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The White Stripes

Formed 1997

  • Principal Members
  • Jack White
  • Meg White

Biography

The White Stripes is a Grammy Award-winning American rock music duo from Detroit, composed of songwriter Jack White on guitar, piano, lead vocals, and Meg White on drums, percussion and vocals. The group rose to prominence as part of the garage rock revival with the albums White Blood Cells and Elephant.

The White Stripes are known for their raw low fidelity sound and the simplicity of their compositions and arrangements mostly inspired by punk rock, American blues, Folk rock, and country music...

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Artist Timeline

  • 1997 Formed in Detroit
  • 2002 Q magazine names the band as one of '50 to see before you die'
  • 2003 Fourth album 'Elephant' tops the UK album charts
  • 2003 Jack makes no 17 on Rolling Stone's list of the greatest guitarists of all time
  • 2004 Win a Brit award for single "Seven Nation Army"
  • 2005 Record Collector magazine names them the most collectable contemporary band
  • 2006 'Get Behind Me Satan' wins a Grammy
  • 2006 'Seven Nation Army' becomes the Italian team's unofficial World Cup theme
  • 2007 V2 records announces it will not release any future material by the band
  • 2007 Sign with Warners
 

Key Releases

  • White Blood Cells

    2001

    The breakthrough album - a punchy, beautifully rendered garage rock classic.

    Review on BBC Music

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Top 10 Tracks

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Inspired

  • The Black Keys
  • The Vines
  • The Hives

Influences

  • The Stooges
  • The Kinks
  • Robert Johnson
  • Thee Headcoatees
  • Loretta Lynn
  • The Raconteurs


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