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Michael K. Fell's avatar

Nice read, Brad!

I saw them at their 1st ever gig in London (pretty sure White Blood Cells had just come out). On the hottest day of summer, they were playing at the legendary 100 Club, situated in a basement off Oxford Street. Time Out magazine hyped them as exorcising the ghost of MC5 and The Stooges, and I needed to check it out for myself. The gig was sold out, and a scalper was trying to sell me a ticket for double the face value. I decided to play it cool and wait until after the opening band. Once the support band finished and people came out for a smoke, I offered the scalper face value, and he took it (I still have my ticket stub)! Oh man, it was hot, sweaty, and airless down there. The bar sold more water than beer that night, but holy shit...what a gig! Jack and Meg took the tiny stage about 3 feet away from me, decked out in all red with their peppermint swirl kick drum. They looked awesome, but I had no idea what I was about to experience. They completely eviscerated the place with their raw, punky, bluesy garage rock. After that gig, they got booked onto the UK festival circuit, and their popularity exploded.

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Michael Edward's avatar

That was a great read!

I had no idea Jack White came up with that riff at a pub in Melbourne! That’s so cool.

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