Meg White
Megan Martha "Meg" White (born December 10, 1974 in Grosse Pointe Farms , Michigan ) is an American drummer , best known for the rock duo The White Stripes .
Life
Meg White grew up in the Detroit area with her parents and sister, Heather.
In the early 1990s, Meg White worked as a bartender in a restaurant near Detroit , where she met musician and songwriter John Anthony Gillis. They were married on September 21, 1996. Gillis took her last name and went by the name of Jack White . Jack already played in a duo with a drummer. When the band broke up, Jack White came up with the idea of putting Meg on the drums in 1997, although she had no experience. In Jack's words: "It felt liberating and refreshing."
On March 24, 2000, Meg and Jack divorced, but continued to work together until the band broke up in early 2011. From May 2009 to July 2013 Meg White was married to guitarist Jackson Smith, the son of Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith.
White stripes
Meg and Jack White first named themselves The Red and White Stripes after Meg's favorite peppermint candy. The White Stripes were rumored to have been formed on July 14, 1997. They made their first appearance on August 15, 1997 at the Gold Dollar in Detroit, at a newcomer event that had only 10 to 15 people in attendance. The performance was very well received, which Jack White mainly attributed to Meg White's childish drumming. In 1998 the band released their first two singles. In 1999 and 2000 the albums The White Stripes and De Stijl were released . The band initially only achieved local fame.
In the wake of the hype about retro bands in 2002, the album White Blood Cells , released at the end of 2001, was their first big success, with which they also became internationally known. The successor Elephant (2003) brought the commercial breakthrough. The single Seven Nation Army became her best known song. In the same year the band received two Grammys in the categories " Best Alternative Music Album " (for Elephant ) and "Best Rock Song" (for Seven Nation Army ). Meg White also sang some of the White Stripes tracks such as In The Cold, Cold Night , Passive Manipulation and Who's a Big Baby . In June 2005 the album Get Behind Me Satan followed , in 2007 the sixth studio album Icky Thump . On February 2, 2011, the band announced their breakup.
In 2016, Rolling Stone ranked Meg White as one of only five women among the 100 best drummers of all time .
Web links
- Official website of the White Stripes
- Meg White in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time. Rolling Stone , March 31, 2016, accessed August 6, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | White, Meg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | White, Megan Martha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grosse Pointe Farms , Michigan |