The White Stripes - Wikipedia. The White Stripes were an American rock duo formed in 1. Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of Jack White (songwriter, vocals, guitar, piano, and mandolin) and Meg White (drums and vocals). After releasing several singles and three albums within the Detroit music scene, The White Stripes rose to prominence in 2. Their successful and critically acclaimed albums White Blood Cells and Elephant drew attention from a large variety of media outlets in the United States and the United Kingdom, with the single "Seven Nation Army" and its guitar line becoming their signature song. The band recorded two more albums, Get Behind Me Satan in 2.

Icky Thump in 2. 00. The White Stripes used a low- fidelity approach to writing and recording. Their music featured a melding of garage rock and blues influences and a raw simplicity of composition, arrangement, and performance. The duo were also noted for their fashion and design aesthetic which featured a simple color scheme of red, white, and black—which was used on every album and single cover the band released—as well as the band's fascination with the number three.[2] The band's discography consists of six studio albums, one live album, two extended plays (EP), one concert film, one tour documentary, 2. Their last three albums each won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.[3]History[edit]Early history[edit]As a senior in high school, Jack Gillis (as he was then known), met Meg White at the Memphis Smoke—the restaurant where she worked and where he would read his poetry at "open mic" nights.[5] The two became friends, and began to frequent the coffee shops, local music venues, and record stores of the area.[6] By this time, Gillis was already playing drums with musician friends, including his upholstery apprenticeship mentors, Brian Muldoon and Justin Stockton.[7][8] In 1. Detroit cowpunk band Goober & the Peas.[9][1. After a courtship, Gillis and White got married on September 2.
Shortly after, Goober and the Peas broke up, but Jack continued to play in other bands, such as the garage punk band The Go (he played lead guitar on their 1. Whatcha Doin'), The Hentchmen, and Two- Star Tabernacle.[1. In 1. 99. 7—allegedly on Bastille Day[1.

Meg first began to learn to play the drums. In Jack's words, "When she started to play drums with me, just on a lark, it felt liberating and refreshing. There was something in it that opened me up."[7] The couple then became a band and, while they considered calling themselves "Bazooka" and "Soda Powder",[1. The White Stripes".[1. Jack explained the band name's origin this way: Meg loves peppermints, and we were going to call ourselves The Peppermints. But since our last name was White, we decided to call it "The White Stripes".
It revolved around this childish idea, the ideas kids have—because they are so much better than adult ideas, right?"[1. From the beginning, they established certain motifs: publicly presenting themselves as brother and sister,[2. White has explained that they used these colors to distract from the fact that they were young, white musicians playing "black music".[2. They were also noted for their lack of a bass player, and their general refusal to be interviewed separately.[2][2. The White Stripes had their first live performance on August 1. Gold Dollar bar in Detroit.[2.
They began their career as part of the Michigan underground garage rock scene, playing with local bands such as The Hentchmen, The Dirtbombs, The Gories, and Rocket 4. In 1. 99. 8, Dave Buick—owner of an independent, Detroit- based, garage- punk label called Italy Records—approached the band at a bar and asked if they would like to record a single.[2. Jack initially declined, believing it would be too expensive, but he eventually reconsidered when he realized that Buick was offering to pay for it.[2. Their debut single, "Let's Shake Hands," was released on vinyl in February 1. This was followed in October 1.
Lafayette Blues" which, again, was only released on vinyl with 1,0. The White Stripes (1. In 1. 99. 9, The White Stripes signed with the California- based label Sympathy for the Record Industry.[3. In March 1. 99. 9, they released the single "The Big Three Killed My Baby", followed by their debut album, The White Stripes, which was released on June 1.
The self- titled debut was produced by Jack and engineered by Jim Diamond at his Ghetto Recorders studio in Detroit.[3. The album was dedicated to the seminal Mississippi Delta blues musician, Son House—an artist who greatly influenced Jack.[2. The track "Cannon" from The White Stripes contains part of an a cappella version, as performed by House, of the traditional American gospel blues song "John the Revelator". The White Stripes also covered House's song "Death Letter" on their follow- up album De Stijl.
Looking back on their debut during a 2. Guitar Player, Jack said, "I still feel we've never topped our first album. It's the most raw, the most powerful, and the most Detroit- sounding record we've made."[3. Allmusic said of the album: [3. Jack White's voice is a singular, evocative combination of punk, metal, blues, and backwoods while his guitar work is grand and banging with just enough lyrical touches of slide and subtle solo work..

Meg White balances out the fretwork and the fretting with methodical, spare, and booming cymbal, bass drum, and snare.. All D. I. Y. punk- country- blues- metal singer- songwriting duos should sound this good. At the end of 1. 99. The White Stripes released "Hand Springs" as a 7" split single with fellow Detroit band The Dirtbombs on the B- side. Multiball. The record is currently—like the majority of vinyl records by The White Stripes—out of print and difficult to find.
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De Stijl (2. 00. 0)[edit]. White Stripes in the back room of Club Shinjuku Jam, Tokyo, to an audience of 1. Japanese tour. The White Stripes' second album, De Stijl (Dutch for "The Style"), was released on the Sympathy for the Record Industry label on June 2. Considered a cult classic[3.
Jack's living room,[3. De Stijl displays the simplicity of the band's blues and "scuzzy garage rock" fusion prior to their breakthrough success.[3. The album title derives from the Dutch art movement of the same name; [3. De Stijlaesthetic are demonstrated on the album cover, which sets the band members against an abstract background of rectangles and lines in red, black and white.[2. The White Stripes have cited the minimalist and deconstructionist aspects of De Stijl design as a source of inspiration for their own musical image and presentation.[3.
The album was dedicated to furniture designer and architect Gerrit Rietveld of the De Stijl movement, as well as to the influential Georgia bluesman Blind Willie Mc. Tell.[4. 0]Party of Special Things to Do was released as a 7" on Sub- Pop in December 2. Watch Hi-5 Full Movie here. It comprised three songs originally performed by Captain Beefheart, an experimentalblues rock musician.
De Stijl eventually reached number 3. Billboard Magazine's Independent Albums chart in 2. The White Stripes' popularity began establishing itself.
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One New York Times critic at the time said that the Stripes typified "what many hip rock fans consider real music."[4. The song "Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me" was used in The Simpsons episode "Judge Me Tender". White Blood Cells (2. The White Stripes' third album, White Blood Cells, was released on July 3, 2.
Sympathy for the Record Industry.[4. The band enjoyed its first significant success the following year with the major labelre- release of the album on V2 Records.[4. Its stripped- down garage rock sound drew critical acclaim in the UK, and in the US soon afterward, making The White Stripes one of the most acclaimed bands of 2. Several outlets praised their "back to basics" approach,[4. Daily Mirror calling them "the greatest band since The Sex Pistols."[4. In 2. 00. 2, Q magazine listed The White Stripes as one of "5. Bands to See Before You Die".[4.
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