Jack White

Jack White, born John Anthony Gillis on July 9, 1975, cut his teeth in Detroit's underground, moonlighting as a drummer and guitarist in several bands before he and Meg White started the White Stripes in 1997. White Blood Cells took the duo international in 2001, the same year he co-founded Third Man Records, the label and studio that became headquarters for his love of analog gear. He kept adding outlets through the 2000s, the Raconteurs in 2005 and the Dead Weather in 2009, and found time to cut the Bond theme "Another Way to Die" with Alicia Keys.

The Stripes split in 2011, and Blunderbuss arrived the next year to strong reviews and sales, a solo debut that swung from the twitchy stomp of "Sixteen Saltines" to the cool, spiteful slink of "Love Interruption" and "Freedom At 21". Lazaretto in 2014 was even more restless, its title track a lurching, fuzzed-out blues workout, and it set a record for first-week vinyl sales since 1991 that stood until 2021. In 2015 he took the Grammy for Best Rock Performance.

After that he got stranger on purpose. Boarding House Reach, Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive were experiments that still found an audience, and No Name in 2024 and Frozen Charlotte in 2026 reached listeners through unusual release methods. He has won 12 Grammys, and in 2025 he went into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside Meg as the White Stripes.

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