Members
The White Stripes were formed on July 14, 1997, in Detroit, Michigan.
Their self-titled debut album, "The White Stripes," was released in 1999, marking their entry into the music scene.
The album "White Blood Cells" was pivotal in their rise to fame, leading to widespread acclaim and recognition.
Biography
Formation
The White Stripes were formed on July 14, 1997, in Detroit, Michigan, by Jack White and Meg White. Initially, the duo began their musical journey in the local underground garage rock scene, where they played alongside bands like the Hentchmen and the Dirtbombs. Jack, who was previously known as Jack Gillis, had a background in drumming and was inspired to create music with Meg, who had just started learning the drums. Their first performance took place at the Gold Dollar bar, marking the beginning of their unique sound and aesthetic.
Breakthrough
The White Stripes quickly gained recognition for their raw sound and distinctive style, characterized by a minimalist approach to rock music. Their self-titled debut album, "The White Stripes," was released in 1999, followed by critically acclaimed albums such as "De Stijl" and "White Blood Cells." The latter propelled them into the mainstream, with Rolling Stone declaring them as part of a new rock revolution. Their 2003 album, "Elephant," featured the hit single "Seven Nation Army," which became an anthem for a generation.
Legacy
The duo disbanded on February 2, 2011, but their influence on the music industry remains profound. The White Stripes are credited with revitalizing garage rock and indie music in the 2000s, inspiring countless artists and bands. Their innovative sound and aesthetic have left a lasting mark on popular music, with accolades from major publications and recognition as one of the greatest bands of their era. The White Stripes' legacy continues to resonate, as they are celebrated for their contributions to rock music and their ability to create a powerful sound with just two members.
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Discography
The White Stripes Greatest Hits2020
- 1.Let’s Shake Hands2:04
- 2.The Big Three Killed My Baby2:29
- 3.Fell in Love With a Girl1:50
- 4.Hello Operator2:36
- 5.I’m Slowly Turning Into You4:35
- 6.The Hardest Button to Button3:32
- 7.The Nurse3:47
- 8.Screwdriver3:14
- 9.Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground3:04
- 10.Death Letter4:30
- 11.We’re Going to Be Friends2:22
- 12.The Denial Twist2:36
- 13.I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself2:46
- 14.Astro2:42
- 15.Conquest2:48
- 16.Jolene3:17
- 17.Hotel Yorba2:10
- 18.Apple Blossom2:13
- 19.Blue Orchid2:37
- 20.Ball and Biscuit7:19
- 21.I Fought Piranhas3:07
- 22.I Think I Smell a Rat2:05
- 23.Icky Thump4:15
- 24.My Doorbell4:02
- 25.You’re Pretty Good Looking (for a Girl)1:50
- 26.Seven Nation Army3:52
The Complete John Peel Sessions2016
- 1.Let’s Shake Hands
- 2.When I Hear My Name
- 3.Jolene
- 4.Death Letter
- 5.Cannon
- 6.Astro / Jack the Ripper
- 7.Hotel Yorba
- 8.I’m Finding It Hard to Be a Gentleman
- 9.Screwdriver
- 10.We’re Going to Be Friends
- 11.You’re Pretty Good Looking
- 12.Boll Weevil
- 13.Hello Operator
- 14.Baby Blue
- 15.Lord, Send Me an Angel
- 16.Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
- 17.I Think I Smell a Rat
- 18.Let’s Build a Home / Goin’ Back to Memphis
- 19.Little Room
- 20.The Union Forever
- 21.The Same Boy You’ve Always Known
- 22.Look Me Over Closely
- 23.Looking at You
- 24.St. James Infirmary Blues
- 25.Apple Blossom
- 26.Do
- 27.Rated X
- 28.Jumble Jumble
- 29.Little People
Live at the Gold Dollar III2015
- 1.Broken Bricks2:16
- 2.Jimmy the Exploder2:23
- 3.The Big Three Killed My Baby4:03
- 4.Stop Breaking Down2:43
- 5.Suzy Lee3:20
- 6.Let’s Build a Home2:55
- 7.Sugar Never Tasted So Good2:58
- 8.Do3:14
- 9.Little People2:19
- 10.One More Cup of Coffee3:22
- 11.Astro1:14
- 12.Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground2:44
- 13.Wasting My Time2:09
- 14.Red Bowling Ball Ruth1:46
