Composed of Alison Mosshart (of The Kills and Discount), Jack White (of formerly The White Stripes and The Raconteurs), Dean Fertita (of Queens of the Stone Age) and Jack Lawrence (of The Raconteurs, The Greenhornes and City and Colour), The Dead Weather debuted at the opening of Third Man Records' Nashville headquarters on March 11, 2009.
Создана в 2009 году участниками ряда известных коллективов: Элисон Моссхарт (The Kills, Discount), Джек Уайт (The White Stripes, The Raconteurs), Дин Фертита (Queens of the Stone Age) и Джеком Лоуренсом (The Raconteurs и The Greenhornes).