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Friday, February 4, 2011

The White Stripes Officially Call It Quits


After more than 13 years together, six critically acclaimed LPs, five Grammy awards and a shoe in spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the dynamic duo from Detroit have finally decided to call it quits.  Yesterday on their official site, they announced that The White Stripes are no more.  Though they have been on hiatus since the Fall of 2007, believed to be due to acute anxiety that Meg was suffering from, it was rumored that they were planning on returning to the studio to record a follow up to their 2007 album, 'Icky Thump'.

Since their hiatus, Jack has gone on to have a pair of highly successful side projects, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, and seems to have the Midas touch when it comes to anything in the music industry.  The White Stripes had the reputation of having intense live shows.  My wife and I had tickets for a show of theirs in Albuquerque in October of 2007.  They went on "hiatus" and canceled the show.  Looks like I'm going to have to add it to my "bucket list" of concerts now.

The last time that Jack and Meg performed together was on Conan O'Brien's final episode on NBC, in February 2009.  It took some searching, but I found the clip of that broadcast:


What a crap performance for one of the greatest rock bands of our time to go out on.

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