The White Stripes join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame − their primal sound reflects Detroit’s industrial roots

By: Nathan Fleshner, University of Tennessee, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: November 5, 2025

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Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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By Nathan Fleshner, University of Tennessee

In the opening scene of “It Might Get Loud,” a 2008 music documentary, musician Jack White appears surrounded by scrap wood and garbage. He hammers nails into a board, wraps wire around a glass Coca-Cola bottle as a makeshift guitar bridge, attaches a pickup, and plugs the contraption into a vintage Sears Silvertone amplifier – anything more modern or of better quality would never do.

White then uses …

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