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The Upholsterers were anAmericangarage punk band in 2000, fromDetroit,Michigan. The two-piece band was composed ofJack White and Brian Muldoon ofThe Muldoons. Muldoon provideddrums, while White played onguitar and created sounds with a worm gear saw. They were originally called Two Part Resin.
White grew up and lived inDetroit,Michigan. He originally was adrummer, but decided to take up guitar at age nine. White was in various other bands in the mid to late 1990s such asGoober & the Peas,The Go, Two-Star Tabernacle, a brief stint with The Hentchmen, and most prominentlyThe White Stripes. White was anupholsteringapprentice of Muldoon, a family friend. Muldoon was a drummer and they formed aband. The band was short-lived however, and only released onesingle. It is often rumored that during Jack White's time as an Upholsterer he would occasionally place albums of his music inside the furniture that was being upholstered. In 2014,Third Man Records announced that two such copies of a second single have been found.[1]
"Makers of High Grade Suites" (SFTRI 611) was their only single, a7" record released on theSympathy for the Record Industrylabel in 2000. The track listing (with thecomposer) is:
The songs were recorded at Third Man Studio and produced by White and Muldoon. Those tracks were then mixed at Ghetto Recorders in Detroit. The record itself came with a variety of inserts, such as a sticker for White's business Third Man Upholstery, his ownbusiness cards, a "fabric" sample ofsandpaper, a Muldoon Studio business card and a reproduction of an WE Klomp upholstery tag. The single was pressed in a limited quantity and is highly collectible, selling for around $400–900 oneBay.
White became famous with his other duo,The White Stripes, and later the groupsThe Raconteurs andThe Dead Weather. White received multipleGrammy Awards for hismusic withThe White Stripes, and his collaboration withLoretta Lynn.
Muldoon still resides in Detroit. He has takenphotographs forThe White Stripes' "The Denial Twist" single, which portray Jack White standing over a deadraccoon andMeg White playing music for a raccoon. Muldoon's photo is on the back of the single's sleeve.Muldoon went on to form the family band The Muldoons, with his two sons, Shane (age 9) and Hunter (age 13).
The Upholsterers were discussed in the documentary filmIt Might Get Loud.
