Ryan Gentles
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Ryan Gentles
Ryan Michael Gentlesis the manager of the New York City-based band, The Strokes and the Chief Executive Officer of Wiz Kid Management. Before meeting the Strokes, he was the vocalist and guitarist in two bands, Timmsie's First Time, which broke up in 1995 and The Selzers, which broke up in 2000. Matthew Romano, The Strokes' drum technician and back-up drummer, was also in both bands, playing drums. Recently Ryan has stated that being part of the Selzers "was not exactly...
concept hear songwriter
Julian is the songwriter of the band. He may want to go in different directions, but still sounding like The Strokes. I don't think you're going to hear a concept album.
band rest special time work
This is not a band that would ever rest on their laurels. If anything, I don't think we feel like we've accomplished anything special yet . . . Now it's time to really work hard.
fewer less media trying turned
We were trying to do less media and fewer big things. We could have done as much as the first album, but we just turned some down on purpose.