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The White Stripes were an [[Alternative Rock]] duo consisting of Jack White and his ex-wife ([[Brother-Sister Incest|though billed as his sister]]), Meg White. They were founded in Oak Park, Michigan (one of [[Motor City|Detroit's]] smaller northern suburbs) in 1997. Since then, they have released six albums:

 

The height of their popularity would likely be in 2007-08, around the release of the single "Icky Thump" (their only US Top 40 hit, something they achieved without bothering with pop radio airplay), though the 2003 release of the single "Seven Nation Army" (which reached #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart without crossing over) was a previous peak. In February 2011, in a [http://www.myspace.com/thewhitestripes/blog/541926276 statement on the band's website], it was announced that the band had disbanded after 14 years of existence.

 

* [[Animated Music Video]]: "Fell in Love with a Girl": [[Built With Lego|stop-motion LEGO animation.]]

* [[Amicably Divorced]]: Despite having divorced in 2000, an extremely close platonic friendship has evolved out of Jack and Meg's failed marriage. Meg was the maid of honor at Jack's 2005 marriage to model/musician Karen Elson. Meg and her second husband Jackson Smith were married in Jack White's backyard in 2009.

* [[Author Appeal]]: As mentioned below, Jack seems to have a thing for redheads, and several of the band's songs make reference to (or are just plain about) sexy red-headed women ("Fell In Love With a Girl", "Take, Take, Take", "300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues", etc.).

* [[Badass Boast]]: These occur in a few of their songs, but "Ball and Biscuit", which is basically 7+ minutes of continual [[Badass Boast|Badass Boasting]], particularly stands out: "Right now you could care less about me / but soon enough you ''will'' care by the time I'm done."

* [[Boy Meets Ghoul]]: "Little Ghost".

* [[Break Up Song]]: Many ("I'm Bound to Pack It Up", "There's No Home For You Here", "Red Rain", "You've Got Her In Your Pocket", "The Denial Twist", "I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman", etc.) covering the topic from every conceivable emotional angle. Kind of funny when you consider that they were once a couple themselves.

* [[Chorus-Only Song]]: Frequently inverted; many of the band's songs only have ''verses'', with an [[Epic Riff]] substituted where the chorus would be in a normal rock song ("Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground", "Seven Nation Army", "Icky Thump", "I'm Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman", etc.).

* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Meg White, who often performed and posed for photos barefoot.

* [[Once an Episode]]: The word "Little" was used in at least one song in every one of their albums.

* [[The Oner]]: The video for "The Denial Twist".

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* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: Jack White producing Loretta Lynn's album ''Van Lear Rose''. He also wrote one song and performed on most of the rest.

* [[Retraux]]: Jack consciously appropriates imagery and music from everything from [[The Thirties]] (Robert Johnson, ''De Stijl''), [[The Fifties]] (portions of ''Get Behind Me Satan'') to [[The Sixties]]. There is also the Victorian-style video for "Blue Orchid".

* [[Self-Titled Album]]: "The White Stripes"

* [[Siamese Twin Songs]]: "Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn" and "St. Andrew (This Battle Is In the Air)" from ''Icky Thump''.

* [[Silent Bob]]: Meg.

* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Jack and Meg

** Meg more than the latter, especially in the page image.

* [[Studio Chatter]]: The end of "It's True That We Love One Another".

* [[Textless Album Cover]]: ''White Blood Cells'', ''Elephant'', and ''Get Behind Me Satan''.

* [[Violent Glaswegian]]: Jack is part Scottish -- see [[Hair-Trigger Temper]].

 

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