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Another project founded by Jack White, Dead Weather began after the Raconteurs toured the U.S. with the Kills in summer 2008. Toward the end of the tour, bronchitis made it difficult for White to sing as much as usual, so Kills singer Alison Mosshart was drafted to sing several of his songs. Mosshart's on-stage chemistry with the Raconteurs led to White, Mosshart, bassist "Little Jack" Lawrence, and White's house guest, Queens of the Stone Age guitarist Dean Fertita, recording a cover of Gary Numan's "Are Friends Electric?" The newly formed band began working on a full album at White's Third Man Studios in Nashville TN, with White on drums for the first time since his stint in Goober & the Peas. Dead Weather finished recording their album in a matter of weeks, crafting a sound influenced by White's and Mosshart's other projects but with a darker feel. The band made its live debut in March 2009, performing a short set for 150 friends at Third Man's offices to celebrate the release of the single Hang You from the Heavens/Are Friends Electric?; a month later, they played their first official gig at New York's Bowery Ballroom. Horehound, Dead Weather's debut album, arrived that summer. The band kept up the rapid pace, continuing to tour and record through 2009. Mosshart announced that Dead Weather's second album was halfway done that October, and in March 2010, the single Die by the Drop arrived. Sea of Cowards, which boasted a heavier and more integrated sound than the band's debut, appeared that May. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi

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  • I Cut Like A Buffalo
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  • Bone House (Live)
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  • Will There Be Enough Water (Live)
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  • Treat Me Like Your Mother
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    • The Difference Between Us
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    • Treat Me Like Your Mother
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    • I Cut Like A Buffalo
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    • Hang You From The Heavens
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  • MTV News Extended Play: 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards
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    News Drowned-Up: 4AD, The Dead Weather (featuring Jack White), My Latest Novel and more
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    This Wolves Ghosts A Good Reason Slow Parade See them playing those songs and more in the following places: March 26 Inverness Hootenannys 28 Edinburg...
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    Stream: The Dead Weather's Horehound
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    Just yesterday I mentioned how much of a miracle it was that the Dead Weather's Horehound hadn't hit the internet apart from a few teaser videos and l...
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    Jack White Forms The Dead Weather
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    Jack White has formed a new group called The Dead Weather with The Kills frontwoman Alison Mosshart. White takes drum and vocal duties, while The Raco...
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    Jack White's the Dead Weather Playing New York on April 14
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    New York's Bowery Ballroom, surely one of the best venues in the country, is set to host the first major show by Jack White's new band, the Dead Weath...
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    The Dead Weather Appears on Nigel Godrich's 'From the Basement'
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    studio. Reports of browsers crashing and the video stream dropping out indicate that there are a few teething problems with the site, although Godrich...
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    The Dead Weather, Hole and Primus Announce Summer Tours
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    @ The WarfieldJuly 24 - Portland, OR @ Crystal BallroomJuly 26 - Billings, MT @ Babcock TheaterJuly 28 ... The Dead Weather, Hole and Primus Announce ...
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    The Dead Weather Appears on Nigel Godrich's 'From the Basement'
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    Producer Nigel Godrich's From the Basement series looks set to be one of the best online outlets for exclusive music video content. Godrich has made g...
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    The Dead Weather Releasing Triple Decker Vinyl Single
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    Jack White is known for his love of vinyl, and his Third Man record label have released some pretty impressive limited edition records in their brief ...
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    The Dead Weather reveal more album details
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    Jack White's prolificacy seems to know no boundaries. In the (just over) ten years that he's been releasing music we've heard SIX White Stripes albums...
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    The Dead Weather reveal more album details
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    Jack White's prolificacy seems to know no boundaries. In the (just over) ten years that he's been releasing music we've heard SIX White Stripes albums...
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Discography

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  • Sea of Cowards (2010)
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    Warner Bros. Records
  • Horehound (2009)
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    Horehound (2009)
    Third Man/Warner Bros.
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