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The White Stripes

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Biography

Built around Meg's childlike drumming and Jack's ferocious guitar, the duo became firm favourites on the Detroit garage rock scene before exploding in the UK in 2001. Singles "Hotel Yorba" and "Fell in Love with a Girl" put them on the map and third album White Blood Cells (2001) became an instant classic. The re-release of their first two albums The White Stripes (1999) and De Stijl (2001) opened a treasure chest of scuzzy blues covers, howling country folk balladry and raw, punk rock, and their blistering live shows heightened the buzz. As puzzled tabloid journalists finally rumbled that they weren't actually brother and sister but a divorced couple, Elephant (2003) - led by the pulsing riff of lead single "Seven Nation Army" - went to No 1. Blues, rock and folk influences gave way to oddball pop on Get Behind Me Satan (2005) and Icky Thump (2007) had a UK influence with bagpipes, Northern phrases and pearly suits. Jack also produced for Loretta Lynn, recorded a Bond theme with Alicia Keys and played with The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather.
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Top Tracks

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  2.   Seven Nation Army
  3.   Fell In Love With a Girl
  4.   Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
  5.   I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
  6.   We're Going to Be Friends by Jack White
  7.   Blue Orchid
  8.   Icky Thump
  9.   The Hardest Button to Button
  10.   Ball and Biscuit
  11.   Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine
  12.   Hotel Yorba by Jack White
  13.   You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)
  14.   Conquest
  15.   Stop Breaking Down
  16.   I Fought Piranhas
  17.   Screwdriver
  18.   One More Cup of Coffee
  19.   The Air Near My Fingers
  20.   Who's a Big Baby ?
  21.   It's True That We Love One Another by Jack White
  22.   In the Cold, Cold Night
  23.   Stones In My Passway
  24.   Red Death at 6:14
  25.   Cannon / Party Of Special Things to Do
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