julian Casablancas and the Voidz, The Strokes’ future, and why ‘democracy is an illusion.’

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The enduring image of Julian Casablancas, the ringleader of New York garage rock outfit The Strokes, will be that of a grimy, grungy, cherub-faced druggie in crotch-suffocating jeans, fresh sneaks, and a leather jacket, bellowing out three-minute anthems in his trademark baritone croon in a seedy club.

Today, however, the 36-year-old...

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