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Cincinnati, United States (1986 – present)

American band Afghan Whigs were a soul-influenced, alternative rock band that was mainly active in the 1990s. While achieving only moderate commercial success, Afghan Whigs attracted ample critical acclaim and deeply loyal fans, Rolling Stone described the band as spending “the bulk of their career on the brink of stardom”, yet they’ve “never quite broken beyond a substantial legion of devotees enamored of their thinly veiled sleaze.”

Formed in Cincinnati in 1986, Greg Dulli (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick McCollum (lead guitar), John Curley (bass), and Steve Earle (drums — not to be confused with country musician Steve Earle) .

In 1988, they released their debut album Big Top Halloween on their own Ultrasuede label. The album caught the attention and imagination of the independent music community and the band soon signed to Sub Pop of Seattle in 1989. Sub Pop’s signing of Afghan Whigs created quite a stir at the time as they were the first non-Northwestern U.S. band to record for the label.

In 1990, their first Sub Pop release Up in It was released; the blistering pace and yowling, effects-heavy guitars on tracks like “White Trash Party” gave no hint of the stylistic about-face to come. It was followed by a limited edition single released by No.6 Records under the name The Ornament.

With the critically acclaimed 1992 album Congregation and a limited covers EP, Uptown Avondale, the band adopted what would become their signature soul-influenced sound.

Soon Afghan Whigs signed to a major label, Elektra Records, and in 1993 released another critically acclaimed album, Gentlemen. Although the singles “Debonair” and “Gentlemen” were fairly popular, the album failed to launch the band into the mainstream.

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Goemans wrote:
Wednesday evening

It's THE! All vote for THE AFGHAN WHIGS, please.

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stevechaya wrote:
Saturday evening

black love is one of the hardest records ever and its not even hard at all, nawmean?

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miss_drivel wrote:
last week

Get a life, seriously. It's just an article that means almost nothing...

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SirCrimson wrote:
11 days ago

If the lack of The bothers you, and it does for me, flag it on The Afghan Whigs page and vote for the right spelling. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

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appearing wrote:
15 days ago

the hows the whens the whys

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Kikuichimonji wrote:
last month

THE, dammit, THE. It even says so on their frickin' album covers. I hate those auto-correct stars when I know I'm actually the one who has the correct tags.

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alicenroses wrote:
last month

Good stuff.

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Goemans wrote:
last month

THE. Definitely.

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redstar5wp wrote:
last month

http://www.last.fm/group/THE+GROUP+OF+ROCK

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LegalPiracy wrote:
last month

Gotta love them. Since the moment I heard "Now You Know" I've loved them, tis a shame I let them rot in my library for some time. Brings back some memories...

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UncleHarvey wrote:
September 2009

I wish this band would return. Does anyone make music like this today?

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miss_drivel wrote:
September 2009

Oh my, please don't start the "the" discussion here, it doesn't matter anyway.

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Nitro20101 wrote:
September 2009

I have the original CDs, and it's "The Afghan Whigs". (ah, Prague <3 )

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jdarsh wrote:
September 2009

When We Two Parted!!

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carpenter78 wrote:
September 2009

look right --> "Is this artist name wrong or misspelt? Suggest a correction." Just voted for THE..:o)

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horsiest wrote:
September 2009

it's THE afghan whigs, goddamn it

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Diegoh1989 wrote:
September 2009

don't forget the alcohol...

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wjow69 wrote:
August 2009

motherfucking lie to me

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P_Machado wrote:
August 2009

Essa banda é demais. ''Debonair'' <3

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Zersch wrote:
July 2009

I would let the entire band run a train on me if it meant they would get back together for one more show. Oh who am I trying to deceive, I'd let them do it anyway. And Woman was awesome. I liked the Prince + Mudhoney analogy as opposed to the Steview Wonder + Nirvana analogy. Cheers everyone, keep listening to actual music like this.

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