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The White Stripes

American rock band
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Summary

The White Stripes is a rock band[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of rock band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,237 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: musical duo[3], married couple[4], musical group[5]
  • Genre: alternative rock[6], blues rock[7], garage rock[8], punk blues[9], post-punk revival[10]
  • Record label: Warner Bros. Records[11], Warner Music Group[12], Third Man Records[13], Sub Pop[14], Sympathy for the Record Industry[15]
  • Discography: The White Stripes discography[16]
  • Commons category: The White Stripes[17]
  • Country of origin: United States[18]
  • Has part(s): Jack White[19], Meg White[20]
  • Inception: 1997[21]
  • Location of formation: Detroit[22]
  • Official website: http://www.whitestripes.com[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:The White Stripes[24]
  • Commons gallery: The White Stripes[25]
  • Topic has template: Template:The White Stripes[26]
  • Official name: The White Stripes[27]
  • Different from: The White Stripes[28]
  • Start of work period: 1997[29]
  • End of work period: 2011[30]
  • Member category: Category:The White Stripes members[31]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Type: Group[32]

  • Country: US[33]

  • Began / founded: 1997-07-14[34]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2011-02-02[35]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, blues rock, garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock[36]

  • Community tags: 2000's, alternative rock, american, blues rock, detroit, garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock[37]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 11ae9fbb-f3d7-4a47-936f-4c0a04d3b3b5[38]

Why It Matters

The White Stripes has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

Jack White Meg White Sub Pop United States Warner Music Group

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Topic has template → Template:The White Stripes
    Discography → The White Stripes discography
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