 Rock & roll was undoubtedly waiting for a savior when the White Stripes, the eccentric garage duo from Detroit, hit the big time a couple of years ago. In the increasingly processed world of pop, Jack and Meg White's inspired primitivism was the key to their success. It didn't hurt, however, that the band came equipped with a provocative rumor attached. Sharing jet-black hair and pasty complexions, the Whites passed themselves off as a brother-and-sister team, the two youngest siblings in a family of ten. In March 2001 a writer for the Detroit Free Press exposed the pair as a once-married couple. County records show that John (Jack) Gillis and Megan White were married in 1996, and divorced in 2000. As with most phenomena, the facts about the White Stripes remain subject to distortion. Yes, they did turn down an offer to license a song for an ad for the Gap; no, it wasn't for $1 million.
JAMES SULLIVAN
(Posted Oct. 12, 2004)
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