“25 years ago today The White Stripes released WHITE BLOOD CELLS cementing the underground garage rock movement into the mainstream while simultaneously bringing the first larger scale vinyl record releases of White’s long history of preserving and promoting the musical format. The album’s recording process had many dogmatic ”rules”: no guitar solos, no overt blues songs, no covers, etc. and a fast recording schedule of three days tracking and two days mixing all at Memphis, Tennessee’s Easley-McCain studio. The album helped the band get signed to major labels from a bidding war that resulted in a rare licensing deal which allowed them to retain ownership of their masters and also allowed Jack White to form the independent label Third Man Records as an entity.” -Brush Thomalson #whitestripes