Megan Martha White (born December 10, 1974) is an American former musician and singer who was the drummer of

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rock duo

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. Her music career began when, on a whim, she played on her future White Stripes bandmate

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's drums in 1997. They decided to form a band together, and began performing two months later. The band quickly became a Detroit underground favorite before achieving international fame. White has been nominated for various awards as a part of the White Stripes, receiving four

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. Her musical influences are wide and varied, with

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being her favorite artist. She calls herself "very shy" and keeps a low public profile. She and Jack publicly portrayed themselves as siblings, but public records revealed in 2001 that they had married in 1996 and divorced in 2000, before the White Stripes became popular. In 2009, she married guitarist Jackson Smith, the son of musicians

Patti Smith Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album '' Horses''. Called the "punk poe ...

and

Fred "Sonic" Smith Frederick Dewey Smith (September 14, 1948 – November 4, 1994), known professionally as Fred "Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist, best known as a member of the influential and political Detroit rock band MC5. At age 31, he married and rai ...

. They divorced in 2013. While on tour in support of the White Stripes' 2007 album ''

Icky Thump ''Icky Thump'' is the sixth and final studio album by American rock duo The White Stripes, released through Warner Bros. and Third Man Records in June 2007, with XL Recordings handling the United Kingdom release. Its first release came on June ...

'', White suffered a bout of acute anxiety and the remaining dates of the tour were cancelled. After a few public appearances and a hiatus from recording, the band announced in February 2011 that they would be disbanding. White has not been active in the music industry since.

Early life

Megan Martha White was born in the affluent

suburb of

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, on December 10, 1974, the daughter of Catherine and Walter Hackett White Jr. She has an older sister, Heather."Meg White Biography"
Biography.com. Retrieved October 14, 2014. She attended Grosse Pointe North High School and, according to one classmate, was "always the quiet, obviously artistic type, and she just kept very much to herself". While still in high school, she decided not to go to college and instead pursue a career as a chef. She began to work at Memphis Smoke, a restaurant in downtown

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, where she first met budding musician Jack Gillis, a fellow high school senior from a Detroit neighborhood known as Mexicantown, and they frequented the coffee shops, local music venues, and record stores of the area. They began dating and were eventually married on September 21, 1996. He took her last name.

Career

The White Stripes

According to the band, on

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(July 14) of 1997, Meg tried playing Jack's drumkit on a whim.POWERS, ANN (February 27, 2001).
POP REVIEW; Intellectualizing the Music Or Simply Experiencing It
. Retrieved August 29, 2014. In Jack's words, "When she started to play drums with me, just on a lark, it felt liberating and refreshing. There was something in it that opened me up." The two then began calling themselves The White Stripes (because Meg favored peppermint candies) and soon played their first gig at the Gold Dollar in Detroit.Scaggs, Austin (May 1, 2003), "Jack White". ''Rolling Stone''. (921):16 Their live performances were made of three basic elements, Jack did the guitar and vocal work while she played drums. Jack and Meg presented themselves as siblings to an unknowing public,Heaney, Mick (April 28, 2002). "The White Stripes". ''

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''. and kept to a chromatic theme, dressed only in red, white, and black.Killingsworth, Jason (July 27, 2007)
"The White Stripes Play Us a Little Number"
''Paste Magazine''. Retrieved on August 5, 2014. They began their career as part of Michigan's

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music scene.Klosterman, Chuck (Oct 2002). "The Garage", ''Spin''. 18 (10):64-68Sinclair, David (August 7, 2001). "Genuine trendy success without trying". ''The Times''. They played along with and opened for more established local bands such as

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, Two Star Tabernacle, Rocket 455, and the Hentchmen, among others.McCollum, Brian (September 2003). "Red, White, and Cool", ''

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''. 19(9):68-74 In 1998, the band signed with Italy Records, a small and

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Detroit-based garage

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label of Dave Buick. The band released its self-titled debut album in 1999, and a year later the album was followed up by the cult classic, ''

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''. The album eventually peaked at number 38 in ''Billboard'''s

