The White Stripes es un duo formado en Detroit (USA) en 1997, compuesto por Jack White (de nombre rea John, !o" # $uitarra) # %e$ White (percusi&n)' (n ese mismo a)o editaron su primer sin$e *+et*s Shake ,ands* en -ta# .ecords, con /uienes editar0an un sin$e m1s, *+afa#ette 2ues*'3oco despu4s ficharon por a disco$r1fica independiente S#mpath# 5or The .ecord -ndustr#, sacando *The 2i$ Three 6ied %# 2ab#* como primer sin$e en este seo # como adeanto de su disco de debur, *The White Stripes* en 1999, me"cando temas propios con !ersiones de 2ob D#an # .obert Johnson' (ste primer disco pas& desapercibido, e $rupo deber0a esperar a su se$undo 1bum para empe"ar a hacerse hueco en a escena musica'7on 8De Sti98 (:;;;), nombre /ue !iene de un mo!imiento aem1n de arte, consi$uieron amar a atenci&n de os cr0ticos ocaes, pero e 4 1999S#mpath# 5or The .ecord -ndustr#N7rimes Jordan 2iie C Docas %ark Ea9adhar C Drums %or$an ,enderson C 2ass, ke#board 7od# Dotoato C Euitar Johnn# Whitne# C Docas, ke#board O-n :;;; it Aas Soccer %oms,P aments 2ood 2rother un$ burner Jordan 2iie' O@oA itQs @AS7A. Dads'P @o, heQs not takin$ about a shift in his bandQs fanbase, but rather those co!eted !otin$ bocs our poitica machine endea!ors each eection #ear to define and con/uer' White or broAn, broke or paid, schooed or i$Qnant, these nebuous $roups Aied poAer in uncertain times, and :;;G is as shak# a time as an#' Whie the %3D pushers ra# behind prett# horseCfaced 6err# and the @AS7A. set (@onCAtheticCSportC7ausin$CAdutC.etardation) cracks a tabo# for 2ush :';, Ae Aho see no rea choice an$uish in ne$ect' 2ut take soace, kids' 2ad poitics makes for $ood art and The 2ood 2rothers D: debut 7rimes offers 1L anthems for the disaffected' 5rom the roin$ carni!a or$an and chiseedCbeak thump of O3eacock Skeeton Aith 7rooked 5eathersP to the tarnished $od ropeCchain bass ine chokin$ a dust# ?;? break on OTeen ,eat,P the band finds a neA !ibranc# in its or$anic #et forAard thinkin$ approach' OWith 7rimes,P sa#s Johnn#, Ae Aere so comfortabe Aith each other that Ae coud 9ust 9am and a son$ Aoud come out of it'P OWe !er# much $ot back to hoA Ae Arote son$s in basements,P adds %or$an' Fne of the most potent in the batch is the ead sin$e, OTrash 5a!ored Trash'P A !eritabe audio brick obbed at R oQcock neAs cameras, the son$ ambastes a that is unfair and unbaanced in TD neAs' Johnn# and Jordan spout in a su$arChi$h shriek ike the#Q!e $or$ed themse!es on oran$eCaert Skittes' OAnd -Q!e done the di!ision> trash into trash e/uas trash fa!ored trash'P .ecorded in the backAoods of Seatte Aith producer John Eoodmanson (2onde .edhead, SeaterC6inne#), 7rimes is sonica# arrestin$ and char$ed Aith intent' -tQs aso the perfect fi< for a dopesick rock scene 9onesin$ for nosta$ia and schmat"' Whether the#Qre apin$ a notCtooCdistant past in a LCcar $ara$e or earnest# tu$$in$ at #oun$ $irsQ heartstrin$s, an aarmin$ number of bands these da#s seem content to run in pace C but not The 2ood 2rothers' O-Qm more interested in noise bands tr#in$ to do Japanese pop,P decares %or$an' 2irthed in 1997, The 2ood 2rothers came to$ether in response to the hea!#Chanded rues of SeatteQs #oun$ punk communit#' OThere Aere so man# musica noCnos,P Johnn# sa#s of the time' O- remember feein$ rea# shut in and restricted'P Thou$h sti committed to !arious other bands the 2rothers soon became a !ita outet for each member' OThe fact that there Aas so much more support for The 2ood 2rothers than an# of our other bands Aas rea# iberatin$'P -n :;;; America nursed its coecti!e han$Co!er from the macroCbreAed fear at the decided# ame I:6 part#' That same #ear aso saA the reease of The 2ood 2rothers debut abum This Aduter# is .ipe (Second @atureSSound Dirus)' A heish cr# from the ether of hardcore, the record is a 1;Cson$ carpet bomb of ps#chose