The White Stripes : iSOUND.COM™

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Formed: 1997

iSound Site: www.isound.com/white_stripes

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The Compulsive Gamblers
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Mr. Airplane Man
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The Black Keys
The Hiss
Jim Mathus
The Little Killers
Louis XIV
BBQ
King Tobaccoville
Genres:
Garage Rock
Indie Rock

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	My Doorbell Released: 2008

Biography

The White Stripes, the garage-blues duo consisting of Jack and Meg White, are possibly one of the most complex and enigmatic bands today, yet play the simplest, most stripped-down, back-to-basics rock music I've heard in a long time.

The relationship between the pair has always been somewhat of a question mark; including Jack and Meg being the youngest of 10 children in a large Detroit family. The most common theory is that they are in fact a divorced couple, posing as brother and sister; with Jack's real name being John Anthony Gillis.

The White Stripes released their eponymous first album and quickly gained a reputation due to their unique, uncompromising blues-rock sound. Second album 'De Stijl' appeared in 2000, but the album which awakened critical acclaim and gained the band a new following was 2001's 'White Blood Cells'. From this, singles 'Fell In Love With A Girl', 'Hotel Yorba' and 'Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground' were taken. The band found themselves at the forefront of the new, gritty 'garage-rock' movement and followed up 'White Blood Cells' with 'Elephant', the first album to be recorded in the full glare of the media spotlight.

'7 Nation Army', the first single from the album, was released in 2003. Critics argued that the formerly bass-less duo used bass throughout the album. Fans just celebrated hearing stripped-down, raw blues in the Top 10.

The single propelled them to new heights. The album followed, as well as the second single, a cover version of 'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself'. With this song, the band were dogged by tabloids over the raunchy Sofia Coppola-directed video, featuring supermodel Kate Moss writhing around a pole. The band's success and popularity however, were not dented in the slightest. Jack recorded vocals for fellow Detroit band Electric Six's 'Danger High Voltage' under the pseudonym John S. O'Leary, and wrote songs for the 2003 film 'Cold Mountain', in which he also made a guest appearance.

Bio written by: sid_loves_nancy

Artist Forum


Discussion Topic	Creator
FAVOURITE SONG PPL!!!! What are ur guyz's fav song by the White Strips??????????????????????????????? Mine is "THE HARDEST BOTTON TO BOTTON"	manson_star_seed

Replys	Listener
mines is between jolene, dead leaves..and truth doesn't make a noise	04rmcmil
ur guyz's ^^ twitches I'm from the south so it's yall... Anyway, my sister broke my White Stripes cd, so I can't really remember many of the song names. =( The Hardest Button to Button was catchy, though. I can't relate to you how many times that song got stuck in my head...	CLaNdEsTiNeGiRL
the air between my fingers. who cares why.	xzar
Well I care, silly ;)	CLaNdEsTiNeGiRL
i like hypnotize, black math and the air near my fingers alot, they really rock	doodoo11
'hotel yorba' and 'why can't you be nicer to me' are my favorites. Also I really like that new one it goes "I'm thinking about my dorbell and when your gonna ring it" or something like that. I have only heard it once and can't remember how it goes but i remember liking it	jeklinhyd
I feel like a little nerd everytime I tell people I like The White Stripes (that's not a bad thing though) because most of my friends at Metal / Industrial fans, and you'd be amazed by the type of people who are fans. One of my step brothers used to listen to rap, and with help he has been converted to A Candycane Child. On to the topic though, I like 'Truth dosen't make a noise,' 'The Union Forever,' 'You got her in your pocket,' and a lot of there stuff. I'm a big fan of there music via there simplicity, and the fact that they have a song for every one of my moods. Come across me on another day, and I'd have to give you a diffrent list of there songs.	SaintAngst
i love the video for hardest button to button, but my favorite song is hotel yorba because it reminds me of friendly things, and blue orchid is pretty catchy too..,.,.,.,.,.,	Zirpatrod
my fav song is "blue orcid"	life_sucks_get_over_it
Blue Orchid huh? My first thought when I heard that was 'Jack has finally got on drugs' and when I heard 'The Nurse' I agreed with myself... not to say I didn't like it though.	SaintAngst
My two favorite songs are Jolene and My Doorbell	bmlmm
My favorite songs are seven nation army and the denial twist. Blue orcid is really good too	Fender
Red Rain I think. Though I think I may be changing opinion in let's say; a day or two. But that's just because Jack & Meg has so so many greeeeat songs. :D	SoAlive
my favs has got to be dead leaves and the dirty ground, stop breaking down, death letter, screwdriver, broken bricks and when i hear my name....	chromed_soul_42o
omg! i know its their newest released single but my favorite white stripes song has to be icky thump because its so awsome and made me fall in love with their music which i thought was quite original at first	_xflyingdaggerx_