The White Stripes (band)
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The White Stripes are an American minimalist punk blues/garage blues duo from Detroit, Michigan.
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Members
- Jack White - Lead vocals, lead electric and acoustic guitars, slide guitar, Black F-Style mandolin, Rhodes bass keys, piano, electric piano, marimba, drums, tambourine
- Meg White - Drums, lead and backing vocals, timpani, organ (live in concerts only), cardboard box, tambourine, maracas, desk bells
History
The Start of The Stripes (Formation, The White Stripes, De Stijl)
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).
Their first album, The White Stripes
