Afghan Whigs

US-amerikanische Independent Rock-Gruppe 1986-2001

Greg Dulli und Rick McCollum lernten sich angeblich zu Halloween 1986 im Gefängnis von Cincinnati (Ohio, USA) kennen - angeblich soll Dulli entweder einem Polizisten seinen Hut gestohlen haben oder öffentlich uriniert haben. Kurze darauf gründeten die beiden zusammen mit John Curley erst die Gruppe Black Republicans, dann zusammen mit Steve Earle die Afghan Whigs. An ihren Konzerten spielten sie vorzugsweise Stücke der Rolling Stones und von Neil Young - ihre Auftritte zeichneten sich zudem durch endlos lange Raucherpausen und Prügeleien mit dem Publikum aus. 1988 veröffentlichte die Gruppe das erste Album Big Top Halloween auf Curleys Label Ultrasuede. 1990 wurde das zweite Album Up in it vom Label Sub Pop veröffentlicht.

Auf der folgenden Tournee durch England holte sich Dulli eine Lungenentzündung, sodass die verbleibenden Konzerte abgesagt werden mussten. In der Gruppe kam es in der Folgezeit zu handgreiflichen Streitereien und der geschwächte Dulli zog sich nach Los Angeles zurück, wo er Lieder für das nächste Album Congregation (1992) schrieb. Nach der EP What jail is like (1994) mit Coversongs trennte sich Dulli von seiner langjährigen Freundin und zog wieder nach Cincinnati, wo die Afghan Whigs wieder miteinander zu proben und Lieder zu schreiben begannen. Das folgende Album Gentlemen (1993) wurde bei Blast First, einem Sublabel von Elektra, veröffentlicht. Darauf verliess Steve Earle die Gruppe und wurde durch Paul Buchignani ersetzt.

John Curley baute sein Ultrasuede-Studio in Cincinnati weiter aus und produzierte verschiedene Gruppen, ebenso Greg Dulli. Die Afghan Whigs hatten einen Auftritt in Ted Demmes Film Beautiful girls (1996), in dem sie in einer Bar einen Coversong von Barry White spielten. Das Album Black love (1996) war stark geprägt von Dullis paranoider Stimmung, in die er 1995 fiel und in der er sich unzählige Film-Noir-Streifen ansah und entsprechende Bücher las. 1965 (1998) war das letzte Album der Afghan Whigs, erneut mit einem anderen Schlagzeuger, Michael Horrigan, und diesmal bei Columbia Records.

Am 5. Februar 2001 lösten sich die Afghan Whigs auf, angeblich weil die Gruppenmitglieder zu weit auseinander wohnten (nämlich in Los Angeles, Cincinnatti und Minneapolis).

Diskografie

|- | 1988.01 || Afghan Whigs || LP || Big top Halloween || US: Ultrasuede || US #-- |- | rowspan=2 | 1990.04 || Afghan Whigs || CD || Up in it || US: Sub Pop || rowspan=2 | US #-- |- | colspan=4 | Retarded / White Trash party / Hated / Southpaw / Amphetamines and coffee / Hey cuz / You my flower / Son of the South / I know your little secret / Big top Halloween / Sammy / In my town / I am the sticks |- | rowspan=2 | 1992.01 || Afghan Whigs || CD || Congregation || US: Sub Pop || rowspan=2 | US #-- |- | colspan=4 | Her against me / I'm her slave / Turn on the water / Conjure me / Kiss the floor / Congregation / This is my confession / Dedicate it / The temple / Let me lie to you / Tonight / Miles iz ded |- | rowspan=2 | 1992.06 || Afghan Whigs || CD Single || Uptown Avondale || US: Sub Pop || rowspan=2 | US #-- |- | colspan=4 | Band of gold / True love travels on a gravel road / Come see about me / Beware / Rebirth of the cool |- | rowspan=2 | 1993.10 || Afghan Whigs || CD || Gentlemen || US: Elektra Records || rowspan=2 | US #-- |- | colspan=4 | If I were going / Gentlemen / Be sweet / Debonair / When we two parted / Fountain and fairfax / What jail is like / My curse / Now you know / I keep coming back / Brother Woodrow ~ Closing prayer |- | rowspan=2 | 1994.01 || Afghan Whigs || CD Single || What jail is like || US: Elektra Records || rowspan=2 | US #-- |- | colspan=4 | What jail is like / Mr. Superlove / Dark end of the street / Little girl blue / What jail is like [Live] / Now you know [Live] / My world is empty without you ~ I hear a symphony [Live] |- | 1996.02 || Afghan Whigs || CD Single || Honky's ladder || US: Elektra Records || US #-- |- | rowspan=2 | 1996.03 || Afghan Whigs || CD || Black love || US: Elektra Records || rowspan=2 | US #-- |- | colspan=4 | Crime scene (part 1) / My enemy / Double day / Blame, etc / Step into the light / Going to town / Honky's ladder / Night by candlelight / Bulletproof / Summer's kiss / Faded |- | rowspan=2 | 1996 || Afghan Whigs || CD Single || Going to town || US: Elektra Records || rowspan=2 | US #79 |- | colspan=4 | Going to town / You've changed / I want to go to sleep / Moon river |- | 1998.06 || Afghan Whigs || CD Single || Bonnie and Clyde || US: Elektra Records || US #-- |- | rowspan=2 | 1998.10 || Afghan Whigs || CD || 1965 || US: Columbia Records || rowspan=2 | US #176 |- | colspan=4 | Somethin' hot / Crazy / Uptown again / Sweet son of a bitch / 66 / Citi soleil / John the Baptist / The slide song / Neglekted / Omerta / The vampire Lanois |- | 2007.05 || Afghan Whigs || CD || Unbreakable (A retrospective) || US: Rhino || US #-- |}

