Meg White Net Worth is$20 Million
Profession: Photographer, Musician, Drummer
Date of Birth: Dec 10, 1974
Nicknames: Meg White, Megan Martha White, White, Meg
Height: 1.664 m
Country: United States of America
Date of Birth: Dec 10, 1974
Nicknames: Meg White, Megan Martha White, White, Meg
Height: 1.664 m
Country: United States of America
Meg White is an American musician she has a net worth of $20 million. Meg White has earned her net worth as the drummer for the Detroit rock duo known as The White Stripes. Meg was born on December 10, 1974 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan she and her parents Walter and Catherine along with her sister Heather lived in Detroit. Meg's was married to musician Jack White who played guitar and vocals for the group. Although Jack was the primary vocalist for The White Stripes, Meg sang the lead on "In the Cold, Cold Night", from the band's fourth album, Elephant, as well as; "Passive Manipulation", from the band's fifth album, Get Behind Me Satan,; "Who's a Big Baby", the B-side to "Blue Orchid"; and "St. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)", from the band's sixth album Icky Thump. The band officially announced their retirement from the music industry in February of 2011.White was a bartender in the early 1990's at a downtown Royal Oak bar called Memphis Smoke that is where she met Jack Gillis. They married on September 21, 1996 where Jack chose to take Meg's last name, the couple divorced on March 24, 2000. She later married Jackson Smith in May of 2009, Smith is the son of musicians Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith.
Megan Martha "Meg" White (born December 10, 1974) is an American drummer best known for her work in the Detroit rock duo The White Stripes.
Megan Martha White was born in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan to Walter Hackett White, Jr. and Catherine White. She grew up in the Detroit area with her parents and sister Heather.
Meg's then-husband Jack White spent much of the 1990s hopping from band to band. Meg first tried playing drums in 1997. In Jack's words, "When she started to play drums with me, just on a lark, it felt liberating and refreshing. There was something in it that opened me up." The two then began calling themselves The Red and White Stripes (because Meg favored peppermint candies) and soon played their first gig at the Gold Dollar in Detroit. In keeping live performances to three basic elements, Jack did the guitar and vocal work while she played drums.
Jack White has declared her to be the key component in the White Stripes' sound. In reference to her "primal" approach to drumming, she remarked, "That is my strength. A lot of drummers would feel weird about being that simplistic."
Though Jack White usually sang the lead vocals, Meg White sang lead on "In the Cold, Cold Night", from the band's fourth album, Elephant; "Passive Manipulation", from the band's fifth album, Get Behind Me Satan; "Who's a Big Baby", the B-side to "Blue Orchid"; and "St. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)", from the band's sixth album Icky Thump. Both Meg and Jack White sing vocals on the tracks "Hotel Yorba" and "This Protector" from White Blood Cells, "Rated X" from the "Hotel Yorba" single, "Well It's True That We Love One Another" on Elephant, and "Rag and Bone" from Icky Thump. The first time Meg sang along on a White Stripes record was with Jack on "Your Southern Can is Mine" from De Stijl.
On February 2, 2011, The White Stripes announced their retirement on their official website.
Meg White has also appeared on the cover of Whirlwind Heat's single "Pink",
Megan Martha White was born in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan to Walter Hackett White, Jr. and Catherine White. She grew up in the Detroit area with her parents and sister Heather.
Meg's then-husband Jack White spent much of the 1990s hopping from band to band. Meg first tried playing drums in 1997. In Jack's words, "When she started to play drums with me, just on a lark, it felt liberating and refreshing. There was something in it that opened me up." The two then began calling themselves The Red and White Stripes (because Meg favored peppermint candies) and soon played their first gig at the Gold Dollar in Detroit. In keeping live performances to three basic elements, Jack did the guitar and vocal work while she played drums.
Jack White has declared her to be the key component in the White Stripes' sound. In reference to her "primal" approach to drumming, she remarked, "That is my strength. A lot of drummers would feel weird about being that simplistic."
Though Jack White usually sang the lead vocals, Meg White sang lead on "In the Cold, Cold Night", from the band's fourth album, Elephant; "Passive Manipulation", from the band's fifth album, Get Behind Me Satan; "Who's a Big Baby", the B-side to "Blue Orchid"; and "St. Andrew (This Battle Is in the Air)", from the band's sixth album Icky Thump. Both Meg and Jack White sing vocals on the tracks "Hotel Yorba" and "This Protector" from White Blood Cells, "Rated X" from the "Hotel Yorba" single, "Well It's True That We Love One Another" on Elephant, and "Rag and Bone" from Icky Thump. The first time Meg sang along on a White Stripes record was with Jack on "Your Southern Can is Mine" from De Stijl.
On February 2, 2011, The White Stripes announced their retirement on their official website.
Meg White has also appeared on the cover of Whirlwind Heat's single "Pink",
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