Nikolai Fraiture is the bass player of The Strokes. He was born at 13 November 1978.
Personal Life[]
Nikolai grew up in New York City with his Russian mother and French father and speaks fluent French. Nikolai has an older brother named Pierre and a younger sister named Elizabeth.
Nikolai received his first bass at 18, when his grandfather gave it to him as a graduation present, but he gave it to Julian Casablancas. It was a year later that he picked it up and began to play seriously.
Trivia[]
- Although Julian is the main song-writer for The Strokes, Nikolai has contributed to the songwriting process as well.
- His favorite artists are: Neil Young, Frank Black, Leonard Cohen, and The Kinks.
- He released his debut album The Time of the Assassins on January 27, 2009.