The NME has released its first Cool List - recognising what it considers to be the fifty coolest people in rock. White Stripes' Jack White tops the chart, apparently because "he turning down Gap, rediscovered rock's debt to the blues, and became the fire that torched the whole new rock revolution".
The top ten includes: Jack White (The White Stripes), Fabrizio Moretti (The Strokes), Dolf De Datsun (The Datsuns), Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Mike Skinner (The Streets), Meg White (The White Stripes), Marcie Bolen (The Von Bondies), Craig Nicholls (The Vines), Nelly and Howlin' Pelle Almqvist (The Hives).
The full fifty and explanations of each is in this weeks NME.