Once upon a time, there was a musician called Jack Anthony Gillis (later known as Jack White) maried Meg White in 1996. He was a professional musician and she started to play the drums. So they formed The White Stripes. They began to play in the Michigan underground garage rock scene playing with other local bands. Afterwards, they signed to a small independent label, Italy Records, owned by Dave Buick. He asked them in a bar, if they would like to record a single with the label. They denied at first but then accepted. They recorded Let's shake hands, Lafayette Blues and The Big three killed my baby, all of them released on vinyl only. During the beggining of their career, they insisted on being bother and sister, but then came out that they were husband and wife.
In 1999 they released their debut album The White Stripes with the label Sympathy For The Record Industry and in 2000 they released De Stjil (The Style in Ducth). Unfortunately, in the same year, their marriage finished.
They reach the success with their third album White Blood Cells. The single "Fell in love with a girl" won the 2002 MTV Video Music Award.
Two years later, they released Elefant their most successful album.The fisrt album "Seven Nation Army" was their most successful. It won a Grammy for Best Rock Song. Also, Elephant won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album. Meanwhile, Jack White was placed at #17 on the list of "100 Greatest Guitarrists of All Time".
Then produced two more albums before breaking up, in 2011.
Their music is a mix of blues rock, punk and country. Some of their influences are, Son House, The Rolling Stones or Bob Dylan.
God bless music.
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