White Stripes Split

White Stripes announce 'split' after 13 years together

The White Stripes have announced they have split up, saying they will "make no further new recordings or perform live".

The Detroit duo of Jack and Meg White thanked fans for their support in a statement on their website.

They added that they were calling it a day for a "myriad of reasons, but mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band."

The group formed 13 years ago and released six studio albums.

In a career which lasted over a decade the band headlined a number of major UK festivals including Glastonbury in 2005.

Giving their reasons for the parting Jack and Meg said it was not "due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any health issues".

The statement said they hoped the news would not be met with "sorrow" from fans but seen as a "positive move".

Best known for tracks including Hotel Yorba, Fell In Love With A Girl and Seven Nation Army the band won numerous awards including five Grammys and one Brit award.

The pair released their most recent album Icky Thump in 2007.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12351234

The White Stripes would like to announce that today, February 2nd, 2011,
their band has officially ended and will make no further new recordings or perform live.

The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any
health issues as both Meg and Jack are feeling fine and in good health.

It is for a myriad of reasons, but mostly to preserve What is beautiful and special about
the band and have it stay that way.

Meg and Jack want to thank every one of their fans and admirers for the incredible
support they have given throughout the 13 plus years of the White Stripes’ intense and
incredible career.

Third Man Records will continue to put out unreleased live and studio recordings from
The White Stripes in their Vault Subscription record club, as well as through regular
channels.

Both Meg and Jack hope this decision isn’t met with sorrow by their fans but that it is
seen as a positive move done out of respect for the art and music that the band has
created. It is also done with the utmost respect to those fans who’ve shared in those
creations, with their feelings considered greatly.

With that in mind the band have this to say:

“The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore. The White Stripes belong
to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is
that it can last forever if people want it to. Thank you for sharing this experience. Your
involvement will never be lost on us and we are truly grateful.”

Sincerely,
Meg and Jack White
The White Stripes




http://www.whitestripes.com/

Not really all that bothered, but I really like that message they gave out. Especially the last paragraph.

There's puns waiting to explode from this story.

Ah come on!!

Meg's rumoured to have joined the Black Lines?

gutted tbh. Really loved the band. Was waiting for that live comeback ever since 2007. Never got to see them live, shame.

gutted tbh. Really loved the band. Was waiting for that live comeback ever since 2007. Never got to see them live, shame.

Me neither, but over the past year and a half I really got to appreciate their music and their unique style.

I was never the biggest fan of them, but I do like Jack White. He seems to be very passionate about what he does, in a very positive way, and I can only admire it.

I was never the biggest fan of them, but I do like Jack White. He seems to be very passionate about what he does, in a very positive way, and I can only admire it.

Have to say he was excellent when I saw him with The Raconteurs.

Have to say he was excellent when I saw him with The Raconteurs.

Made a big mistake there I did. This was years ago and before I really appreciated bands much more than for their singles or hit songs. I bought Broken Boy Soldiers after 'Steady As She Goes', a brilliant song, and didn't like the album so through it down the back of my bed and when I went to get it, was all damaged

Jack White theme song for the 007 film (can't remember each one) was boss too.

DUN dun dun dun dun dun DUN!. ...

The White Stripes - 'Seven Nation Army'

Alicia Keys Ft. Jack White - Another Way To Die [ HQ ] MV

(woohoo, dailymotion isn't blocked here at work )

(woohoo, dailymotion isn't blocked here at work )

You're lucky 

The White Stripes - 'Jolene'

Really love this version.

Just downloaded their discography, I think I never gave them the attention they deserved.

The White Stripes - 'Jolene'

Really love this version.

Excellent live, remember seeing them perform this in Blackpool.

Have to say he was excellent when I saw him with The Raconteurs.

Many Shades of Black - Glastonbury

Boss song that!

Man!! The Raconteurs really are brilliant!

Been listening to their albums all day long, and they're both great.

"Carolina Drama" is one of the best, but I could mention nearly all their songs as my favourites. Amazing.

