Fell in Love with a Band: The Story of the White Stripes

By Chris Handyside

Book Overview

A new breed of back-to-basics rock, Jack and Meg White have been a smash hit with critics and fans since their breakout album in 2002. But beyond their critical acclaim the group has been a media spectacle. Scandal first broke when they were exposed as actually ex-husband and wife, though they's promoted themselves as brother and sister. Since then, lead singer Jack White has been a tabloid phenomenon. This is the story of the band's meteoric rise to fame and a critical look at the music by music journalist Chris Handyside, who has followed the group since its inception.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312336187
• ISBN13: 9780312336189
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A very informative book!

I absolutely loved the book. It was well written and put across in a way that was really 'fun'! Please, people like the person called "ME" who have written a review, DO NOT write reviews unless you have actually read the book.

The White Stripes become colorful.

I knew nothing of the Stripes. Never heard a note. But I was fortunate to get "turned on" and tuned in. Given Jack's controlling nature, "Fell In Love with the Band" is a great primer of their birth and existence. Author Chris Handyside is "there" and writes with enthusiasm and realism of the Detroit rock scene that made me feel as if I were in the small, makeshift recording studio the Stripes had set up in their home, setting up a mic stand. I've fallen in love with the Stripes and this book made it unconditional...

Fell In Love With the Book as well

For any fan of the White Stripes this book should be a got-to-have item. Handyside is a wonderful storyteller of sorts, keeping the history of the White Stripes both in fairytale, and nonfiction at the same time. Not all secrets are revealed but any true fan of this band knows that their mystery is part of the attraction. But the parts that are revealed are just as good to know as to not know the hidden sections of their past. Very wonderful read. 5/5