The White Stripes were an American rock duo from Detroit, Michigan formed in 1997. The group consisted of Jack White and his one-time wife Meg White. After releasing several singles and three albums within the Detroit music scene, the White Stripes rose to prominence in 2002 as part of the garage rock revival scene. Their successful and critically acclaimed albums White Blood Cells and Elephant drew attention from a large variety of media outlets in the United States and the United Kingdom. The single "Seven Nation Army", which used a guitar and an octave pedal to create the iconic opening riff, became one of their most recognizable songs. The band recorded two more albums, Get Behind Me Satan in 2005 and Icky Thump in 2007, and dissolved in 2011 after a lengthy hiatus from performing and recording. The White Stripes used a low-fidelity approach to writing and recording.
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | Garage rock, blues rock, alternative rock, punk blues, indie rock |
| Years active | 1997–2011 |
| Labels | Warner Bros, Third Man, V2, XL, Sub Pop, Sympathy for the Record Industry, Italy |
| Associated acts | The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, The Upholsterers, The Go, Goober & the Peas, Beck, The Dirtbombs, Soledad Brothers |
| Past members | Jack White, Meg White |
About The White Stripes
Former wife and husband duo who's albums Elephant, Get Behind Me Satan, and Icky Thump won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. They broke up in 2011.
Achievement of The White Stripes
They appeared in Jim Jarmusch's 2003 film Coffee and Cigarettes.
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Latest information about The White Stripes updated on July 28 2021.
