Jack White Biography on the Way, White Stripes Singer Denies Involvement

A new biography on White Stripes frontman and solo artist Jack White is reportedly in the works from author Nick Hasted.

Recently announced by The Overlook Press, the declaration has led White to publicly waive any responsibility for the book's contents via his creative conglomerate, Third Man Records.

On Friday, Third Man issued the following statement on Twitter: "Neither Jack White nor TMR has approved this biography. No one Jack is personally acquainted w/ contributed."

The unauthorized memoir is scheduled to be released on Oct. 4. Titled Citizen Jack: How Jack White Built an Empire From the Blues, the book is described by its publisher as "the only book yet to tell the full story of the 21st century's most influential rock star."

White, who came to fame with the Stripes and is now an acclaimed solo performer, has also found success with his other rock bands, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather. Upon releasing his second solo album, 2014's Lazaretto, the singer-songwriter told The Guardian that he approaches his songcraft the same way, no matter the performing outfit:

"All I can do is attack the song, song by song, [it] doesn't matter if it's the Dead Weather, the Raconteurs or me, I'm attacking the song," he says. "Sometimes they sound really different and sometimes people will say, 'That sounds exactly like a White Stripes song with five people playing on it.' If anything that'd be a compliment to me. I'd be flattered."

The esteemed musician is also widely known as a phonographic proponent and vinyl album collector. He recently purchased (and digitally transferred for posterity) Elvis Presley's original, first-ever Sun Records demo acetate disc for a cool $300,000. A former furniture upholsterer and semi-Luddite, the guitarist reminisced on the now-abandoned hobbies of a bygone era to the New York Times:

"This generation is so dead," he said at one point. "You ask a kid, 'What are you doing this Saturday?' and they'll be playing video games or watching cable, instead of building model cars or airplanes or doing something creative. Kids today never say, 'Man, I'm really into remote-controlled steamboats.' They never say that."

Below, listen to the Stripes' "Little Cream Soda" from their 2007 LP, Icky Thump.

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Jack White, The White Stripes, Third Man Records