The White Stripes blew up fast. I was a high school senior in 2002, when V2 Records brought the prior year’s White Blood Cells to the MTV2 viewers of America. I remember immersing myself in the album on a portable CD player in the backseat of my parents’ sedan on my way from Columbus to Lansing for a college visit at Michigan State, marveling at the power and versatility of this quirky garage band from nearby Detroit with the fuzzy backstory and the striking color scheme. They seemed incredibly cool, but also raw and lo-fi in a way that prevented me from imagining how quickly they would rocket past rock-critic-famous. In a matter of months, the Stripes were accepting awards at the VMAs, performing on SNL, and selling more than half a million copies of their album. But what really blew my mind was when they opened some arena shows for the Rolling Stones.
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