And I'm not paying attention to him, until I'm suitably impressed with myself and ready to share my goods. The band 'A' chose the band name 'A' because they started a band but didn't have a band name to go with it so they all sat down (or stood up) together and tried to think of a band name, they were struggling. We sing really well together, but what Van does production-wise its unrelenting., Then theres Marcy Mays, lead vocalist on My Curse, the torch-song highlight of 1993s seminal Gentlemen album, reprising her role here on the celestial Domino and Jimmy, playing Stevie Nicks to Dullis Lindsey Buckingham. No-one sounds like her; shes got an incredibly unique, emotional and evocative voice.. The band is from Norway, & they said that they wanted a name that meant the same in English as in Norwegian. Probably drinking and being in close confines It's funny because out of the four original band members, its the two who fought the most who are still around. They liked the connotation of electrical power, but the sewing machine is where it came from. Dulli told Bradley Bambarger in Billboard that they take a cinematic view to recording, with albums having a beginning, middle, and end. Hell never make a record like that again, he says. It turns out that the origin story of the bands name is also false. A simple pun on her musical ambitions: Adeva = a diva. Greg Dulli, the last in a long line of gonzo rockers, tells Serena Kutchinsky why he's still living life and making music on his own terms. )STREAMING SERVICES (LISTEN). He is grizzlier, greyer and more gnarled with age than I expected. Interview: The Afghan Whigs. As the first non-Seattle based band to sign to the famous indie label Sub Pop, the Whigs quickly made a name for themselves as more than just an alternative rock band. The rest of that is bologna. I loved it because he's busy working. Graham Russell saw the name on a marquee in a dream 5 years before the band was signed. Modelled after bands like the Lyres, the Chesterfield Kings and the Fuzztones (playing sixties punk to an 80s/90s audience), they picked their name from an old Ace Tone combo organ. But they first had to ask permission from a seafood company whose name was Abba. . Congregation, however, saw the outfit emerging with a cohesive sound and vision of its own. Rolling Stones Michael Azerrad called Congregation superb. Jason Cohen wrote in Details, Congregation really saw them developing their own identity, equal parts gothic atmosphere, tearful melodrama, and sweeping stadium-rock throttle.. 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Its clear that these days the things that make him burn are a little more tame than they were in the 90s, but music and, I suspect, sex are possibly still top of the list. We thought he was 40-years-old. The set received good word-of-mouth in underground music publications and college radio. The Whigs first album in 16 years, Do To The Beast, was released that same year. How is Ive got a dick for a brain hurting anyone? I'm talking about me. They debunked rumours that it meant "Anti-Christ Devil's Children" or "Anti Christ/Devil Child" on VH1's True Spin. With a deep unabating love for Motown, funk, and the musician Prince, Dulli just called them soul. Dunno where those other names came from. Dulli introduced Curley to his other college buddies and they eventually formed a band. "aero" which means air and "smith" is someone who makes something then "aerosmith" is a person who makes air. THEY ARE NOT GAY! Both shows were benefits for latter-day Whigs guitarist Dave Rosser, who had been diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer earlier in the year. and the rest of them said "Yes". Afghan Whigs' fourth album and major-label debut, 1993's Gentlemen, is a harrowing song cycle chronicling the death throes of a relationship. I heard this from Rusell Hitchcock while he was on stage at a concert. 17 on The Village Voice's "Pazz & Jop" critic's poll for 1993. (the band also considered the names The Hookers and Spike Jones). "A-ha!" We coddled him for a while and I just can't coddle a grown ass man who doesn't want to help himself, he sighs. In 1992, their third album, Congregation, was released to very positive reviews. It stands for A Fire Inside, which means that they are burning inside because of guilt and sadness. Pinup Blues, Sophomore Album Do to the Beast was slated for an April 2014 release, and featured a new lineup of the band. Although previous releases explored liquor-drenched obsession, secrets and misery, Black Love stepped into a darker, seedier and complex side of Dulli's persona, passionately taking his obsession with murder and paranoia to their logical ends. i heard that the name means antichrist/devilchild. We were done, says Dulli. Every time we played wed be like - Bearded Dude is here again. It got great reviews and the band had a blast touring it. All this while running a thriving bar business, working on countless side projects and making time for the true love of his life - his cat Pervis. One day, he asked me: How do you burn?. He