The White Stripes were an American rock duo formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1997. The group consisted of Jack White (guitar, keyboards, piano, and vocals) and Meg White (drums, percussion, and vocals). They were a leading group of the 2000s indie rock and garage rock revival.
Beginning in the late 1990s, the White Stripes sought success within the Detroit music scene, releasing six singles and two studio albums, their self-titled debut album (1999) and De Stijl (2000). They rose to prominence with their critically acclaimed albums White Blood Cells (2001) and Elephant (2003), which propelled them to the forefront of the garage rock revival scene. The single "Seven Nation Army", which used a guitar and an octave pedal to create the opening riff, became one of their most recognizable songs. The band released two more albums, Get Behind Me Satan (2005) and Icky Thump (2007), and the documentary Under Great White Northern Lights (2009), before dissolving in 2011 after a lengthy hiatus from performing and recording.
The White Stripes used a low-fidelity approach to writing and recording. Their music featured a melding of garage rock and blues influences and a raw simplicity of composition, arrangement, and performance. The duo were also noted for their fashion and design aesthetic which featured a simple color scheme of red, white, and black—which was used on every album and single cover they released—as well as the duo's fascination with the number three. Their discography consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one extended play (EP), one concert film, one tour documentary, 26 singles, and 14 music videos.
Over the course of their career, the White Stripes earned numerous accolades, which include winning a Brit Award from six nominations, six Grammy Awards from eleven nominations, and six MTV Video Music Awards from eighteen nominations. Two of their albums have been included on various editions of Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and in 2015, the same publication named them the sixth greatest duo of all time. In 2023, in their first year of eligibility, the White Stripes were nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but were not inducted.
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albums by The White Stripes
Look, there is a HUGE void of young (under 50 years old) RnR guitar players. Any average young player that stumbles into that void, gets anointed by people under 50. Sames applies to the guy with the Foo Fighters.
So you all please quit anointing these average guitar players. They are not that good. Geeeeeeeez.
Dear Mr. Wind.
I'm now the ripe old age of 51 so I think I can speak to this: You're wrong. There are still plenty of guitar players who, if they had been around between 1966 and 1978, would have been considered "gods". For example:
-Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine & tours with Bruce Springsteen)
-Jason Isbell (Solo and Drive By Truckers)
-Gary Clark Jr.
-Derek Trucks (Solo, with Amanda Shires and with Allman Brothers)
-Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
-Joe Bonamassa
Unfortunately, your argument is basically the same one we've been hearing from older generations since the beginning of time: "the music was better in my day!". I think that the truth is that guitar-based-rock is not a dominant force in popular music anymore so today's "great" guitar players are just not showcased in the same way they were in "our" day. You have to go look for them and RP does a great job of helping us old people find them.
yep!!!! :)
"Derivative" is as pointless a criticism of music as saying it's "repetitive". All music is derivative and repetition is a requirement of music. You might as criticize the oceans for being wet. Name a musical artist whose work was not somehow derivative of work which preceded it.
From the Wiki:
Although it sounds like a bass guitar (an instrument the group had never previously used), the sound is actually created by running Jack White's semi-acoustic, 1950s-style Kay Hollowbody guitar through a DigiTech Whammy pedal set down an octave.
Not quite an illusion, just some electronic FX to make Jack's guitar sound like a bass, and that's why you hear a bass line.
Sounds like my old man, circa 1970 or so:
"TURN THAT HIPPIE SHIT DOWN GOTDAMMIT!!1!!"
The "last" hasn't even been born yet.
This is good stuff!