They were one of the most popular musical duos of the 00s, but do you think you know everything there is to know about the band? The White Stripes were one of the biggest bands of the 00s, and their music is still played all over indie clubs and football stadiums to this day. When they first rose to fame, the couple famously portrayed themselves as brother and sister, but most music fans now know they were in fact husband and wife. His mother had a Polish family and his father was Scottish-Canadian. He was raised Catholic and was an altar boy. Meg was born on 10 December to Walter and Catherine White. She grew up in a wealthy suburb with her older sister Heather. Instead of going to college, Meg decided she wanted to be a chef and began working at Memphis Smoke.

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As a teenager, I had the persistent feeling that I was being lied to. To this day, I am haunted by one of the most bizarre scandals of s rock: Jack and Meg White telling everyone they were brother and sister, when they were really a married couple. When Jack and Meg White first appeared on the nascent indie-rock scene, they were almost always referred to as siblings , by everyone from Rolling Stone to The New Yorker. This seemed plausible enough — after all, they did have the same last name and siblings had played in bands together before see also: Toto. When I saw them at a music festival in my hometown of Melbourne, I was slightly confused by their intense, somewhat smoldering eye contact with each other throughout the show. Then again, they did come from a very faraway place.
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In , the world was starting to become acquainted with Jack and Meg White and their alternative rock band The White Stripes. Through their first single "Let's Shake Hands" in the winter of '98 to their subsequent first and self-titled album in the summer of '99, people who got a taste of the band's unique garage rock sound were quickly becoming fans. A little over a decade later, The White Stripes would hold eight Grammy nominations and four wins.
Her music career began when, on a whim, she played on Jack White 's drums in Jack was deeply inspired by her minimalist and un-schooled drumming style. The duo named themselves The White Stripes because of their last name and Meg's fondness for peppermint candy. The band quickly became a Detroit underground favorite before reaching national, then international fame. White has been nominated for various awards as a part of the White Stripes, and has received four Grammy Awards. Her drumming style has been called "primal" for its simplicity, and has drawn both praise and criticism. White calls herself "very shy", [1] and has kept a low public profile.