falls briefly silent, scenes from past relationships possibly playing in his head. Followers. The name AC/DC was on the bottom of the sewing machine, and most other electrical appliances. For the Record AC/DC got their name off the back of Angus and Malcolm's sister Margaret's sewing machine. Check out the submission form. Rock band "[40], In 2006, The Afghan Whigs temporarily reunited. I wrote that song with Marcy in mind, says Dulli. Sources is an exclamation uttered at the realisation of something, and its meaning is universal. Sources While only a thousand copies of Big Top Halloween would be pressed initially,[12] one of them managed to capture the attention of Jonathan Poneman,[13] the co-founder of influential Seattle-based indie label Sub Pop, which signed The Afghan Whigs in 1989. It turns out that otic also means using ones ear. This album might lack the acerbic lyrics and soul swagger of their 90s masterpieces - Gentlemen (1993) and Black Love (1996) - but it marks them out as one of the most significant bands to emerge from the post-grunge landscape. Read Full Biography. What were they rowing about? what the hell does it matter if it was off a sewing machine or vacuum!it means ALTERNATE CURRENT or DIRECT CURRENT!!! For his supporting cast, Dulli called upon several serial collaborators including the lateMark Lanegan,who was a regular in DullisTwilight Singers, a partner inThe Gutter Twinsand a close friend. Critics would go on to praise it for its unflinching, self-flagellating lyrics, and a decisive stylistic break with the grunge-style epitomized by Nirvana and Mudhoney. [11] "We were running through what were the first songs I'd ever written to do some demos, so we were playing really loose," Dulli recalls. I mean, "High Voltage", "Livewire", "Powerage"? Bandwagonesque Acclaimed Named so that when you go into a record shop, and the CDs are racked alphabetically, they'd be the first thing you see, right next to the door. [33], Commercially, Black Love peaked at No. With every album, Dulli manages to expand the bands musical palette - enhancing his signature blend of hard rock, r&b and soul with touches of blues, psychedelia and doom-gospel. Eventually, work began on The Afghan Whigs' fifth full-length album, which would be called Black Love upon its release in 1996. He therefore began calling himself Adam. "[57] The Afghan Whigs' first new recording released during the 2012 reformation, "See and Don't See," also received considerable airplay on influential stations such as Sirius XMU, KEXP, XPN, and KCRW. Actually it was off the back of a vacuum. The original group itself released only one single. They were originally going to be called the ABBA Teens, but they also wanted to sing other kinds of songs besides ABBA, so they changed it to just A*Teens. Soundgarden is one of several new heavy metal acts to emerge from the Seattle area since 1985. The last name refers to their profession, tribal affiliation, place of birth, or honorific titles. Rock Band As the first non-Seattle based band to sign to the famous indie label Sub Pop, the Whigs quickly made a name for themselves as more than just an alternative rock band. He was like Hey, I love your band. Its like, either be productive and helpful or get the fuck out of the way. I've always had animals, he says In a lot of ways animals are like, not my children - Ive never referred to them as that - but my friends., This album has an added poignancy because it also features the late Mark Lanegan, Dullis Gutter Twins collaborator who died suddenly in February. The sewing machine is true, antichrist/devil'schildren is total bunk. [21] For their major label debut, The Afghan Whigs ensconced themselves in Ardent Studios in Memphis, where Big Star, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, and ZZ Top had recorded. Instead of laying down a scratch vocal and recording over it later, Dulli says that working so closely with Thorn helped him piece together what he wanted to say there and then. Although the book was not present, Perry suggested the name Aerosmith and it stuck. Were in the Bible it says that all men were created in God's image. I heard on a live intervies on VH1 that AC/DC said they got it off the back of a sewing machine. But the band he was with at the time didnt want to use it. Margaret Young (The youngest of the Young's family) saw it, and told her discovery to Angus, who decided to use it like the band's name. Although he does confess to having an inner circle of confidantes who keep him in check when required. Additional material for this profile was obtained from Elektra Records press materials, 1996. There's not one because it's all about me and what a shit I am. I n a world that wants only singles, we strive for something whole, thats of a piece.. He knew he wanted to play guitar when he heard the band Dream Syndicate. Selected discography Creator Karl Jenkins invented the word, unaware at the time that it means "We will draw near" in Latin. But they pretend to explain it away by saying it's an electrical term (alternating current/direct