Music

Old Town Road — Lil Nas X

Greta Van Fleet

Jack White
Musician
That guy has a very cool voice. The more he makes it his own, the better.

Royal Blood

Jack White
Musician
And then you’ve got Royal Blood, another really good two-piece band that’s just badass.

Twenty One Pilots

Jack White
Musician
I love what they’re doing. The first time I saw them was on Saturday Night Live. And I thought ‘Oh, that’s really great. Another really cool two-piece band that can do something really powerful.

Black Monk Time

Jack White
Musician
They only released one album, 1966's Black Monk Time. But that was enough to hook White, who calls them "anti-Beatles" and says of their songcraft, "Their melodies were pop-destructive and must be played to your younger brother."

The Party Ain't Over

Jack White
Musician
White oversaw Wanda Jackson's 2011 album The Party Ain't Over, surrounding the raspy voice of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer with some rocked-up bombast. The result got Jackson, "the Queen of Rockabilly,"

Funhouse

Jack White
Musician
I really like the Stooges album Funhouse.

Vegan Cannibals

Jack White
Musician
That made me and Dominic do our first recordings and want us to release our own tape.

I Can't Explain — The Who

Only — Nicki Minaj, Drake, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown

Jack White
Musician
“[If] you listen to Nicki Minaj’s ‘Only’,” he continues. “I mean, some of those lyrics are like, ‘Holy shit!’ I, as an adult, listening to that by myself, am shocked at some of the words that I’m hearing. But it’s brilliant! It’s brilliant to be able to say that, to be able to say whatever you want. I couldn’t get away with saying half of those things that Nicki Minaj says in that song. It’s just brilliant to see how far things have gone in that sense, and how cool it is for people to talk about these moments and say, ‘Wow, check this out.’”

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Jack White Shared 8 Iconic Musicians & Bands He Loves
What formed the taste for music in Jack White? His favorite musicians are no secret.

Jack White
Musician
What formed the taste for music in Jack White? His favorite musicians are no secret.