The White Stripes trial launched yesterday involving a producer who claims he deserves substantial royalties from the duo.

Jim Diamond, the co-producer on the band’s 1999 eponymous debut and sound mixer on ‘De Stijl’, says he is owed royalties for helping shape the band’s career.

Jack and Meg deny that they owe Diamond royalties and claim that he was paid the fair rate of $35 an hour for his time in the studio.

The Detroit trial, presided over by Judge Avern Cohn, is expected to last about a week.

http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news?id=18357

the white stripes are the greatest band of today no joke. and i think jack is amazingly hot.

The White Stripes
Eels
Flaming Lips
and Grandaddy but this was ther last album
my favorites as far as currently recording bands -- oh and I still love Blues Explosion.

retarded trial.



the white stripes are obviously the real thing. i actually saw them open for sleater-kinney 6 years ago, and i was slightly antagonized by how good jack was...i was like 'who does this guy think he is?'...was fuckin in love with meg from the start though (of course).

jack was extremely bluesy back then. for me, it was when he added that shot of rock adrenaline and volume devastation in 2002 (and catered to my sheltered alt 90s upbringing) that they totally blasted off into space. when 'fell in love with a girl' first came on the radio (at 155 mph), i was beyond impressed.

and i love jack white and brendan benson as co-lead singers.

i so don't feel like looking this up myself.. what does he mean by 'shaping'? does he claim to have suggested the red and white clothes?

No, because Jack had that before the band even formed and De Stijl is the second proper album. Basically I think he just wants more than the agreed upon sum because they are rich so he is saying his production etc was their sound. Anyone who knows about the band's history knows that is ridiculous and also that they paid him what they could at the time as a struggling band with day jobs and little to no record sales.

and I love solstice.

nme.com:
White Stripes royalties trial begins
A former producer takes on the duo
The White Stripes court battle with a producer who claims the duo owe him royalties began in Detroit yesterday (June 12).

James Diamond, the co-producer on Jack and Meg White's 1999 eponymous debut and sound mixer on 2000's follow-up 'De Stijl', says he is owed the cash for helping shape the band's career.

Diamond is looking for royalties in relation to the sessions, "ownership interest" in relation to the master recordings, and an entitlement to future profits.

A spokesperson for the band's management told NME.COM last year that they considered the action "without merit", saying the band intended to "vigorously and successfully defend this action."

According to the court papers, Diamond co-produced the sessions by providing "additional artistic suggestions, supervision and contributions".

Jack and Meg deny that they owe Diamond royalties and claim that he was paid the fair rate of $35 an hour for his time in the Detroit studio.

The trial, presided over by Judge Avern Cohn, is expected to last about a week.

You need to look around more.

love them both.

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then she dances skirt swaying in the half-light she dances white blossom in the black sky
'I need new clothes', she thinks, 'new skin, a mind I can bear to live in'.

Eels Raconteurs and Lips are playing Lollapalooza but I still won't go. I hope he makes some money. If anyone cares to have a listen:http://www.eelstheband.com/downloads/

Brawl recounted in lawsuit over royalties from White Stripes recordings
Jack White, Von Bondies singer's testimony offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Detroit music scene.
Paul Egan / The Detroit News


DETROIT -- A federal jury got a peek at the gritty world of Detroit's garage rock bands Tuesday as both members of the White Stripes and the lead singer of the Von Bondies all testified in a civil lawsuit over royalties.
Jack White of the White Stripes and Jason Stollsteimer of the Von Bondies testified about their brawl inside Detroit's Magic Stick nightclub in 2003, and Stollsteimer told about finding an unusual message from White attached to his front door.
"I found a note stuck to my door with a knife in it," Stollsteimer told a jury and U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn.
Under the knife was a copy of a magazine interview in which White felt Stollsteimer slighted him by minimizing the help he gave in producing a Von Bondies album. "That's the last time I help you out," Stollsteimer said the profanity-laced message scrawled across the article said.
Earlier, in his own testimony, White said the idea that he stuck a knife in Stollsteimer's door was "a laughable lie."
Much of the testimony had little direct relevance to the lawsuit, in which Metro Detroit producer Jim Diamond of Ghetto Recorders is suing the White Stripes, alleging he played a pivotal role in creating the group's early recordings and demanding royalties.
Asked if he recalled telling Diamond he would ruin his reputation in the music industry if he brought the lawsuit, White testified: "I believe I said this was going to ruin his reputation, if he did something like this."
White wore a black pinstripe suit, black shirt, black tie and a black fedora with a tiny red feather in it.
Stollsteimer testified it was about two years after he found the knife in his door that Jack White attacked him at the Magic Stick in Detroit.
"We fought each other," White said in his testimony. "I claimed he pulled my hair out and was punching me."
White pleaded guilty in 2004 to misdemeanor assault and battery in connection with the incident.
Diamond is listed as co-producer of the White Stripe's self-titled first album in 1999 and as sound mixer on the group's second album, "De Stijl," in 2000.
Meg White, the White Stripes' drummer, testified that although the first album listed Diamond as co-producer, he really was not, and credit for producing belonged solely to Jack White. Diamond was paid $35 an hour for his work on the first album, which is all he was owed, she testified.