Detroit duo The White Stripes seem a very confused couple. Jack (guitar, vocal) and Meg White (drums) can't seem to decide whether they are brother and sister or husband and wife. Jack insists it's the former -- and that they started the whole rumor that they were married for nothing more than a laugh. The media seems to think the opposite, with reports that they were divorced last year and are pretending to be siblings to draw attention away from their failed marriage.
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The cool thing for us is that this confusion carries on into their music: The White Stripes don't seem to know what kind of band they want to be either and have, as a result, come up with an album that dabbles in so many styles you never know what they are going to do next.