Meg White

Meg White
White performing in 2006
Background information
Birth name	Megan Martha White
Born	(1974-12-10) December 10, 1974 (age 49) Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Rock alternative rock blues rock garage rock indie rock punk blues
Occupations	Musician singer
Instruments	Drums percussion vocals
Years active	1997–2011
Labels	Warner Bros. V2 Third Man Sub Pop Sympathy for the Record Industry XL Italy
Formerly of	The White Stripes
Spouses	Jack White ​ ​ (m. 1996; div. 2000)​ Jackson Smith ​ ​ (m. 2009; div. 2013)​

Megan Martha White (born December 10, 1974^[1]) is an American musician who achieved international fame as the drummer of the rock duo the White Stripes. Though she typically performed backing vocals for the band, she occasionally sang lead for one song on each album, including "In the Cold, Cold Night" and "Passive Manipulation".

White began playing the drums on Bastille Day in 1997, and she formed the White Stripes with then-husband Jack White that same year. Their 2001 breakthrough album, White Blood Cells, brought them international fame. Her simultaneous solo ventures include acting, appearing in the 2003 film Coffee and Cigarettes and a 2006 episode of The Simpsons, and briefly modeling. While the band were on tour in support of their 2007 album, Icky Thump, she suffered a bout of acute anxiety, and the remaining dates of the tour were canceled. The band disbanded in 2011 following a lengthy hiatus and she ceased performing.

White is a key artist of the 2000s garage rock revival, and her style of drumming has been called "minimalistic" and "simplistic" by critics. Reviews of her playing were initially ambivalent, but it has earned retrospective praise and continues to be discussed. She is also noted for her elusive media image, calling herself "very shy" and reclusive. With the White Stripes, she won a Brit Award and six Grammy Awards. In 2015, Rolling Stone included her on their "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time" list. She and Jack were nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, but were not inducted.