White Stripes

The White Stripes are an American minimalist blues-rock duo from Detroit, composed of Jack White on guitar, piano and lead vocals, and Meg White on drums. more...

The group rose to prominence with the albums White Blood Cells and Elephant, the latter featuring their most commercially successful song "Seven Nation Army" which won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. The White Stripes are known for their raw low fidelity sound and the simplicity of their compositions and arrangements mostly inspired by indie rock, American blues and country music.

Biography

The Beginning (White Stripes and De Stijl albums)

The White Stripes (Megan Martha White , drums, vocals; and Jack White, guitar, piano, lead vocals) were formed in Detroit in 1997, specifically Bastille Day (see 1997 in music). While the two bill themselves as brother and sister, media coverage has suggested they are in fact a divorced couple.

They decided to give this name to their band because drummer Meg loves peppermint candies. For several years they were a struggling local band, despite touring with Pavement and Sleater-Kinney. During this time, they released singles on various independent record labels including Sympathy for the Record Industry, the label for their first three albums.

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