The feud between Jack White and The Black Keys is well documented, with both sides having taken their fair share of shots at the other camp. Well, events from last night have added to the saga, with White supposedly attempting to start a fight with the Keys’ drummer Patrick Carney.
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Carney claims that, while he was out with friends at a New York City bar, White showed up and started initiating the altercation. Carney says via Twitter that he had never met White until last night and had no intentions of fighting the former White Stripes front man.
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As of this morning, White has responded to the events, saying to Entertainment Weekly, “Nobody tried to fight you, Patrick. Nobody touched you or ‘bullied’ you. You were asked a question you couldn’t answer so you walked away. So quit whining to the Internet and speak face to face like a human being. End of story.”
Carney’s tweets from last night give a clear picture of what went down:
[UPDATE: The tweets have since been deleted as White and Carney have made amends, but you can read the text from Carney’s Twitter postings below]
-I’ve never met jack white.
-Until last night.
-He came to a bar in Nyc I go to a lot with a few friends and tried to fight me.
-I don’t fight and don’t get fighting but he was mad!!!
-He is why I play music. The bully assholes who made me feel like nothing. Music was a private non competitve thing.
-Not sure what he’s unhappy with cuz I just liked Zeppelin a lot and wanted to play guitar. Cut my pinky off and ended up being a drummer
-Not the best drummer but a passionate one. But any way jack white. A 40 year old bully tried to fight the 35 year old nerd.
-It might get loud but it might also get really really sad and pathetic.
-Jack white is basically billy corgan’s dumb ass zero t-shirt in human form.
[Story via Consequence Of Sound]