MEG WHITE
Meg White (born December 10, 1974) is an American drummer from Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan best known for her work with Jack White in the Detroit rock duo The White Stripes. White has been nominated for various awards as a part of the group, and has won several, including four Grammy Awards. Her drumming style has been called "primal" for its simplicity, and drew both praise and criticism from fans and critics. Jack has been a vocal advocate for her playing, calling her critics "sexist." Her musical influences are wide and varied, with Bob Dylan being her favorite artist. (More from Wikipedia)
With all of that as background, the first hint that garage rock might at long last find widespread appeal came with the 1998 release of the first album, The White Stripes by the rock duo the White Stripes. At first guitarist and vocalist Jack White and drummer Meg White pretended to be brother and sister (they were actually previously married; the members of the new wave band Eurythmics, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were also former lovers), causing Rolling Stone magazine to run a tongue-in-cheek cover story on the band: "The White Stripes: The New Carpenters?"
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The White Stripes' third album, White Blood Cells, featured hit songs like "Fell in Love with a Girl" (the video for this song that used animated Legos is one of the most amazing that I have ever seen) and "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground". Besides having a definite retro attitude in his music, Jack White also used vintage microphones, instruments and amplifiers in recording his music. While there had been a few two-person rock bands over the years – such as House of Freaks, a band from Richmond, Virginia that formed in 1986 – the power trio of guitar, bass and drums is about as small as most rock bands were previously willing to go. Being able to successfully pull off a rock duo requires an adept drummer; but Meg White, for one, is more than equal to the task.
(January 2013)
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