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| - | '''The White Stripes''' are an American minimalist punk blues/garage blues duo from Detroit, Michigan. | + | <font size=5>'''The White Stripes'''</font><br> |
| | + | July 14, 1997 - February 2, 2011<br></center> |
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| - | ==Members==
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| - | * [[Jack White]] - Lead vocals, lead electric and acoustic guitars, slide guitar, Black F-Style mandolin, Rhodes bass keys, piano, electric piano, marimba, drums, tambourine
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| - | * [[Meg White]] - Drums, lead and backing vocals, timpani, organ (live in concerts only), cardboard box, tambourine, maracas, desk bells
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| - | ==History==
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| - | ===The Start of The Stripes (Formation, The White Stripes, De Stijl)===
| + | '''[[Meg White]]'''<br> |
| - | The White Stripes formed in Detroit, Michigan on Bastille Day 1997. They were made up of two friends - Jack Anthony Gillis, guitarist, singer, and pianist, and Megan Martha White, drummer and backing vocalist. Meg was, at the time, a fan of [[peppermint]] candies, which gave the duo their name (The White Stripes, after the little white stripes in peppermints). For many years, they were a struggling local band, even though they toured for several years with bands such as Pavement and Sleater-Kinney. Around this time, they started releasing singles on a variety of different independent record labels including Italy Records (the label on which they released their first two singles [[Let's Shake Hands]] and [[Lafayette Blues]]) and Sympathy for the Record Industry (which released the band's first three albums).
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| - | Their first album, ''[[The White Stripes (album)|The White Stripes]]'', was dedicated to blues legend Son House, who become a huge influence on the White Stripes' music. The band would go on to cover a Son House song on their next album. Jack has described this 1999 eponymous debut as "...really angry...the most raw, the most powerful, and the most Detroit-sounding record we've made".
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| - | In 2000, they released their second album, ''[[De Stijl]]'', which was named after the De Stijl Dutch art movement which the band cited as a basis for the approach to their music and image. This album featured guest musicians John Szymanski (on harmonica) and Paul Hendry Ossy (on violins).
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| | + | '''[http://www.whitestripes.com/ Official website]'''<br> |
| | + | '''[http://www.whitestripes.net/ WhiteStripes.net]'''<br> |
| | + | '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Stripes Wikipedia article]''' |
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| - | ===Rising Fame (White Blood Cells, Elephant)===
| + | [[Category:Bands]] |
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| - | ===Today (Get Behind Me Satan and Current Events)===
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