I will never form another band

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/feb/23/jack-white-stripes

Two bands manned ... Jack White will plough on with the Raconteurs, the Dead Weather and his solo work following the White Stripes' demise. Photo: Rex Features

Jack White has announced that he will never form another band. Three weeks after the dissolution of the White Stripes, White said he is content to express himself through the Raconteurs, the Dead Weather and his solo work.

"I won't join another band again," White told Q magazine (via DIY). "Three's enough for one lifetime. If I can't say it in any of these bands, then I'll say it by myself."

The White Stripes weren't Jack White's first band, but they were close. While they debuted in 1997, it took three albums for the group to cross over to the mainstream: White only became a star with 2001's White Blood Cells and the single Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground. He formed the Raconteurs, whose sound is more pop-rock, in 2005 and the psych-bluesy Dead Weather, fronted by Alison Mosshart, in 2009.

It hardly seems a stretch to restrict oneself to two different world-famous, festival-touring bands. But while the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather would keep the average musician very busy, White is a musical workaholic, running a record label – Third Man – producing albums for Loretta Lynn and Wanda Jackson, and recording solos for everyone from Alicia Keys to Beck to Jay-Z. He has even recorded a cameo with Danger Mouse's new project, Rome. All the same, there was a particular alchemy to the White Stripes, and none of White's other projects offer the opportunity to hear him play stripped-down garage-blues with Meg White.

In 2007, White talked to the Onion AV Club about what made the White Stripes special. "There's an overall structure of simplicity, and it revolves around Meg's drumming style," he said. "It can't be beat. We can't do those structures in the Raconteurs. We couldn't do them if we wanted to ... In the Raconteurs, there's so many more components, so many more personalities involved." One way or another, we hope White hasn't left that simplicity behind.

I'm dissapointed because I was more of a White Stripes fan than one of The Raconteurs. Never really got into The Dead Weather.

So are the just white lines now. . . I'll get my coat. . . Or did they really merge and become a blank page of ideas. . . Ok seriously that's it

I will never form another band

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/feb/23/jack-white-stripes

Two bands manned ... Jack White will plough on with the Raconteurs, the Dead Weather and his solo work following the White Stripes' demise. Photo: Rex Features

Jack White has announced that he will never form another band. Three weeks after the dissolution of the White Stripes, White said he is content to express himself through the Raconteurs, the Dead Weather and his solo work.

"I won't join another band again," White told Q magazine (via DIY). "Three's enough for one lifetime. If I can't say it in any of these bands, then I'll say it by myself."

The White Stripes weren't Jack White's first band, but they were close. While they debuted in 1997, it took three albums for the group to cross over to the mainstream: White only became a star with 2001's White Blood Cells and the single Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground. He formed the Raconteurs, whose sound is more pop-rock, in 2005 and the psych-bluesy Dead Weather, fronted by Alison Mosshart, in 2009.

It hardly seems a stretch to restrict oneself to two different world-famous, festival-touring bands. But while the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather would keep the average musician very busy, White is a musical workaholic, running a record label – Third Man – producing albums for Loretta Lynn and Wanda Jackson, and recording solos for everyone from Alicia Keys to Beck to Jay-Z. He has even recorded a cameo with Danger Mouse's new project, Rome. All the same, there was a particular alchemy to the White Stripes, and none of White's other projects offer the opportunity to hear him play stripped-down garage-blues with Meg White.

In 2007, White talked to the Onion AV Club about what made the White Stripes special. "There's an overall structure of simplicity, and it revolves around Meg's drumming style," he said. "It can't be beat. We can't do those structures in the Raconteurs. We couldn't do them if we wanted to ... In the Raconteurs, there's so many more components, so many more personalities involved." One way or another, we hope White hasn't left that simplicity behind.

I'm dissapointed because I was more of a White Stripes fan than one of The Raconteurs. Never really got into The Dead Weather.

Now I can rest easy. Think everything he's ever done has been sh*te personally.

Now I can rest easy. Think everything he's ever done has been sh*te personally.

  

What?? I'll respect your opinion but you are actually the first ever person I have heard say that. What did you make of the Macherano chant when he was here?