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chart. Even as their success as a band was mounting, their personal relationship was faltering, and they were divorced in 2000. As the White Stripes' fame spread beyond Detroit, the unconventional band with no bass player and a novice drummer became the subject of mixed commentary among critics and fans.Cameron, Keith (March 28, 2003)
"The sweetheart deal"
''The Guardian''. Retrieved December 12, 2014. Of a 2002 concert in

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said, " egnever grimaced and didn't appear to sweat; yet somehow her drums sounded like a herd of

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falling out of the sky, one after another. Clearly this is a band at the apex of its power".Klosterman, Chuck (June 2002), "The White Stripes". ''Spin''. 18(6):38 UK newspaper, ''The Times'' said that she "reduced the art of drumming to its primary components, bashing the snare and cymbal together on alternating beats with the bass drum in a way that recalled

Moe Tucker Maureen Ann "Moe" Tucker (born August 26, 1944) is an American musician and singer-songwriter who was the drummer for the New York City-based rock band the Velvet Underground. After they disbanded in the early 1970s, she left the music industry ...

of the

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." An NPR article gave high praise, saying "On the drums, Meg White smashed out carnal, visceral, raw, sometimes funny and always urgent stories that told of the human experience. Maybe that's the thumping feeling that penetrates our pores and anchors our attention when we listen to The White Stripes. Maybe that's why we ever cared about the band in the first place." On the other hand, the

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called her playing "maddeningly rudimentary". The satirical news site ''

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'' once featured the headline "Meg White Drum Solo Maintains Steady Beat For 23 Minutes". In reference to her "primal" approach to drumming, she remarked, "That is my strength. A lot of drummers would feel weird about being that simplistic". Jack has stated Meg's drumming to be the "best part of this band", and called her a "strong female presence in rock and roll". He called her detractors "sexist". Whitestripes

Though Jack usually sang lead vocals, Meg occasionally sang as well, the first time being backup on the record "Your Southern Can is Mine" from ''

''. She sang lead on four Stripes' songs: "In the Cold, Cold Night", from the album ''

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'', "Passive Manipulation" from ''

Get Behind Me Satan ''Get Behind Me Satan'' is the fifth studio album by the American rock duo the White Stripes, released on June 7, 2005, on V2 Records. Though still basic in production style, the album marked a distinct change from its guitar-heavy 2003 predecess ...

'', "Who's a Big Baby", the B-side to "

Blue Orchid "Blue Orchid" is the first track by the American alternative rock band the White Stripes from their album ''Get Behind Me Satan'', and the first single to be released from the album. Although it was suspected that Jack White wrote the song about ...

," and "St. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)" from ''

''. She also sang the Christmas song "

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" on the single ''

Candy Cane Children "Candy Cane Children" is a single by American garage rock band The White Stripes. Released in late November 2002, this Christmas song is featured on the independent holiday-themed compilation ''Surprise Package Volume 2'', released in 1998. The ...

''. Both Meg and Jack share vocal duties on the tracks "

Hotel Yorba "Hotel Yorba" is the lead single from ''White Blood Cells'', by Detroit, Michigan garage rock band The White Stripes, and their first single to be released commercially. It was released on November 12, 2001. Built in 1926, the Hotel Yorba is a ...

" and "This Protector" from ''

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'', "Rated X" from the "Hotel Yorba" single, "Well It's True That We Love One Another" on ''Elephant'', and "

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" from ''Icky Thump''. Andrew Katchen with ''

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'' magazine called her vocals "delicate and sweet".Katchen, Andrew (March 29, 2003), "White Stripes Stay Pure on 'Elephant'". ''Billboard''. 115(13):9 In the summer of 2007, before a show in

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(Jack's nephew and the group's archivist) says that Meg approached him and said, "This is the last White Stripes show". He asked if she meant of the tour, but she responded, "No. I think this is the last show, period."EELLS, JOSH (April 5, 2012)
"Jack Outside the Box"
''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 15, 2014. On September 11, 2007, the White Stripes announced via their website that they were canceling 18 tour dates due to Meg's acute anxiety. The following day, the duo cancelled the remainder of their 2007 UK tour dates as well. Jack worked with other artists in the meantime, but Meg remained largely out of the public eye, though in June 2008, she appeared briefly onstage during an encore set of a Detroit show with one of Jack's bands, the Raconteurs. In an interview with Music Radar, he explained that Meg's acute anxiety had been a combination of a very short pre-tour rehearsal time—that was further reduced by the birth of his son—and a hectic, multi-continental touring schedule. He said, "I just came from a Raconteurs tour and went right into that, so I was already full-speed. Meg had come from a dead-halt for a year and went right back into that madness. Meg is a very shy girl, a very quiet and shy person. To go full-speed from a dead-halt is overwhelming, and we had to take a break." Even so, Jack revealed the band's plan to release a seventh album by the summer of 2009. On February 20, 2009—and on the final episode of ''

