Fellow Michigan rock legend Iggy Pop inducted The White Stripes into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
The punk godfather started out his speech by singing the guitar riff to “Seven Nation Army” just to “get that out of the way.”
"Get your hands dirty and drop the screens and get out of your garage." — Jack White, accepting The White Stripes’ Induction into the Rock & Roll of Fame.
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He went on to first praise drummer Meg White, saying, “Meg White had the most genuine and charming smile. She played the drums for the benefit of her band. She gave the drum kit a good whack. I think it was Meg’s support that helped launch the rocket of racket that was Jack White.”
Next, he paid homage to Jack White, declaring, “Jack could screech like an owl. He could twang like a hillbilly. But he could also write. I hear the echoes of The Who, The Small Faces, The Beatles… in Jack’s playing. The writing he was capable of was not typical of of the great Detroit bands of the 60s and 70s.”
