Meg White – Queen of playing for the song?

Meg

Meg

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You may have heard earlier this week that White Stripes have called it a day. Largely inactive for the best part of four years, their demise comes as no great surprise.

However, it does give us the perfect opportunity to open a massive can of worms. Meg White. Much maligned stickswoman or unfairly criticised Queen of keeping things simple?

Take a look at these clips before you make up your mind

No matter what you think, Meg has (as well as shifting millions of albums) at least one uber fan…

Rich Chamberlain

Rich is a teacher, one time Rhythm staff writer and experienced freelance journalist who has interviewed countless revered musicians, engineers, producers and stars for the our world-leading music making portfolio, including such titles as Rhythm, Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar World, and MusicRadar. His victims include such luminaries as Ice T, Mark Guilani and Jamie Oliver (the drumming one).