Jack White has leaped to the defence of The White Stripes band mate Meg White’s drumming skills.
Women in rock still get a raw deal. Thirty years on from punk, twenty years on from Riot Grrl female musicians tend to be asked more about their clothes and lifestyle rather than the actual music.
Case in point? Meg White. The Detroit drummer’s carefree rhythm style allows Jack White free reign in the live arena, and the guitarist has regularly cited her as one of the finest musicians he has worked with.
Yet the drummer still faces criticism. Obviously stung, Jack White recently leaped to the defence of his band mate.
“Her femininity and extreme minimalism are too much to take for some metalheads and reverse-contrarian hipsters,” White told the New York Post.
“She can do what those with ‘technical prowess’ can’t. She inspires people to bash on pots and pans. For that, they repay her with gossip and judgement.”
Meg White has been shying away from the limelight of late. The drummer married in Detroit last year, although she did re-join The White Stripes to perform on the last ever instalment of the Conan O’Brien Show.
Jack White believes that Meg will always have the last laugh over her critics. “In the end she’s laughing all the way to the Prada handbag store,” he said. “She wins every time.”
Meanwhile, Jack White recently confirmed that he has recorded a track with hip hop icon Jay-Z.