- 15.Cannon / John the Revelator / Grinnin’ in Your Face2:59
- 16.Let’s Shake Hands2:28
Under Amazonian Lights2015
- 1.Blue Orchid2:55
- 2.Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground3:00
- 3.Black Math3:00
- 4.Love Sick4:27
- 5.My Doorbell3:51
- 6.Passive Manipulation0:49
- 7.Hotel Yorba2:00
- 8.The Same Boy You’ve Always Known (electric)2:57
- 9.The Same Boy You’ve Always Known (acoustic)3:10
- 10.Little Ghost2:40
- 11.When I Hear My Name / I Asked for Water2:39
- 12.Fell in Love With a Girl2:36
- 13.The Nurse4:24
- 14.Little Bird1:38
- 15.Death Letter / Lord, I Just Can’t Keep From Crying Sometimes7:53
- 16.St. James Infirmary Blues1:27
- 17.Passive Manipulation0:48
- 18.Screwdriver / Passive Manipulation5:01
- 19.I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself1:01
- 20.(I’ll Be with You in) Apple Blossom Time2:32
- 21.I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself (reprise)2:46
- 22.Seven Nation Army4:22
- 23.Let You Down1:26
- 24.Ain’t No Sweeter Than Rita Blues2:06
- 25.Introduction
- 26.Blue Orchid
- 27.Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
- 28.The Same Boy You’ve Always Known (acoustic)
- 29.Little Ghost
- 30.Hotel Yorba
- 31.Fell in Love With a Girl
- 32.The Nurse
- 33.St. James Infirmary
- 34.Passive Manipulation
- 35.Screwdriver / Passive Manipulation
- 36.I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself
- 37.(I’ll Be with You in) Apple Blossom Time
- 38.I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself (reprise)
- 39.We Are Going to Be Friends (Outside)
- 40.Seven Nation Army
Live Under the Lights of the Rising Sun2014
- 1.Let’s Shake Hands2:02
- 2.When I Hear My Name1:51
- 3.Jolene3:30
- 4.Lord, Send Me an Angel3:37
- 5.You’re Pretty Good Looking1:44
- 6.Hello Operator2:19
- 7.Death Letter4:24
- 8.Astro / I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield / Jack the Ripper3:35
- 9.Canon / John the Revelator2:42
- 10.Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground2:52
- 11.Apple Blossom2:10
- 12.I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself2:53
- 13.Screwdriver3:14
- 14.Let’s Shake Hands1:58
- 15.When I Hear My Name1:54
- 16.You’re Pretty Good Looking1:48
- 17.Hello Operator2:28
- 18.Jolene3:18
- 19.Apple Blossom2:19
- 20.Stop Breaking Down4:05
- 21.Death Letter4:29
- 22.Wasting My Time2:20
- 23.Broken Bricks1:15
- 24.Cannon2:27
- 25.Your Southern Can Is Mine2:10
- 26.Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground2:54
- 27.I’m Bored2:27
- 28.Screwdriver3:08
Live at the Glastonbury Festival2013
- 1.Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground3:33
- 2.Blue Orchid2:45
- 3.I Think I Smell a Rat / Passive Manipulation / Take a Whiff on Me2:26
- 4.Let’s Shake Hands2:30
- 5.The Nurse4:23
- 6.Hotel Yorba2:11
- 7.Jolene3:33
- 8.Ball and Biscuit1:23
- 9.My Doorbell3:53
- 10.Cannon / Broken Bricks / Cool Drink of Water / Ball and Biscuit6:33
- 11.Passive Manipulation / The Same Boy You’ve Always Known4:02
- 12.The Hardest Button to Button3:35
- 13.We’re Going to Be Friends2:46
- 14.Little Ghost2:52
- 15.Death Letter8:16
- 16.I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself3:24
- 17.Screwdriver / Passive Manipulation4:51
- 18.Seven Nation Army4:23
Nine Miles From the White City2013
- 1.When I Hear My Name3:01
- 2.Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground3:02
- 3.Love Sick3:50
- 4.Hotel Yorba2:04
- 5.Aluminum1:03
- 6.Cool Drink of Water Blues2:13
- 7.The Hardest Button to Button4:05
- 8.I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart3:37
- 9.Stones in My Passway2:41
- 10.Stop Breakin’ Down3:54
- 11.Do3:46
- 12.In the Cold, Cold Night3:53
- 13.Seven Nation Army3:58
- 14.The Same Boy You’ve Always Known4:07
- 15.Black Jack Davey3:03
- 16.We Are Going to Be Friends2:52
- 17.Offend in Every Way2:16
- 18.Little Cream Soda4:01
- 19.Cannon/Party of Special Things to Do2:50
- 20.Candy Cane Children1:48
- 21.The Air Near My Fingers2:53
- 22.This Protector
