Meg White

Megan Martha " Meg " White ( born December 10, 1974 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan) is an American drummer, famous for the rock duo The White Stripes.

Life

Meg White grew up in the Detroit area on with her parents and her sister Heather.

In the early 1990s, Meg White worked as a bartender at a restaurant near Detroit, where she met the musician and songwriter John Anthony Gillis. They married on 21 September 1996. Gillis took her last name and became known under the name of Jack White. Jack was playing in a duo with a drummer. When the band broke up, Jack White came in 1997 with the idea to put Meg on the drums, though she had no experience. In Jack's words: " It felt liberating and refreshing. "

On 24 March 2000, Meg and Jack were divorced, but worked until they disbanded in early 2011 on each other. Since May 2009 Meg White is the guitarist Jackson Smith, son of Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith, married.

The White Stripes

Meg and Jack White first called themselves The Red and White Stripes by Meg's favorite peppermint candies. The White Stripes were rumored founded on 14 July 1997. She first appeared they had on August 15, 1997 at the Gold Dollar in Detroit, at an event for newcomers, in which only 10 to 15 people were present. The presentation was very well what Jack White attributed mainly to Meg White's drumming childlike. In 1998, the band out of their first two singles. In the years 1999 and 2000, the albums The White Stripes and De Stijl appeared. The band earned first only local celebrity.

As part of the hype wave to retro bands in 2002, issued in late 2001 album White Blood Cells was her first big success with which they were well known internationally. The successor Elephant (2003) brought the commercial breakthrough. The single release Seven Nation Army became their best-known song. In the same year the band received two Grammy Awards in the categories " Best Alternative Music Album " ( for Elephant ) and " Best Rock Song" ( Seven Nation Army ). Meg White also sang some of the White Stripes titles, so In The Cold, Cold Night, Passive manipulation and Who's a Big Baby. In June 2005, followed by the album Get Behind Me Satan, 2007, the sixth studio album Icky Thump. On 2 February 2011, the band announced its dissolution.