![]() For what it’s worth, Jack White has publicly stated that Meg’s musicianship was the best part of the band, but does it matter what he says or doesn’t say about Meg, especially when she’s sitting right there next to him? It’s true women can speak for themselves - but what happens when they choose to say nothing? David Fricke of Rolling Stone once asked Jack White in a 2005 interview with the White Stripes if there were times he felt Meg’s style of drumming held him back. ![]() It’s a shame her contributions were not valued for their ingenuity. Her presence in rock and roll was a testament to a world where drumming could exist outside the sexualized, the hyper-masculine, and the ultra-intellectual. Meg White has a sweet firmness that is undeniable. Stripping away superficial additives like drum solos, ornaments, and fills, her rhythmic drive makes space for the musical elements around it. Meg White brings power, femininity, and finesse to songs like “Seven Nation Army,” “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground,” and “Fell In Love With A Girl.” Often keeping time with her shoulders, wrists, and elbows, her fun and quirky approach to drumming is consistent and highly original (and she has four Grammys to prove it). Simplistic as it may be, her drumming style is anything but rudimentary. The story before each White Stripes album or tour is that her drumming has improved, and surely that must be true, if for no other reason than it could go nowhere else.” She’s been called “ pancake handed ” and “ sloppy ” in two separate reviews that ran in Pitchfork magazine. ![]() Is Meg White a Good Drummer? Much of the discourse surrounding Meg White’s position in rock and roll centers itself around the question: Is Meg White a good drummer? Meg White’s primal drumming style has been criticized by music media for being “rudimentary,” and “stale.” One particularly glaring review by journalist Hugo Lindgren had this to say about Meg White: “And can we discuss Meg White for a moment? Her pants were black, but she otherwise seems unchanged from when we first met the band in 1999. Meg White has disappeared from the music industry, and her ghost can teach us all some important lessons about sexism in media, silence as feminism, and the complex discourse of female representation in rock and roll. Though now recognized as one of the greatest drummers of all time ( listed on Rolling Stone as #94 out of 100 ), Meg White’s musicianship was and continues to be consistently discredited in music magazines, on websites, in comment sections, and on forums. Considered one of the most improbable of rock stars, Meg has won four Grammy Awards despite having no traditional musical training. The relentless sexism in the music industry and the media has consistently failed women in rock and roll and drummer Meg White of the White Stripes was not spared the same fate.
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