- 23.Screwdriver (Tease)2:32
- 24.Ball and Biscuit7:02
- 25.Screwdriver (reprise)5:18
- 26.Let’s Build a Home2:04
- 27.Goin’ Back to Memphis5:40
White Heat2013
- 1.Jimmy the Exploder
- 2.Black
- 3.I’m Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman
- 4.Tan
- 5.Death Letter
- 6.Brown
- 7.I Fought Piranhas
- 8.The Big Three Killed My Baby
Under New Zealand Lights2012
- 1.You’re Pretty Good Looking (for a Girl)
- 2.Hello Operator
- 3.Truth Doesn’t Make a Noise
- 4.Your Southern Can Is Mine
- 5.Sugar Never Tasted So Good
- 6.Stop Breaking Down
- 7.Little Bird
- 8.Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
- 9.Cannon/Wasting My Time
- 10.I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself
- 11.Jolene
- 12.Apple Blossom
- 13.Astro/Jack the Ripper
- 14.The Big Three Killed My Baby
- 15.Look Me Over Closely
- 16.Death Letter
- 17.Grinnin’ in Your Face
- 18.We Are Going to Be Friends
- 19.Hotel Yorba
- 20.St. James Infirmary
- 21.Little Room
- 22.Boll Weevil
Live at the Gold Dollar2012
- 1.St. James Infirmary2:23
- 2.Jimmy the Exploder1:56
- 3.Red Bowling Ball Ruth2:25
- 4.I Can Learn2:58
- 5.Love Potion #92:15
- 6.Why Can’t You Be Nicer to Me?3:04
- 7.Marantette Blues (Lafayette Blues)3:46
- 8.Jumble, Jumble1:59
- 9.TV Eye1:15
- 10.Big Girl (Little People)2:01
- 11.Screwdriver3:01
Live in Mississippi2011
- 1.Stop Breaking Down2:53
- 2.Let’s Build a Home2:08
- 3.When I Hear My Name2:22
- 4.Icky Thump5:04
- 5.Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground / As Ugly as I Seem4:12
- 6.The Same Boy You’ve Always Known2:55
- 7.Wasting My Time2:42
- 8.Phonograph Blues0:58
- 9.Cannon / John the Revelator2:46
- 10.Death Letter6:40
- 11.Astro1:56
- 12.Apple Blossom2:29
- 13.You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You’re Told)4:13
- 14.In the Cold, Cold Night4:36
- 15.I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart4:02
- 16.Hotel Yorba2:26
- 17.A Martyr for My Love for You5:04
- 18.Ball and Biscuit7:58
- 19.300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues6:25
- 20.Blue Orchid2:40
- 21.I’m Slowly Turning Into You5:33
- 22.Boll Weevil6:11
Under Moorhead Lights All Fargo Night2011
- 1.Let’s Shake Hands
- 2.Screwdriver
- 3.Wasting My Time
- 4.Jolene
- 5.Death Letter
- 6.Little Bird
- 7.Apple Blossom
- 8.You’re Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)
- 9.Your Southern Can Is Mine
- 10.Sugar Never Tasted So Good
- 11.Truth Doesn’t Make a Noise
- 12.I’m Bored
- 13.Cannon / John the Revelator
Under Great White Northern Lights2010
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Under Great White Northern Lights B-Shows2010
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Icky Thump2007
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2007‐07‐31: Snowden Grove Amphitheater, Southaven, MS2007
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Live at the Masonic Temple, October 1st, 2005, Detroit, MI2005
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Live at the Masonic Temple, October 2nd, 2005, Detroit, MI2005
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Get Behind Me Satan2005
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Live at the Masonic Temple, September 30th, 2005, Detroit, MI2005
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Under Blackpool Lights2004
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Elephant2003
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White Blood Cells2001
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De Stijl2000
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The White Stripes1999
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Also known as: Las Rayas Blancas, The Redd & White Stripes, White Stripes, ザ・ホワイト・ストライプス
The White Stripes were an American rock duo formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1997. The group consisted of Jack White and Meg White. They were a leading group of the 2000s indie and garage rock revivals.
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