current) they saw on a household machine. They were active from 1986 to 2001 and have since reformed as a band. A far cry from the dark days of the nineties when relations between Dulli and Curley were sometimes so bad, their anger would spill out on stage. It has nothing to do w/ the book Arrowsmith, actually the band's drummer, Joey Kramer, thought up in high school because it "sounded cool" and wrote it all over his textbooks. He would just say colourful, poetic things. When I ask him where he stands politically these days, he says hes a socialist and would have loved to have seen Bernie Sanders become president. A somewhat bizarre range of cover songs made absolutely new by the Whigs mixed in with their own dynamic music made their concerts an event worth seeing. That man was John Curley, a photographer for the Cincinnati Enquirer. Acclaimed Cincinnati rockers, led by the hedonistic Greg Dulli, who laced grungy indie rock with soul and blues. Which made them see sense enough to at least finish their set. If you notice in their first video "Mamma Mia", it would say in one part ABBA Teen time (18:45, of course 6:45 PM). The pandemic forced Dulli, who lives alone, to abandon plans to tour his acclaimed solo album, Random Desire, and instead he decamped to the desert and formed a bubble with the Thorns. Additionally, he is the current drummer for the Santa Rosa, California, based band the Fizz Fuzz featuring Dandy Brown (Hermano, Orquesta del Desierto). Heavy touring for their Sup Pop albums and a live show considered volatile and thrilling had already built up a sizable and near religious fan base. Stands for "A Fire Inside" Represents the feeling inside when you hold in your emotions. I read it in Smash Magazine back in '95 . He might have kicked the drugs - he still drinks and smokes the odd spliff - and is a vegetarian but he still exudes the fuck you attitude that some of todays superstars either lack or are scared to express. When a doubtful Eric Weisbard went to review the Whigs for Spin Gentlemen is quite a drama, but it feels too much like a slacker version of those pandering television talk shows he quickly changed his tune, calling the concert transcendent., Most reviewers praised Gentlemen immediately. It's the end of a long day of promotion at that most hipsterish of London venues, Shoreditch's Ace Hotel, and Greg Dulli is understandably a little tired and prickly. //]]>. he thought it was a good idea and has been wearing them ever since. Its all quite cerebral for a rock band but Dulli has never been a conformist. The pair were close friends and its clear his death has hit Dulli hard. The Afghan Whigs - Dulli, Curley, Nelson, Keeler and with Christopher Thorn now joining the band on guitar - will take How Do You Burn? out on the road in 2022. It wasnt such a creative shift for Dulli to record in relative isolation, he prefers to work that way. The Afghan Whigs discography; Studio albums: 9: Compilation albums: 2: Music videos: 12: EPs: 5: Singles: 14: This is the discography for The Afghan Whigs. My parents were the template of exactly what I didnt want out of life. out 9/9/22.Pre-Order How Do You Burn: https://theafghanwhigs.lnk.to/howdoyouburnListen to A Lin. They actually hated the book. The A*Teens started out as the ABBA Teens due to the fact the started as a cover band for ABBA. Going through a dictionary, the band laughed a lot at this one. I'm better than your bass player. His name was John Curley and he turned out to only be two months older than us.. [21] Black Love meanwhile, contains lyrics about revenge and honesty. [31] Other influences included pulp fiction novels, Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon and the crime photographs of Weegee. You have a goal and you're working toward it It really worked to our advantage., When he talks about Thorn it's clear he is in the grip of a musical bromance with his fellow grunge stalwart. View history; This article needs additional citations for verification. The band name came from the search for a unique name that wasn't an actual word in the dictionary. It's taken from the 1960's BBC TV series 'Adam Adamant Lives' about a dashing Edwardian crime fighter who was 'frozen in time' and revived in the 60's. That was a life-changing moment for me More than anyone throughout the 80s, Prince was - I'm not going to say directly influencing me - but helping me escape and giving me ideas of things to do later. It's a merge of many words. i didnt think AFI took the 'a fire inside' moniker till 97s 'a fire inside ep'. [9] However, The Afghan Whigs have never restricted their choices in covers by genre; even from their earliest concerts they have been known to cover songs like The Rolling Stones' "Cocksucker Blues" and Neil Young's "Like A Hurricane,"[77] as well as tracks made famous by The Supremes,[34] Prince,[78] PJ Harvey, The Fugees, and TLC. "A Line Of Shots" from the forthcoming album How Do You Burn? Encyclopedia.com. At first, I was like Ive been shat on and then I began to examine it and realised I was the first to shat. The band didnt like it at first