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Megan Martha White (born December 10, 1974) is an American retired musician who served as the drummer and occasional singer of the rock duo the White Stripes. A key artist of the 2000s garage rock revival, White is noted for her "primal" style of playing and elusive media image. Though she typically performed backing vocals for the band, she occasionally sang lead for one song on each album, including "In the Cold, Cold Night" and "Passive Manipulation".
White began playing the drums on Bastille Day in 1997, and formed the White Stripes with then-husband Jack White that same year. The band enjoyed success releasing two albums within the Detroit music scene, before achieving international fame with their 2001 breakthrough album White Blood Cells. In addition to music, she has acted in the film Coffee and Cigarettes and an episode of The Simpsons. While on tour in support of their 2007 album Icky Thump, White suffered a bout of acute anxiety, and the remaining dates of the tour were canceled. The group disbanded in 2011 following a lengthy hiatus and White retired. She keeps a low public profile, calling herself "very shy" and reclusive.
White's style of drumming has been called "minimalistic" and "simplistic" by critics. While reviews were initially ambivalent, her playing has retrospectively earned acclaim and continues to be discussed. Her accolades include one Brit Award from six nominations and six Grammy Awards from eleven nominations. In 2015, Rolling Stone included her on their "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time" list. She and Jack were nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023, but were not inducted.