Meg White
Biography
Megan Martha "Meg" White (born December 10, 1974) is an American drummer best known as one half of the Detroit rock duo The White Stripes, with her ex-husband Jack White. Jack White spent much of the 1990s hopping from band to band. In 1997, Meg first tried playing drums. 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 and soon played their first gig at the Gold Dollar in Detroit.[1] In keeping live performances to three basic elements, Jack did the guitar and vocal work while she played drums.[2] Jack White has declared her to be the key component in the White Stripes' sound. 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."
The White Stripes - Under Blackpool Lights
Herself
The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights
Self
I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Self
The Flaming Lips - The Fearless Freaks
Herself
It Might Get Loud
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Work Of Director Michel Gondry
Herself (segments "Dead Leaves & the Dirty Ground", "The Hardest Button to Button" and "I've Been Twelve Forever") (as The White Stripes)
Coffee and Cigarettes
Meg (segment "Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil")
The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights
Self
It Might Get Loud
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Flaming Lips - The Fearless Freaks
Herself
I've Been Twelve Forever: The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Self
The White Stripes - Under Blackpool Lights
Herself
The Work Of Director Michel Gondry
Herself (segments "Dead Leaves & the Dirty Ground", "The Hardest Button to Button" and "I've Been Twelve Forever") (as The White Stripes)
Coffee and Cigarettes
Meg (segment "Jack Shows Meg His Tesla Coil")
