Mar 12th, 2009 - Reuters
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - White Stripes frontman Jack White has formed a second side project called The Dead Weather.
He shares vocal duties with Alison Mosshart, frontwoman with The Kills, and also plays drums. The lineup also includes Jack Lawrence, the bass player with White's other project the Raconteurs, and Queens of the Stoneage guitarist Dean Fertita.
Its debut album, "Horehound," is due June 9 on White's Third Man Records imprint. Two of the songs are available now on iTunes: "Hang You From The Heavens" and a cover of Gary Numan's "Are Friends Electric?" The Dead Weather is planning to support "Horehound" with a tour this June.



