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Jack White's Seeing Red

He may not know what to do with himself, but he knows how to use his fists.

White Stripes frontman Jack White allegedly came to blows with singer-guitarist Jason Stollsteimer of the Von Bondies at a Detroit nightclub Saturday night.

Stollsteimer told the police that he declined to talk to White at the club, causing the rocker to "become enraged."

According to Stollsteimer, the furious singer grabbed him, threw him to the ground and punched him "on right eye approx. 7 times," according to the Detroit police report on the incident obtained by the Smoking Gun.

The Von Bondies singer suffered bruising and swelling to his right eye in addition to a bloody nose, and was taken to a Detroit hospital, treated and released.

White told police that he hit Stollsteimer in self-defense after the Von Bondies singer began choking him. He filed a cross-complaint alleging that it was actually Stollsteimer who pulled him to the floor and began throttling him "about the face & body."

A statement from White's label V2 Records said that the singer "defended himself as any normal person would have under the circumstances."

However, Stollsteimer's manager has denied that his client threw any punches, and said the incident was an attack by White as opposed to a fight between the two rockers.

The beef reportedly stemmed from an ongoing feud that started after White coproduced a 2002 Von Bondies album.

Police had not yet determined if they were going to file charges against White, but police spokeswoman Tara Dunlop told the Smoking Gun that it was likely that the rocker would be hit with a misdemeanor assault charge.

In the meantime, White and his similarly red-and-white clad bandmate, Meg White (whom he alternately refers to as his sister and his ex-wife), have recently confirmed their latest tour dates.

The twosome plan to ring in the New Year with a concert in Chicago and then will jumpstart 2004 with assorted European concert dates throughout January and February.

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