Jack White Defends Meg White’s Drumming Abilities With Instagram Poem

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Jack White won’t hear any Meg White slander. This week, Twitter was engulfed in discussion about The White Stripes and Meg’s talent as a drummer, with some very harsh comments directed at her. READ MORE: Jack White Cast In Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Responding to a piece celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band’s song “Seven Nation Army”, journalist Lachlan Markay kicked up controversy. “The tragedy of the White Stripes is how great they would’ve been with a half decent drummer,” he wrote in a now-deleted tweet. “Yeah yeah I’ve heard all the ‘but it’s a carefully crafted sound mannnn!’ takes.

I’m sorry Meg White was terrible and no band is better for having shitty percussion.” The tweet prompted many defences of Meg’s abilities, including from other musicians, like Questlove.

Karen Elson, who Jack married after he and Meg split, also came to her defence in a tweet, calling her a “fantastic drummer.” On Wednesday, Jack took to Instagram to defend Meg himself, penning a poem in tribute to his ex-wife and former bandmate. “To have bliss upon bliss upon bliss/to be without fear, negativity or pain/and to get up every morning, and be happy to do it all again,” the poem reads. READ MORE: Jack White Shares Heartfelt Tribute To Loretta Lynn: ‘Like A Mother Figure To Me’ Meg is soon to become the third woman drummer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of The White Stripes.

Markay, meanwhile, tweeted out an apology for her comments about the musician, writing, “It was an over-the-top take on TWS and White as a drummer, and was, let’s face it, just truly awful in every way.