The Voidz The Voidz The Voidz (formerly known as Julian Casablancas+The Voidz) are an American rock band formed by Julian Casablancas of The Strokes. The band consists of Julian Casablancas (vocals) as well as Jeramy "Beardo" Gritter (guitar), Amir Yaghmai (guitar), Jacob "Jake" Bercovici (bass, synthesizers), Alex Carapetis (drums), Jeff Kite (keyboards). The band's debut album earned the 50th place in "NME"'s Top 50 Albums of 2014 list. Jeff Kite, Alex Carapetis and Jake Bercovici had all worked with Casablancas previously. Kite and Carapetis appeared as part of the Sick Six live band (which also featured Danielle Haim), that backed Casablancas when
The Orwells 2018, the Orwells announced that they had disbanded. This came in the wake of members of the band being accused of sexual misconduct. Several band members have expressed a love for the Supremes in interviews. The lead singer, Mario Cuomo, is heavily influenced by six distinctly different performers; Iggy Pop, Jay Reatard, Julian Casablancas, Cole Alexander and Jared Swilley of the Black Lips, Pelle Almqvist of the Hives, and Tyler, the Creator. Inspired by Tyler, the Creator's talk about skipping class, disobeying parents, and going to record. Mario is quoted saying that, "It like spoke to me even more than