Lieder

Vorlage:Lieder-Kopf |- | 03:25 || Retarded || || || 1990 || 6 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 03:04 || White Trash party || || || 1990 || 6 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 03:37 || Hated || || || 1990 || 6 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 03:20 || Southpaw || || || 1990 || 5 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 01:55 || Amphetamines and coffee || || || 1990 || 6 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 03:49 || Hey cuz || || || 1990 || 5 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 03:48 || You my flower || || || 1990 || 6 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 04:12 || Son of the South || || || 1990 || 6 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 04:22 || I know your little secret || || || 1990 || 6 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 03:31 || Big top Halloween || || || 1990 || 5 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 03:15 || Sammy || || || 1990 || 6 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 02:59 || In my town || || || 1990 || 7 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 04:19 || I am the sticks || || || 1990 || 5 || CD Up in it (1990) |- | 03:27 || Band of gold || || || 1992.06 || 5 || CD Uptown Avondale (1992) |- | 03:29 || True love travels on a gravel road || || || 1992.06 || 5 || CD Uptown Avondale (1992) |- | 03:47 || Come see about me || || || 1992.06 || 6 || CD Uptown Avondale (1992) |- | 04:47 || Beware || || || 1992.06 || 5 || CD Uptown Avondale (1992) |- | 05:57 || Rebirth of the cool || || || 1992.06 || 6 || CD Uptown Avondale (1992) |- | 00:47 || Her against me || || || 1992 || 5 || CD Congregation (1992) |- | 02:59 || I'm her slave || || || 1992 || 5 || CD Congregation (1992) |- | 04:18 || Turn on the water || || || 1992 || 6 || CD Congregation (1992) |- | 04:03 || Conjure me || || || 1992 || 6 || CD Congregation (1992) |- | 04:00 || Kiss the floor || || || 1992 || 6 || CD Congregation (1992) |- | 04:28 || Congregation || || || 1992 || 7 || CD Congregation (1992) |- | 03:13 || This is my confession || || || 1992 || 5 || CD Congregation (1992) |- | 03:22 || Dedicate it || || || 1992 || 5 || CD Congregation (1992) |- | 04:07 || The temple || || || 1992 || 6 || CD Congregation (1992) |- | 04:36 || Let me lie to you || || || 1992 || 6 || CD Congregation (1992) |- | 03:43 || Tonight || || || 1992 || 6 || CD Congregation (1992) |- | 05:06 || Miles iz ded || || || 1992 || 6 || CD Congregation (1992) |- | 03:06 || If I were going || || || 1993 || 6 || CD Gentlemen (1993) |- | 03:54 || Gentlemen || || || 1993 || 6 || CD Gentlemen (1993) |- | 03:37 || Be sweet || || || 1993 || 5 || CD Gentlemen (1993) |- | 04:15 || Debonair || || || 1993 || 6 || CD Gentlemen (1993) |- | 05:48 || When we two parted || || || 1993 || 5 || CD Gentlemen (1993) |- | 04:21 || Fountain and fairfax || || || 1993 || 6 || CD Gentlemen (1993) |- | 03:31 || What jail is like || || || 1993 || 5 || CD Gentlemen (1993) |- | 05:46 || My curse || || || 1993 || 6 || CD Gentlemen (1993) |- | 04:10 || Now you know || || || 1993 || 5 || CD Gentlemen (1993) |- | 04:52 || I keep coming back || || || 1993 || 6 || CD Gentlemen (1993) |- | 05:40 || Closing prayer || || || 1993 || 5 || CD Gentlemen (1993) |- | 06:00 || Crime scene (part 1) || || || 1996 || 6 || CD Black love (1996) |- | 03:11 || My enemy || || || 1996 || 6 || CD Black love (1996) |- | 04:40 || Double day || || || 1996 || 6 || CD Black love (1996) |- | 04:12 || Blame, etc || || || 1996 || 6 || CD Black love (1996) |- | 03:40 || Step into the light || || || 1996 || 5 || CD Black love (1996) |- | 03:17 || Going to town || || || 1996 || 6 || CD Black love (1996) |- | 04:16 || Honky's ladder || || || 1996 || 6 || CD Black love (1996) |- | 03:42 || Night by candlelight || || || 1996 || 6 || CD Black love (1996) |- | 06:37 || Bulletproof || || || 1996 || 6 || CD Black love (1996) |- | 03:56 || Summer's kiss || || || 1996 || 7 || CD Black love (1996) |- | 08:25 || Faded || || || 1996 || 6 || CD Black love (1996) |- | 02:58 || Somethin' hot || || || 1998 || 6 || CD 1965 (1998) |- | 04:04 || Crazy || || || 1998 || 6 || CD 1965 (1998) |- | 03:11 || Uptown again || || || 1998 || 5 || CD 1965 (1998) |- | 00:23 || Sweet son of a bitch || || || 1998 || -- || CD 1965 (1998) |- | 03:23 || 66 || || || 1998 || 5 || CD 1965 (1998) |- | 05:06 || Citi soleil || || || 1998 || 5 || CD 1965 (1998) |- | 05:35 || John the Baptist || || || 1998 || 6 || CD 1965 (1998) |- | 03:55 || The slide song || || || 1998 || 6 || CD 1965 (1998) |- | 04:02 || Neglekted || || || 1998 || 5 || CD 1965 (1998) |- | 05:41 || Omerta || || || 1998 || 6 || CD 1965 (1998) |- | 03:22 || The vampire Lanois || || || 1998 || 5 || CD 1965 (1998) |}

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