Update: Jack White has issued a statement to Entertainment Weekly regarding his alleged altercation with Patrick Carney. “Nobody tried to fight you, Patrick,” he said. “Nobody touched you or ‘bullied’ you. You were asked a question you couldn’t answer so you walked away. So quit whining to the Internet and speak face to face like a human being. End of story.”
The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney took to Twitter this morning to claim that Jack White reportedly approached him in a New York City bar and tried to fight him. Carney’s tweets didn’t get in to the, er, blow-by-blows, but he did refer to the Dead Weather percussionist as a “40 year old bully [who] tried to fight the 35 year old nerd.” And the best (worst?) bit: “Jack white is basically billy corgan’s dumb ass zero t-shirt in human form.”
If you’ll recall, White once accused the Keys of ripping off his sound, a comment he later apologized for on his website, saying, “I wish the Black Keys all the success they can get.” Read Carney’s tweets below.
I’ve never met jack white.
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— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
Until last night. — Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
He came to a bar in Nyc I go to a lot with a few friends and tried to fight me.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
I don’t fight and don’t get fighting but he was mad!!! — Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
He is why I play music. The bully assholes who made me feel like nothing. Music was a private non competitive thing.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
Not sure what he’s unhappy with cuz I just liked Zeppelin a lot and wanted to play guitar. Cut my pinky off and ended up being a drummer — Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
Not the best drummer but a passionate one. But any way jack white. A 40 year old bully tried to fight the 35 year old nerd.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
It might get loud but it might also get really really sad and pathetic. — Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015
Jack white is basically billy corgan’s dumb ass zero t-shirt in human form.
— Patrick Carney (@patrickcarney) September 14, 2015