Yeah, I've got to say that overall The White Stripes are at the top of my list...

Funny story about that. I recently met a guitarist that's been playing for about 2 years. He was saying that SRV is his favorite guitarist, but his second favorite band is the White Stripes. He then made the comment about how none of the kids these days solo or play "real" guitar, so I had to comment "that's b/c all the kids these day's listen to The White Stripes, Greenday and everything else that eMpTV pushes to them". I think I pissed him off with that comment, oh-well...