The White Stripes would return to tour in November and December 2001, promoting their third album and most successful to date 'White Blood Cells'. In a week's time, no-one will be talking about anything else." "That no one in Britain really knows who they are yet is besides the point. There's a brief silence then deafening applause."Īnd in his most prescient comment he states: They finally quit the stage drenched in sweat, looking totally exhausted. It's a revelation, an amazing spectacle fuelled by defiant simplicity. In the space of 45 minutes, they plot a course though Nirvana, the blues, Wings, the Pixies, '60s garage, Led Zeppelin and the Kinks. Their own material is just as startling, suddenly jack-knifing from the overdriven blues feedback of 'Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground' and 'Death Letter' to the melodic folk simplicity of 'Hotel Yorba' or 'We're Going To Be Friends'. "They veer wildly from their own material, seguing into deliberate covers like Dolly Parton's 'Jolene' or Blind Willie McTell's 'Ticket Agent Blues' and occasionally incorporate a few bars of a '60s garage classic like Link Wray's 'Jack The Ripper' into whatever song they happen to be playing. James Oldham of the NME described their live set as follows: The Strokes and the White Stripes signalled something new, a back to basics approach to music, providing raw excitement and energy. The band said they were "overwhelmed" by the attention of the British media, at the time they did not even have a UK record deal.įrom the distance of 15 years later, the hype seems like mid-summer madness, until you dig a little deeper and understand that big names on the music scene at that time were Papa Roach and Limp Bizkit. "Britain's rock fans make stars of US White Stripes" (The Guardian).
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