Borrowing the shiniest and crunchiest bits of '70sand '80s power pop and metal,CRX featurevocalist/guitarist Nick Valensi,drummer RalphAlexander,bassist Jon Safley,and guitarists/vocalists Richie Follin and Darian Zahedi.Valensi isalso lead guitarist for the Strokes,while Alexanderis also a member of the Dose,Safley comes fromthe Reflections,and Follin plays with Guards.Inspired by their shared love of Elvis Costello,Cheap Trick,and the Cars,they started playingtogether in 2013.CRX recruited Queens of theStone Age frontman Josh Homme to produce theirdebut album,New Skin,which arrived in October2016.~Heather Phares,Rovi