The White Stripes by Ewen Spencer
Anniversary Edition Available Now on Third Man Records; Jack and Meg Immortalized in Animated Mini-Brick Mayhem
Two decades after redefining garage rock with their most experimental work to date, The White Stripes are honoring the 20th anniversary of Get Behind Me Satan with a bold, boutique reissue and a surreal, stop-motion spin on one of its standout tracks.
Available now via Third Man Records, the Get Behind Me Satan 20th Anniversary Vinyl is a double LP set pressed on one red and one clear disc—each with haunting black wisps spiraling through the wax. Originally released in 2005, the album famously delayed its commercial vinyl release for nearly a decade, adding to the cult mystique surrounding the Stripes’ fifth studio effort.
But the band isn’t just dropping colored vinyl. Today also marks the debut of an ambitious new stop-motion video for “Red Rain,” directed by Brooklyn-based filmmaker Conor Callahan. The video—built from nearly 6,000 miniature bricks bonded together with royal icing (yes, the same frosting used for ornate cakes)—stars none other than Jack and Meg White, albeit in the form of Super7’s recently released Get Behind Me Satan-era ReAction Figures. Executive produced by Audg Fenter, the painstaking animation took roughly 80 hours to complete and plays like a fever dream inside a dollhouse concert.
It’s a fitting tribute for an album that saw the band at its most restless and innovative. Recorded primarily on the stairway of Jack White’s Detroit home, Get Behind Me Satan marked a departure from the Stripes’ signature fuzzed-out guitar and blues minimalism. Marimbas, tympani, mandolins, and bells filled the void, while piano and percussion carried lead melodies. Singles like “Blue Orchid,” the GRAMMY®-nominated “My Doorbell,” and “The Denial Twist” pushed into uncharted rhythmic territory—and into the UK’s Top 10 charts.
At the time, Rolling Stone praised the album for “twisting a variety of American music styles to their own emotional purpose,” calling its impact “so wild, it could make you weep over how pitilessly the White Stripes keep crushing the other bands out there.” The record debuted in the Top 3 in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia, earned RIAA Gold in the States, and went Platinum in both the U.K. and Canada. It also earned the duo their second consecutive GRAMMY® for Best Alternative Album.
Now, with the 20th anniversary edition finally in fans’ hands and the “Red Rain” video breathing new (and delightfully strange) life into a fan favorite, The White Stripes’ legacy continues to ripple. Earlier this year, the band was named a 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, joining a stacked class that includes Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden, Bad Company, Outkast, Joe Cocker, and Chubby Checker. The induction ceremony will be broadcast live on Disney+ from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on November 8, with a special ABC airing and Hulu stream to follow.
The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan (20th Anniversary Edition): Available now via Third Man Records
Watch “Red Rain” Stop-Motion Music Video
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