He made fun of your delivery style.

From their very first jam sessions in the attic at 1203 Ferdinand, Jack and Meg White were intent on doing their own thing.

You can see that through the early shows, the singles, the first album, and as we talked about

last episode, turning down some of the coolest indie labels around to maintain creative

control. But maybe the biggest example to this point of the White Stripe's desire to stay

true to their vision at all costs is the making of Distill, an album that didn't quite get them on

the cover of the Rolling Stone, but did get them mentioned alongside some of the biggest up-and-comers

of the aughts.

I'm Sean Cannon from Third Man Records and Nevermind Media.

This is Striped, the story of the White Stripes.

Now, Jimenez, whether story of the white stripes.

As you might remember from season one,

there's a whole lot of preamble before Jack and Meg were actually able to record their first LP.

You know, the Detroit Cobra's had to get the attention of Long Gone John from Sympathy for the record industry.

Then Steve Shaw had to send John the first Italy singles.

Then they had to figure out a deal with sympathy and on and on and on.

But things were a lot more straightforward when it came to recording album number two.

According to Blackwell, for all parties involved... It was the next logical step.

I think the first album had done well enough, which in the underground indie world is, did it do anything? Like, if it just does

anything, then, then let's, let's keep the train rolling, was the, the impression that I got.

And, and they were motivated and they had songs. And the, and the label had an appetite as well.

What that meant was, hey, let's go make a record.

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