You learn something every day. Well, I do. I just discovered that what I held for one of the most famous bass riffs isn’t played on a bass at all. The riff from Seven nation army, the opening song on this album, is played on a normal guitar, helped to lower registers with a pitch shifter. As analogue as this garage band might seem, they do rely on electronic effects.
Jack and Meg found each other in high school in Detroit, when Jack was reading his poetry on open mic nights at a restaurant where she worked. They married, and Jack Gillis took the name of his wife, contrary to convention. The Whites are a couple, but sometimes posed as brother and sister. The White Stripes were very popular and one of the leading bands in the alternative scene of the early 2000s.