Meg White
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Meg White is an American musician best known as the drummer for the Detroit-based rock duo The White Stripes. Alongside guitarist and vocalist Jack White, she was part of a band that blended punk, folk, country, and blues influences.12
The White Stripes formed in the late 1990s, and despite presenting themselves as siblings, Jack and Meg White were married from 1996 to 2000. They gained significant recognition with albums like White Blood Cells (2001) and Elephant (2003), the latter of which won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album and featured the hit song "Seven Nation Army". The band announced an indefinite hiatus in 2007 due to Meg's performance anxiety and officially disbanded in 2011.1
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the White Stripes) and drummer Meg White (original name Megan Martha White; b. December 10, 1974, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan).
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Jack WhiteAfter he married (1996) Meg White, he took her last name and joined her in a two-person band, the White Stripes.
Read MoreAfter he married (1996) Meg White, he took her last name and joined her in a two-person band, the White Stripes.
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