While playing as a drummer for local Detroit bands such as Two Star Tabernacle and The Go, John Gillis took his ex-wife’s maiden name and retitled himself Jack White. He formed a two-piece with Meg, told everybody that he was her sister, and single-handedly reinvented electric American roots music in his own peppermint-bespoke image. Utilising the minimalistic principles he learned as an upholsterer, it took seven years and four albums for The White Stripes to truly breakthrough into the mainstream with Elephant.
It’s also the 449th Greatest Album of All Time, according to Rolling Stone magazine in 2021. This week, Christopher and Liam listened to it and now they’re going to talk about it. Featuring good shouts and hot takes on everything from crypto-thur macarthur-coin, Berry Gordy’s cum-thirsty madness, what Meg is short for, woke legends, pretentiousness, uniforms, vinyl, and many other things. All that plus: Secret Posho, Tattoo Woohoo/Tattoo Boohoo, and many other bits. Enjoy an album. Enjoy!