UPDATE 10:44 a.m.: Jack White has responded, via a statement to Pitchfork:
White responded to Carney’s claims. “Nobody tried to fight you, Patrick,” he said. “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.”
UPDATE 11:16 a.m.: Oh shit it’s “all good,” Carney tweets. And White says he has respect for the Black Key. Carry on, Monday. Carry on.
Talked to jack for an hour he's cool. All good.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
“From one musician to another, you have my respect Patrick Carney.” -Jack White
— Third Man Records (@thirdmanrecords) September 14, 2015
Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney claims he had an encounter with Jack White last night, and the former White Stripe tried to fight him.
Carney went on a Twitter rant this morning, calling White “basically billy corgan’s dumb ass zero t-shirt in human form” and a “bully asshole.” Carney says White tried to start a fight with him at a bar in New York City. “I don’t fight and don’t get fighting but he was mad!!!”, Carney writes.
Uh oh. Carney also brought Billy Corgan into this mess, calling White “basically billy corgan’s dumb ass zero t-shirt in human form.”
The beef between White and the Black Keys goes back quite a bit, and White apologized to the band in May of last year. The NME reports that it has reached out to a White spokesperson about this latest situation, but there has been no rebuttal at press time. Read Carney’s recap of the situation below, and when White — and/or Corgan — responds to all this nonsense, we’ll update this post.
Happy Monday.
I've never met jack white.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
Until last night.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
He came to a bar in Nyc I go to a lot with a few friends and tried to fight me.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
I don't fight and don't get fighting but he was mad!!!
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
He is why I play music. The bully assholes who made me feel like nothing. Music was a private non competitive thing.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
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
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
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.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
It might get loud but it might also get really really sad and pathetic.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
Jack white is basically billy corgan's dumb ass zero t-shirt in human form.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015