The White Stripes - General

The White Stripes is a rock band formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1997. The band is made up of Jack White (Vocals, guitar, piano) and Meg White, his ex-wife (drums). Their style is a sort of punk-blues-garage rock sound, and they're pretty damn good at what they do. They became well-known after the release of their albums [i]White Blood Cells[/i] and [i]Elephant[/i]. Some of their music: Seven Nation Army, probably their best known song [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j7huh5Egew[/MEDIA] [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRDi67G0Siw&feature=related[/MEDIA] [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKntY8WkNYQ&feature=related[/MEDIA] Recently, they released a film, [i]Under the Great White Northern Lights[/i], about their 2007 tour in Canada. Trailer: [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYGt3i1DjFA[/MEDIA] I saw it today, it was quite good, actually. Pics: [IMG]http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/06/14/white_wideweb__470x330,0.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/322600/The+White+Stripes.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.gloriousnoise.com/images/ws-irving-04.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/arts/photos/2009/06/15/w-white-stripes-cp-3197231.jpg[/IMG] Discography: 1999 -- [b]The White Stripes[/b] 1. "Jimmy the Exploder" 2. "Stop Breaking Down" 3. "The Big Three Killed My Baby" 4. "Suzy Lee" 5. "Sugar Never Tasted So Good" 6. "Wasting My Time" 7. "Cannon" 8. "Astro" 9. "Broken Bricks" 10. "When I Hear My Name" 11. "Do" 12. "Screwdriver" 13. "One More Cup of Coffee" 14. "Little People" 15. "Slicker Drips" 16. "St. James Infirmary Blues" 17. "I Fought Piranhas" 2000 -- De Stijl "You're Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)" "Hello Operator" "Little Bird" "Apple Blossom" "I'm Bound to Pack It Up" "Death Letter" "Sister, Do You Know My Name?" "Truth Doesn't Make a Noise" "A Boy's Best Friend" "Let's Build a Home" "Jumble, Jumble" "Why Can't You Be Nicer to Me?" "Your Southern Can Is Mine" 2001 -- White Blood Cells "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" "Hotel Yorba" "I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman" "Fell in Love with a Girl" "Expecting" "Little Room" "The Union Forever" "The Same Boy You've Always Known" "We're Going to Be Friends" "Offend in Every Way" "I Think I Smell a Rat" "Aluminum" "I Can't Wait" "Now Mary" "I Can Learn" "This Protector" 2003 -- Elephant "Seven Nation Army" "Black Math" "There's No Home for You Here" "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" "In the Cold, Cold Night" "I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart" "You've Got Her in Your Pocket" "Ball and Biscuit" "The Hardest Button to Button" "Little Acorns" "Hypnotize" "The Air Near My Fingers" "Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine" "It's True That We Love One Another" "Who's to Say" "Good to Me" 2005 -- Get Behind Me Satan "Blue Orchid" "The Nurse" "My Doorbell" "Forever for Her (Is Over for Me)" "Little Ghost" "The Denial Twist" "White Moon" "Instinct Blues" "Passive Manipulation" "Take, Take, Take" "As Ugly as I Seem" "Red Rain" "I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)" 2007 -- Icky Thump "Icky Thump" "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" "300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues" "Conquest" "Bone Broke" "Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn" "St. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)" "Little Cream Soda" "Rag and Bone" "I'm Slowly Turning into You" "A Martyr for My Love for You" "Catch Hell Blues" "Effect and Cause" This is my first big thread, tell me how I did.

you should post their discography I don't listen to them that much but when I do I like it.

Meg White is hot IMO.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zskw3mCQFL4[/media] Jack White is a Legend.

What Guitar does he play? Also like 2 of their songs but that's about it.

les paul in the 2nd pic, I think a gretcsh (not sure how to spell it) style guitar in the 1st

[QUOTE=Siminov;21147021]What Guitar does he play? Also like 2 of their songs but that's about it.[/QUOTE] This one? [IMG]http://zurlocker.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/eastwood_5.jpg[/IMG] According to the internet, it's a 64 JB Hutto Montgomery Airline.

