Jack White Forms Band #3

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| 03/12/09 12:23 AM | AP

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — No one can accuse Jack White of being lazy.

The rocker is already a member of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, and now White says he's formed a third band, The Dead Weather.

White announced the project Wednesday in Nashville and hosted a private party to hear the new CD and see a performance by the group. He says The Dead Weather's debut album, "Horehound," will be released in June on his Third Man record label.

Besides White, the new group includes Alison Mosshart of The Kills, Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age and Jack Lawrence of The Greenhornes.

Both Fertita and Lawrence perform with White in The Raconteurs.

Sheryl Crow, Martina McBride and White's partner in the White Stripes, Meg White, were among more than 150 guests at the party.

Afterward, White said the group began as friends getting together to make music.

"The idea was to do a 7-inch single and be done with it, but we started writing songs and something happened," he said.

White says the band plans to tour this year.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — No one can accuse Jack White of being lazy. The rocker is already a member of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, and now White says he's formed a third band, The Dead Weat...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — No one can accuse Jack White of being lazy. The rocker is already a member of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, and now White says he's formed a third band, The Dead Weat...
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- dnddays I'm a Fan of dnddays 6 fans permalink
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Three bands, all suck.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:24 PM on 03/13/2009

Awesome news. Just wish we could get some more White Stripes

www.insidetherockposterframe.blogspot.com

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:50 PM on 03/13/2009

OK seriously, who doesn't know who JACK WHITE is???!?! If you're 29 and don't know, you must kind of be living under a rock. Everything Jack touches turns to gold (or platinum), and there's a reason for it.....he's an extremely talented fellow, who can take something extremely simple and make it fresh, new and totally awesome. All of the bands he's in (none of them have broken up) are great, and they don't sound at all the same. This new endeavour sounds like it's going to be pretty rockin'. Go to thedeadweather.com, and you can listen to 2 of the tracks from the forthcoming album. Really cool! God, I LOVE that man!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:54 PM on 03/13/2009
- dnddays I'm a Fan of dnddays 6 fans permalink
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All I listen to is Lil Wayne and Ying Yang Twins.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:41 PM on 03/13/2009

Yer deep

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:50 PM on 03/14/2009
- rjmiller I'm a Fan of rjmiller 15 fans permalink

Keep starting bands Jack, it's always good. Oh, and give me a call if you need more bass players.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:50 AM on 03/13/2009
- TheBaffler I'm a Fan of TheBaffler 33 fans permalink
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Third time will not be the charm. Nor will attempts 4, 5, and on.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:25 PM on 03/12/2009

That aint the point.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:24 AM on 03/13/2009

..makes absolutely no sense? Attempts 1 and 2 were not exactly failures..

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:42 PM on 03/13/2009

what rock have you been sleeping under?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:45 PM on 03/13/2009

what rock have you been sleeping under??

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:47 PM on 03/13/2009

insert tongue wag here

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:57 PM on 03/13/2009

Jack, if you're forming, I'm buying.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:28 PM on 03/12/2009

Hey Jack, Give Jimmy Page a call and form a band with him. Jimmy seems all upset about Robert Plant that he's just sitting around doing nothing.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:12 PM on 03/12/2009

Typical Gemini...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:10 PM on 03/12/2009
- mondobleu I'm a Fan of mondobleu 2 fans permalink
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Wake me up when he teams up with Jack Black.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:52 PM on 03/12/2009
- 1sparrow I'm a Fan of 1sparrow 20 fans permalink

he just reminds me of how hard it is to get past egos in music. to have a sister for a drummer? egad. i was never that desparate

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:43 PM on 03/12/2009
- vincefango I'm a Fan of vincefango 3 fans permalink
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Meg is not his sister...where have you been?...egad!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:25 PM on 03/12/2009
- dnddays I'm a Fan of dnddays 6 fans permalink
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I'm curious: is Meg his sister?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:26 PM on 03/13/2009
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Jack and Meg aren't brother and sister. They were once married, and Jack took Meg's last name.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:26 PM on 03/12/2009
- AlexNYC I'm a Fan of AlexNYC 11 fans permalink
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White Stripes drummer Meg White is Jack's former wife. The sister reference was a joke which somehow took root and people still believe it to be fact.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:43 PM on 03/12/2009

T'all sounds the same Jack. It's good when its good but mostly filler otherwise.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:41 PM on 03/12/2009
- kappa08 I'm a Fan of kappa08 76 fans permalink
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I disagree..granted the raw guitar and his voice on a few tracks are similar between WS and Raconteurs but there is a definitive difference. WS is way more experimental and basic. Haven't heard the new band.
Regardless he is a huge bright light on a very bland musical horizon. I say press Jackie Boy!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:24 PM on 03/12/2009
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Musical genius...His production of Loretta Lynn's 'Van Lear Rose' in 2004 was incredible. I still get 'Little Cream Soda' and 'Rag and Bone' stuck in my head for days. Oh well oh well oh well. Jack White can produce, arrange, compose, act, sing and actually play music. Way ahead of his time.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:08 AM on 03/12/2009
- dnddays I'm a Fan of dnddays 6 fans permalink
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What kind of clouds are you puffin'?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:27 PM on 03/13/2009
- GeorgeP922 I'm a Fan of GeorgeP922 101 fans permalink
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Never heard of him, and at 29 I aint no kid.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:56 AM on 03/12/2009
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Sad for you.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:11 AM on 03/12/2009
- DandaPanda I'm a Fan of DandaPanda 15 fans permalink
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maybe he is a republican?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:27 AM on 03/13/2009

How is this possible?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:05 PM on 03/12/2009
- kappa08 I'm a Fan of kappa08 76 fans permalink
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dude...come out from under your rock. You're missing some serious flavor.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:25 PM on 03/12/2009
- vincefango I'm a Fan of vincefango 3 fans permalink
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Geez...have you, at least, heard of The White Stripes?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:31 PM on 03/12/2009

What the hell do you youngsters listen to?
My 25 year old assistant's Ipod is as full as a fairy's phone book yet he had never heard of Jack White either. God I'm 53 and have been listening to the Stripes since I was 40. (Is that possible or am I overstating the Stripes' time on earth?)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:24 PM on 03/12/2009
- dnddays I'm a Fan of dnddays 6 fans permalink
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No, not overstating. I feel like the Stripes have been around forever. But not in a good way. If we're talking about Jack White I must be stuck in the past. Somebody please pick me up from the late 90s, my time machine seems to be broken. The only stuff MTV2 is playing is White Stripes and Godsmack. Wait, let me answer this AOL email on my 56k modem while watching a clip of a dancing baby animation and laughing at Friends. Can Chandler BE wearing anymore clothes!?! lol. Love these 90s, White Stripes, Hanson, Chumbawamba, Korn, Jamiroquai, Parapa the Rappa, FF Tactics and Napster, but I think I wanna get out of here before W gets elected.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:37 PM on 03/13/2009

i can die now... my two most disgustingly, obsessively worshipped rock GODS just joined forces. I can't stand the excitement. Kill me. Kill me now!

JACK + Alison forever & ever X infinity!

(this is coming from a woman in her 30s. Thank the Lawd for rock & roll)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:34 AM on 03/12/2009
- hip dibler I'm a Fan of hip dibler 10 fans permalink

and it probably ain't enough.

this guy is an exceptional talent.

check out his work in goober & the peas.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:21 AM on 03/12/2009
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