[drclaw]

Today, The White Stripes have announced that they are no more.  

http://thirdmanrecords.com/
 
May their legacy live on.

 

[modskwod]

That's too bad.  I've never listened to their music too much, but after hearing some it has been put on my "Music to buy" list.

 

[BlackbeardBen]

Sad, but hopefully a sign of the birth of something new!  Either that, or increased output from another project.
 
I doubt Jack White is going to stop playing and performing, so we'll have to see what new comes of this.

 

[Paganini Alfredo]

They've been defunct for the past two years or so anyway... Now it's just official

 

[virometal]

A little bummed, yet they sounded a little tired the last couple of albums. So I say good on them. Leave 'em wanting more.
 
Anyway, they'll get back together or at least reunite eventually. Most do. Boats don't pay for themselves you know. 

 

[batphink]

 
That's too bad, but I'm not surprised.  Jack's been busy doing a thousand different things and poor Meg's disappeared.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Eh, I wouldn't be surprised if they turn out another album or several down the road. Bands get back together. Problems today don't always look like problems after a few years. We'll see.

Now, if one of them died, I'd be upset.

 

[jjinh]

I'm a couple of days late (but hey, I havent been on HF for about a month).
 
To me The White Stripes made some of the most beautiful music of the last decade. I wish I had the opportunity to see them live

 

[matthewh133]

Meh, Jack was better in The Dead Weather anyway IMO

 

[Paganini Alfredo]

I was hooked on them after seeing them in 2002... Only got to see them once again at a festival which wasn't quite the same, but, I can credit my infatuation with music to the White Stripes.
 
*sniff*
 
So long...
 
And oh, The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs have never held a candle to the Stripes. But, of course, IMO.

 

[classakg]

Sad news indeed. 
 
Lets hope they come out with a new musical project. 

 

[deadhead12]

This thread is funny to me.  I mean, this is a brother/sister band; its not like they'll never talk to one another again.  As UE said, the likelihood that they'll do something later on is probably pretty good.  Also, I doubt this will have any impact on the amount of work Jack puts out.  It's probably more Meg going "come on, how much longer do I have to do this for?" kind of thing. (despite the fact that the announcment says otherwise) Is it sad? maybe a little, but really if just means that Jack's 'side projects' can get more attention.  I really don't see that much of a negative here. 

 

[fatcat28037]

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This thread is funny to me.  I mean, this is a brother/sister band; its not like they'll never talk to one another again.  As UE said, the likelihood that they'll do something later on is probably pretty good.  Also, I doubt this will have any impact on the amount of work Jack puts out.  It's probably more Meg going "come on, how much longer do I have to do this for?" kind of thing. (despite the fact that the announcment says otherwise) Is it sad? maybe a little, but really if just means that Jack's 'side projects' can get more attention.  I really don't see that much of a negative here. 

Actually they're not brother/sister, they're ex-spouses. 

 

[deadhead12]

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Actually they're not brother/sister, they're ex-spouses. 

Whatever.  I've only ever heard Jack refer to Meg as being his sister but if wikipedia says otherwise, I guess I was wrong.