History Music / TheWhiteStripes

* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "We're Going To Be Friends", a nostalgic acoustic number about an innocent childhood friendship between a boy and a girl on an album (''White Blood Cells'') full of passionate, often bitter and angry hard rockers about messy adult relationships between men and women.

* TextlessAlbumCover: ''White Blood Cells'', ''Elephant'', and ''Get Behind Me Satan''.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Jack sang about redheads on at least one song on every album after ''De Stijl''.

The White Stripes were an AlternativeRock duo consisting of [[Music/JackWhite Jack]] and Meg White which initially formed in Oak Park, Michigan (one of UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}'s smaller northern suburbs) in 1997. Jack was the lead singer and played guitar, piano, and bass while Meg covered drums and percussion while also occasionally contributing vocals. While they publicly portrayed themselves as siblings, they actually married before founding the band and divorced early in its run. They now consider each other LikeBrotherAndSister anyway, and both have since married and divorced other people.

The White Stripes were an AlternativeRock duo consisting of [[Music/JackWhite Jack]] and Meg White, who initially formed in Oak Park, Michigan (one of UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}'s smaller northern suburbs) in 1997. Jack was the lead singer and played guitar, piano, and bass while Meg covered drums and percussion while also occasionally contributing vocals.

The duo first rose to prominence with their third and fourth albums, ''Music/WhiteBloodCells'' and ''Music/{{Elephant|Album}}'', which propelled them to the forefront of the garage rock revival movement in the early 2000s. 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.

The duo went on hiatus in late 2007, releasing a concert film titled ''Under Great White Northern Lights'' in the meantime that documented a summer 2007 tour they embarked on in support of ''Icky Thump''. Jack publicly hinted on several occasions about the duo recording new music or planning an official reunion, but this ultimately would not come to pass. In a [[http://www.myspace.com/thewhitestripes/blog/541926276 statement released on the band's website]] in February 2011, it was announced that the band had disbanded after 14 years of existence. The statement denied any CreativeDifferences or health issues, but instead cited "a myriad of reasons ... mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band".

Jack and Meg were married before founding the band, and now consider each other LikeBrotherAndSister. Both have since married and divorced other people.

->''"A seven nation army couldn't hold me back"''

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Meg White, who often performed and posed for photos barefoot.