Famous for being the front man of The White Stripes, the band he formed with his ex-wife and drummer Meg, John Gillis (aka Jack White as he became after taking his wife's name) has continued to work on a range of projects and collaborations. A fan of classical and blues music as a child, White started playing instruments and eventually wound up as a drummer for Detroit band Goober & The Peas. He formed The White Stripes with Meg White in 1997 and together they have recorded seven albums. During this time, however, White worked on numerous other projects including, allegedly, Electric Six's songs Danger! High Voltage and Gay Bar, as well as forming The Raconteurs in 2005 with Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler, and releasing two albums. White put together a new ensemble in 2009, The Dead Weather, teaming up with Alison Mosshart of The Kills, Raconteurs' Jack Lawrence and Dean Fertita of Queens Of The Stone Age and released a debut album Horehound the same year. He has also developed a solo career, including writing the soundtrack to 2003 movie Cold Mountain and partnering with Alicia Keys on the James Bond theme Another Way To Die for Quantum Of Solace in 2008. In 2009 film-maker Emmett Malloy directed Under Great White Northern Lights, a documentary about The White Stripes' 2007 tour across Canada with off- and on-stage footage of the band. The same year that the film came out, they gave their final performance as a band on Late Night With Conan O'Brien before deciding to go their separate ways. In 2012 Jack White released Love Interruption as a single from his debut solo album Blunderbuss which received Grammy nominations for Album Of The Year and Best Rock Album. His second solo album, Lazaretto, achieved number one on the Billboard 200 and received another three Grammy nominations including Best Alternative Music Album.
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