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It approached platinum status in the United States. On February 8, 2004 the song "Seven Nation Army" won a Grammy for best Rock Song, and the album Elephant won for best Alternative Album. The song received much attention and was often played on radio. Their follow-up to White Blood Cells, entitled Elephant, was released on April 1, 2003, again to widespread critical acclaim. Among them was "Cantaloop", sampling Herbie Hancocks Cantaloupe Island on their first album "Hand on the Torch". In 2002, Q magazine named The White Stripes as one of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die". They used samples of classic songs released by the Blue Note label. Rumors have been circulating that a fifth album will be released sometime in mid-2005.

US3 was a jazz-rap group founded in London in 1991. The band has no bass player, and several musicians have produced bootlegs of bass-added tracks. Allmusic (http://www.allmusic.com). The White Stripes enjoyed their first significant success in the UK in 2001, with the critical acclaim, especially for the band's energetic stage performances, spreading to the US in the following months. Artist Page (http://www.bluenote.com/artistpage.asp?ArtistID=3555). Their stripped-down, garage rock sound made them a much hyped-band in 2002, as a result of the critical raves given to the major label release of White Blood Cells in 2001. 2004 Us3. The second release from the White Stripes, De Stijl (2000), was named after the minimalist Dutch art movement, which they cited as a source for the approach to their music and image.

2003 The Ultimate Hand on the Torch. The White Stripes are a minimalist rock and roll duo from Detroit, formed in 1997. Billing themselves as brother and sister, guitarist and singer Jack White and drummer Meg White released their self-titled debut album in 1999. (In reality, they are ex-husband-and-wife; Meg is only seven months older than Jack.) They were a struggling local band in Detroit for a long time, even after touring with Pavement and Sleater-Kinney. 2001 An ordinary day in an unusual place. Elephant (2003, V2 Records, XL Records). 1999 Flip Fantasia: Hits and remixes (box). White Blood Cells (2001, Sympathy for the Record Industry). 1997 Broadway & 52nd. De Stijl (2000, Sympathy for the Record Industry).

1994 I got it goin' on (EP). The White Stripes (1999, Sympathy for the Record Industry). 1994 Tukka Yoot's Riddim (EP). 1993 Hand on the Torch. 1993 Cantaloop (EP).

Rahsaan Kelly. Tukka Yoot. Geoff Wilkinson. Mel Simpson.

Kobie Powell.