[QUOTE=Vedicardi;21147584]les paul in the 2nd pic[/QUOTE] its a Gretsch Triple Jet.

De Stijl is an awesome [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_lk50de5yc[/media] The bleeding slide guitar riffs :iia:

Meg is HOT. A++

[QUOTE=NoShogun;21147691]This one? [IMG]http://zurlocker.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/eastwood_5.jpg[/IMG] According to the internet, it's a 64 JB Hutto Montgomery Airline.[/QUOTE] That's the one, never heard of it but it has a short neck it seems.

[QUOTE=Siminov;21154501]That's the one, never heard of it but it has a short neck it seems.[/QUOTE] Yeah, twenty frets instead of twenty-two or twenty-four.

One of my favorite bands. I really love De Stijl, got lots of awesome riffs there. I'm starting to appreciate the raw feeling of their first album though, especially "The big three killed my baby".

you do know meg white has a sex tape lurking around the interent

[QUOTE=mak364;21162212]you do know meg white has a sex tape lurking around the interent[/QUOTE] It was fake, wasn't it? [editline]09:23AM[/editline] [QUOTE=mynames2long;21161955]One of my favorite bands. I really love De Stijl, got lots of awesome riffs there. I'm starting to appreciate the raw feeling of their first album though, especially "The big three killed my baby".[/QUOTE] I love "Broken Bricks" off of the first one.

I love The White Stripes, I saw Under Great White Northern Lights last week, and a while before that, I saw It Might Get Loud, the guitar documentary with Jack White, Jimmy Page, and The Edge. Both very good documentaries. Can't wait to hear what Jack White's solo album sounds like.

[QUOTE=mak364;21162212]you do know meg white has a sex tape lurking around the interent[/QUOTE] She still denies it.

The Black Keys are better.

[QUOTE=SirLagsalot;21170580]The Black Keys are better.[/QUOTE] I think I speak for a fair portion of people here when I say who the fuck are the black keys?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5roz5-wdjBg[/media] One of my favourite songs by theirs. To be honest, I think Jack White is fantastic, one of my favourite guitarists, and that the White Stripes and the Raconteurs are two of my favourite bands.

[QUOTE=hypno-toad;21170672]I think I speak for a fair portion of people here when I say who the fuck are the black keys?[/QUOTE] I heard them on my White Stripes Pandora station. They were okay, but I preferred the Stripes.

"Blue Orchid" is awesome.

I've only ever really listened to Elephant. I quite like some stuff off of it nowadays. I used to have an unexplainable hatred for The White Stripes.

Meg White is a bad drummer, and I like Jack White's The Dead Weather better. To me, WS just seems like a one-hit wonder band.

[QUOTE=stupid10er;21174323]Meg White is a bad drummer, and I like Jack White's The Dead Weather better. To me, WS just seems like a one-hit wonder band.[/QUOTE] Meg White has rockin tits so itsall' good. She's not a [I]great[/I] drummer, but I wouldn't call her bad. One hit wonder? Bullcrap.

Yeah, I wouldn't call White Stripes one hit wonders.

My band played Seven Nation Army in a talent quest at school and we won.

[QUOTE=stupid10er;21174323]Meg White is a bad drummer, and I like Jack White's The Dead Weather better. To me, WS just seems like a one-hit wonder band.[/QUOTE] Meg isn't a bad drummer. Don't get me wrong, she's no John Bonham, but the point of White Stripes music is to have a simple, do-it-yourself feel. She keeps the beat and keeps Jack in line.

Good music, but I like Tweak Bird way better.

I remember playing Seven Nation Army and Fell In Love With a Girl for this school rock thing I was part of last year. SNA was such a simple bassline. I got bored and started tapping octaves during the chorus and solo cuz I felt like it, and pissed off the guy in charge :v: