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White Stripes disband for ever.

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  • 02-02-2011 6:56pm
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    acquiescefc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,369 ✭✭✭


    http://www.whitestripes.com/


    sad sad day altho i thought it might happen.

    Great memories, Belfast, london, blackpool, manchester, dublin.

    Side projects will never be the same.


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    TemptationWaits
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    It's sad but I s'pose not entirely unexpected, as Jack White has other bands now. :/

    They're the ultimate band of the noughties!


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    JerryHandbag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭JerryHandbag


    Damn thats a shame, and their website has crashed! Are the Dead Weather any good?


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    Superbus
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    Damn damn damn damn damn daaaamn daaaamn.


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    Sgt.Peppers
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    never really liked em to much..wont make a diffrance to me


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    JP Liz V1
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    I thought they were gone already since Jack has the other band anyways some great tunes by them will live on forever


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    MickShamrock
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    Excellent news! Wasn't aware of this. This thread just made a good day a great day! :pac:


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    ntlbell
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    Considering she could barley play the drums it's amazing they lasted as long as they did.


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    christeb
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    Had tickets for The White Stripes in LA in 2007. Cancelled by Meg due to stress. She had been featured in a (bad) homemade porn video days previously. I can never forgive that tramp now....


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    Android 666
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    ntlbell wrote: »
    Considering she could barley play the drums it's amazing they lasted as long as they did.

    Hay, that's not bean nice. She was no cereal killer on the drums but I thought her playing was pretty s-wheat!


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    rcaz
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    ntlbell wrote: »
    Considering she could barley play the drums it's amazing they lasted as long as they did.

    How do you know she was a terrible drummer? Sure, she played very differently to everyone else, that's a good thing, something most bands don't have. She had her own style that nobody else had. That makes her a great drummer.


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    Mindkiller
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    christeb wrote: »
    Had tickets for The White Stripes in LA in 2007. Cancelled by Meg due to stress. She had been featured in a (bad) homemade porn video days previously. I can never forgive that tramp now....
    Sauce pls


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    ntlbell
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    El Pr0n wrote: »
    How do you know she was a terrible drummer? Sure, she played very differently to everyone else, that's a good thing, something most bands don't have. She had her own style that nobody else had. That makes her a great drummer.

    How do you know someone is a terrible singer?

    I went to see them many times, I have my own style of singing, e.g. I can't sing. that doesn't make me great or have a unique style, it means I can't sing.

    christy brown had a unique way of playing football, he wasn't a great footballer.

    Her timing etc was off not once or twice but numerous times during any set I went to see live, I'm sure i seen him give her a bollocking after a song she really made a mess of too.

    I can't recall where but i'm pretty sure she has admitted it herself


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    christeb
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    Mindkiller wrote: »
    Sauce pls

    you want the link? Google is your friend....


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    ntlbell
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    Android 666 wrote: »
    Hay, that's not bean nice. She was no cereal killer on the drums but I thought her playing was pretty s-wheat!

    Well she had an amazing rack which was nice to watch while she banged her kit :)


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    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,941 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    Didnt they disband a few years ago too? Was delighted.
    Havent heard much from them since and now they are finished for good? Didnt even notice them on the music scene lol.

    El Pr0n wrote: »
    How do you know she was a terrible drummer? Sure, she played very differently to everyone else, that's a good thing, something most bands don't have. She had her own style that nobody else had. That makes her a great drummer.

    really?? Her drumming was simple and boring tbh. Suited the style but a great drummer? A big no from me.
    Of course everyone has their own opinion but I'd say your in the majority on that.


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    Crasp
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    I always thought Meg White was tasty.


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    IamtheWalrus
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    christeb wrote: »
    Had tickets for The White Stripes in LA in 2007. Cancelled by Meg due to stress. She had been featured in a (bad) homemade porn video days previously. I can never forgive that tramp now....

    That vid is fake.


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    Mars Bar
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    +1 on Meg White's bland drumming.


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    #20
    ReacherCreature
    Registered Users Posts: 4,500 ✭✭✭ReacherCreature


    I don't get the White bashing around here. White Stripes have a fairly minimal sound and that's carried across in their albums. There's two in the band, two! Having her as a fantastic over-the-top drummer would unbalance the act. Style suits/suited the band fine.


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    #21
    Nailz
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    Thread needs "Who's ****ter at drumming?" poll; Meg White or Lars Ulrich.


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    #22
    MissHoneyBun
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    Sadface. Always quite liked these two. Though I oddly never felt the same about them since finding out they were just randomers as opposed to brother and sister -who started that myth anyway?!


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    #23
    JerryHandbag
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    I'll miss them big time, I don't really care what level their musicianship was at, they played the blues and not enough bands nowadays play the blues. And yes I think Meg in her own way is kinda hot! :)


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    lordgoat
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    JerryHandbag wrote: »
    I'll miss them big time, I don't really care what level their musicianship was at, they played the blues and not enough bands nowadays play the blues. And yes I think Meg in her own way is kinda hot! :)

    you need to watch Treme.


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    Mindkiller
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    Treme's pretty great, but I wish Steve Zahn would fall off a cliff or something.


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