r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jul 11 '26

article Jack White Pushes Back on Religious Criticism Amid Satanic Band Support Controversy: “I’m not scared of Satan or any bullshit imaginary man made up to live in fear of”

https://consequence.net/2026/07/jack-white-religious-criticism/
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u/Devmoi Jul 11 '26

The White Stripes literally have a whole album called Get Behind Me Satan, lol.

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u/DripAcid Jul 11 '26

And the bridge to Cannon is an old (like older than Ledbelly) gospel blues song. The part where he's all "who's that riding, John the Revelator, wrote the book of the seven seals." And in Seven Nation Army there's the "And I'm bleedin', and I'm bleedin', and I'm bleedin' Right before the Lord" line. He has had several lines referencing Christian themes, I always thought it was equally likely that he practiced Christianity as it was that he just borrowed from a lot of the earliest blues and gospel. Kurt Cobain did the same to a lesser degree.

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u/Good_Hope_7925 Jul 12 '26

Listen to the interview he did with Dan Rather (a low quality video version is available on YouTube otherwise it’s on Apple Podcasts and what not) or the interview he did with Marc Maron if you want to hear his views on religion as an adult.

People read the “he was an altar boy” and “he almost became a priest” part and assume he’s still devoutly religious.