Described by Mojo as the hottest chunk of screaming yahoo to kick rock s sorry arse into gear since Nirvana , the White Stripes are the folksy ex-husband and wife duo who stunned the music world with their back-to-basics blues/punk rock. Rock biographer Dick Porter analyses the quirkiness of their former claim to be brother and sister, Jack s austere Puritanism and obsessions with truth and death, and the child-like innocence of the couple s matching red-and-white colour schemes. The book also considers Jack and Meg s discomfort with their status as the unlikeliest saviours of rock n roll .