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''—the band made their first live appearance after the cancellation of the tour, performing the song "We're Going to Be Friends". A documentary about their Canadian tour—titled '' The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights''—premiered at the

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on September 18, 2009. Directed by Emmett Malloy, the film documents the band's summer 2007 tour across Canada and contains live concert and off-stage footage. The duo appeared at the film's premiere and, before the movie started, they made a short speech about their love of Canada and why they chose to debut their movie in Toronto. A second feature titled '' Under Nova Scotian Lights'' was prepared for the DVD release. However, almost two years passed with no new releases, and on February 2, 2011, the band reported on their official website that they were disbanding. The statement emphasized that it was not due to health issues or artistic differences, but "mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band".

Other work

White has also appeared on the cover of

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's single "Pink", in a

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music video "Cha Cha Twist" as

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, and appeared with Jack White in a segment of

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's 2003 film ''

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''. The White Stripes guest starred on ''

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'' in an episode titled "

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", which first aired on September 17, 2006.''MTV'' Montgomery, James (2006
"White Stripes Get Entangled In A Simpson Family Feud"
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' 2006 Spring line.''NME'' staff (2006)
"Meg White becomes a model"
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''. White was chosen by

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to compose a drum theme for Dax Shepard's character in the 2006 film ''

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''."Worst Reviews" Staff (2006)
"''Let's Go To Prison''"
WorstPreviews.com. Retrieved October 19, 2014. Against Odenkirk's wishes however, the studio removed it from the film.

Personal life

White says she is "very shy" and gives few interviews. She guards her privacy in a manner similar to

, her favorite artist, and told ''

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'' in 2005 that "the more you talk, the less people listen".Fricke, David (September 8, 2005)
"White on White"
''Rolling Stone''. (982): 66–72 As of 2014, she resided in

. White was married to Jack White from September 21, 1996 to March 24, 2000. In May 2009, she married guitarist Jackson Smith, the son of musicians

and

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. They divorced in July 2013.WEINER, JONAH (June 5, 2014). "Jack White." ''

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Equipment

White began with a red Ludwig Classic Maple kit that had a red and white peppermint swirl on the resonant

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of the toms and bass drum.Porter, Tom (January 29, 2009). "White Stripes' Meg White auctioning Ludwig kit" On the ''Icky Thump'' tour, the bass drum head design was switched to a button inspired by the Pearlies clothing Jack and Meg wore for the album cover. While recording ''From the Basement: The White Stripes'', the design was switched to an image of White's hand holding the apple from the ''Get Behind Me Satan'' cover. Beginning in 2006, she also used a pair of

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14" Signature Medium Hi-Hats, a 19" Signature Power Crash, and a 22" 2002 Ride. Meg also used Remo and Ludwig drumheads, various percussion instruments and Vater drumsticks. White's Pearl Export bass drum—complete with original peppermint-painted bass drum that she used with the band's first show—and the

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outfit she wore in the photos for the ''Icky Thump'' album, were featured in the

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"Women Who Rock" exhibition. In 2009, White donated her Ludwig kit to the Jim Shaw Rock 'N' Roll Benefit, an auction to raise money for the Detroit musician who was suffering from cancer.Breihan, Tom (January 30, 2009)
"Meg White Auctions Drums for Charity"
Pitchfork. Retrieved October 18, 2014.Porter, Tom (January 29, 2009)
"White Stripes' Meg White auctioning Ludwig kit"
MusicRadar.com. Retrieved October 18, 2014.

Awards and nominations

White has won several notable awards as a member of The White Stripes.

American Music Awards

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