What's an "icky thump"? was the most-asked question upon the earliest airing of the title and lead-off track of from the duo's sixth album. "It's actually 'ecky thump,'" explained Jack White to ...

Icky Thump is a play on words derived from the northern English exclamation ''Ecky Thump' which roughly translates to 'What the heck!' and that's precisely the spirit of the album. The title song ...

He was watching the infamous Battle of Ecky Thump episode of The Goodies [a 1970s BBC comedy show], laughing uproariously, when he collapsed and died. Doctors assumed he had had a massive heart ...