Jack White gets himself a new band, calls it The Dead Weather
You probably haven’t heard of them yet, but trust me, you will soon enough, in fact by the end of this article. Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to The Dead Weather, the brand new music project from none other than Jack White. Yes, the man behind The White Stripes and The Raconteurs has moved on to another creative endeavor!
While details still remain quite sketchy, according to Third Man Records, the personal imprint of Mr. White, the supergroup, which features The Kills’ Alison Mosshart on lead vocals, The Raconteurs’ Jack Lawrence on bass, Queens Of The Stone Age’s Dean Fertita on guitar and White on drums and vocals, made its debut during a recent event celebrating the opening of the record company’s new building. Sound awesome? We’re just getting started. The building, which White is said to have designed from the ground up, is also where the band recorded its debut album; reportedly finished in just three weeks and entitled Horehound, the album is due out in June.
Ahead of the release, actually beginning tomorrow, The Dead Weather will digitally release the album’s first single, “Hang You From The Heavens”, along with a cover Gary Numan’s “Are Friends Electric?” on iTunes. Of course, if you’re like 99.9% of the population out there, and can’t wait until 12:01 a.m., the band is currently streaming both selections on its official website.
Hat tip to Sam for the heads up…
To set the record straight Jack was a drummer first, he played them growing up and was the drummer in, Goober and the Peas (one of his first bands).
right on.
Yet another reason to come to Vanderbilt’s Rites of Spring. Maybe they’ll be the other headliner!! Okay, probably not, but why not start the rumor.
Justin don’t start say stuff that gets my heart rate go that fast.
This has a completely different feel then the Raconteurs, IMHO.
To be honest, this sounds like The Raconteurs. I respect the guy for his ambition, but at this point I’m wondering if he’s spreading himself thin. Can’t he just focus on The Raconteurs and make them an even better band?
Oh lord how awesome… please let them join the Sasquatch line-up
oh man this is hot
cool i like allison a lot. by the way dean fertita toured with the raconteurs when for the first 2 years or so if you didn’t know that him and the 2 jack’s had played together before now.
ugh i guess we have to wait even longer for the stripes
Jack on Drums?!
who’s he think he is?
Meg?
Your welcome! I wanted you guys to find out faster since the link was hard to find using google. Actual hat tip to RHCPfan of the lollaboard. I wouldn’t have found it myself.
May 11th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
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