"stripped down" blues-based rock? Yes, when it is someone like Johnny Campbell, fine. White stripes? Yep, heard them and thought "more like brown stripes"...Very bush-league garage band...Hell, I even like the Stones....to each his own. I make my living playing blues...But then again, there are probably folks who like the "new" kiddie-based reincarnation called DEVO-II (and I LOVED the original Devo)