Third album White Blood Cells released

The White Stripes’ third album, White Blood Cells , was released on July 3, 2001, on Sympathy for the Record Industry . The band enjoyed its first significant success the following year with the major label re-release of the album on V2 Records . Its stripped-down garage rock sound drew critical acclaim in the UK, and in the US soon afterward, making the White Stripes one of the most acclaimed bands of 2002. Several outlets praised their “back to basics” approach. After their first appearance on network TV (a live set on The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn ), Joe Hagan of The New York Times declared, “They have made rock rock again by returning to its origins as a simple, primitive sound full of unfettered zeal.”