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Paul Julian Banks (born 3 May 1978) is an English American musician, singer, songwriter and DJ. He is best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist and guitarist of the rock band Interpol. Banks previously released an album named Julian Plenti is... Skyscraper in early August 2009 under the name Julian Plenti. His solo material is now recorded under the name of Paul Banks. As a singer, Banks' voice lies in the baritone range. ==Early life and personal life== Banks was born in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. His family left England when he was three years old, moving to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan,〔 and then to Spain. His father was later transferred to Mexico, where Banks finished high school at the American School Foundation, where he was involved in theatre productions, and played the lead role in the musical ''South Pacific''. He speaks fluent Spanish with a Castilian and Mexican accent. After high school, Banks attended New York University where he studied English and Comparative Literature, and after graduating, he worked at magazines such as ''Gotham'' and ''Interview''. Banks later took a job in data entry, and then in a café, in order to devote more of his time to music. Banks was inspired to become a musician by the group Nirvana. In contrast to Interpol's smooth and melancholic sound Paul Banks has been a fan of hip hop music since he was in seventh grade. He has worked as a hip-hop DJ, under the pseudonym ''DJ Fancypants.''〔 In an October 2012 interview, former supermodel Helena Christensen described Banks as her boyfriend and said that she was often traveling to Panama to watch Banks surf on a volcanic beach far away from everything.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444799904578050991234575634.html?mod=WeekendHeader_Rotator )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Banks (singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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