Late last year some unknown hooligans covered the Strokes on a simple Casio keyboard. Well, the same hooligans are back to tackle the other great garage hope, the White Stripes. The keyboards are still around, but "Hotel Yorba sounds more like a Hee Haw reunion and "I Think I Smell A Rat is almost unrecognisable, with its thick, dubby overtones complete with a melodica representing the chorus. However, its not until you hear the electrofied bastardisation of "Fell In Love With A Girl that you begin thinking "things arent right, theyre fantastic.
(Guided Missile)Different Stripes
A Tribute to The White Stripes
BY Cam LindsayPublished May 1, 2002