The Dead Weather first united after Alison Mossharts band The Kills supported Jack White and Jack Lawrences band The Raconteurs on a string of North American dates. The trio followed the tour with a few informal recording sessions at Whites famed Third Man studio, soon augmented by Raconteurs collaborator/Queens of the Stone Age multi-instrumentalist Dean Fertita. The result proved extraordinary – The Dead Weathers debut album, “HOREHOUND,” arrived in July 2009 to worldwide critical acclaim and a top 10 Billboard 200 chart debut. The four musicians celebrated the release with a 23-date North American tour before reconvening at Third Man in December for three further weeks of writing and recording.