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The Raconteurs, also known as The Saboteurs in Australia, are a Grammy-nominated rock band, featuring four members previously known for other musical projects.<p>According to the current definition, The Raconteurs qualify as a rock-and-roll supergroup, featuring the songwriting of Jack White of The White Stripes and Brendan Benson, who are both from Detroit, Michigan. In the band's own words, however, they are not a supergroup, asserting that the term implies something pre-planned, whereas they are actually "a new band made up of old friends."<p>The Raconteurs are one of the few non-Irish bands to star in the popular web-cartoons of Eyebrowy.com.[1] In December 2006, the band's only album, Broken Boy Soldiers, was awarded the title Album of the Year by Britain's Mojo magazine.<p>According to the official website, "The seed was sown in an attic in the middle of a hot summer when friends Jack White and Brendan Benson got together and wrote a song that truly inspired them. This song was "Steady,...Automatically Created from Freebase. Please help us give it a human touch by adding some events.