Paul McCartney and Wings not get along well, adding to his upset with Wings. In April 1981, Laine announced he was leaving Wings, citing the lack of tour plans as the reason. While Laine's departure effectively ended the band, a spokesman for McCartney said that Wings still continued as an active concept. McCartney finally acknowledged the band no longer existed while promoting the release of "Tug of War" in 1982. Suzy and the Red Stripes was a pseudonym used by the group for the release of the Linda McCartney and Wings single "Seaside Woman" in 1977. It was the only release by Wings under
The White Stripes by Captain Beefheart, an experimental blues rock musician. "De Stijl" eventually reached number 38 on "Billboard Magazine"'s Independent Albums chart in 2002, around the time The White Stripes' popularity began establishing itself. One "New York Times" critic at the time said that the Stripes typified "what many hip rock fans consider real music." The song "Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me" was used in "The Simpsons" episode "Judge Me Tender". The White Stripes' third album, "White Blood Cells", was released on July 3, 2001 on Sympathy for the Record Industry. The band enjoyed its first significant success the following