because they thought it was the title of the Sinclair Lewis novel they were forced to read in high school but Joey said No, no, A-E-R-O and it stuck because they liked the connotation of power and the lift their music gave off. He arrived in the city to intern as a photographer at The Cincinnati Enquirer, which his father -- who published USA Today -- arranged for him; for the next few years, Curley continued to shoot pictures for the paper, quitting only when the band's schedule became too busy for him to work both jobs. Whenever Gentleman got accusations of misogyny I'd be like Give me an example?. To support the album's release, The Afghan Whigs went on a package tour with grunge originators Mudhoney and Boston underground band Bullet LaVolta. Criticism of Gentleman, which is widely accepted as the Whigs masterpiece, cuts him to his core. While Dulli and his long-term collaborator, the bassist John Curley, are still involved the current five-piece line-up excludes the bands other founding member, the guitarist Rick McCollum. With a sense of history that sets them apart from most of their underground peers, theyve always valued song structure and emotional clarity over gestures. Dullis dad dubbed them grunge-soul. Greg Dulli and John Curley were the only original members to return for Do to the Beast, while their accompanists included guitarist Dave Rosser (the Twilight Singers, the Gutter Twins), multi-instrumentalist Mark McGuire (Emeralds), bassist Jon Skibic (Gigolo Aunts, the Twilight Singers), drummer Cully Symington (Okkervil River, Shearwater), and string player Rick Nelson (St. Vincent, Polyphonic Spree). That was the first version of the Whigs., "I dont feel the need to defend anything I've written". Angus took to wearing the (exaggerated) schoolboy outfit as he was only 16 and still at school at the inception of the band. Both are congenital zinc deficiency disorders with a lethal course if left untreated. ' out on the road in 2022. An over-sharer by nature, its his brutally honest depiction of a broken relationship on Gentleman - in particular on tracks like "Be Sweet" - that haters seize on to prove hes a wrongun. But on Black Love, theyve loosened up their music until they sound as genuinely soulful as theyve always wanted.. Their first kid just graduated from college, he says proudly. The only two openly gay people in my high school were these brothers and they turned me on to it, he says. In Spades was released on May 5, 2017, and Dave Rosser died on June 28. [5], Dulli frequently claimed in interviews that the band would never get back together following their dissolution in 2001;[6] however the group reunited in 2012. But as you might know, they recently changed the name to "In His Image". His ability to distil his enduring love of artists like Prince and the Jackson Five down into an r & b-infused rock sound is what set the Whigs apart from their Sub Pop label mates (Nirvana, Soundgarden), and has helped them stay relevant. Songs. Even his website says this. [19] The Afghan Whigs would also tour extensively during this period, including a U.S. jaunt with Scottish indie rockers Teenage Fanclub. Rolling Stones Azerrad described Gentlemen as a grow-on-you record populated by troubled characters, given life by Dullis passionate vocals. Jancee Dunn in Rolling Stone called it a corrosive yet very soulful master-work. The Los Angeles Weekly wrote that without ever sounding sloppy or untuneful, the band never ceases to When we meet, Dulli has just turned 57 - an age at which most of us might be starting to consider retirement - but clocking-off is not on his agenda. New entries in this section are currently reviewed by Brian Kelly. Teenage Fanclub Group formed in 1991 in Ukiah, CA; members include Hunter Burgan (born May 14, 1976), bass; Adam Carson (born February 5, 1975), drums, Velvet Crush Nothing Too Satanic Therefore, be sure to refer to those guidelines when editing your bibliography or works cited list. Encyclopedia.com. Addresses: Record company Elektra Entertainment, 345 North Maple Dr., Suite 123, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Like the previous release, the song was made available as a free download from the band's website. Trizzle: AFI : In high school before they even knew how to use their instruments, they came up with the name "ants farming indonesia" since they never thought they'd make it big. I don't need to play with the Afghan Whigs or anyone else to keep a roof over my head. Rolling Stone, December 9, 1993; January 27, 1994; June 16, 1994; September 8, 1994; January 26, 1995; November 16, 1995; March 21, 1996. The band just chose two random unrelated words and stuck them together. Theyd just completed their successful reunion tour but there was no suggestion that would lead to recording new material. A1 were going to be A, but were just beaten to it! Dulli describes his younger self as well-rounded - meaning he played music and basketball and sold weed as a side-hustle. The Afghan Whigs announced their first studio album in five years How Do You Burn?, which is set for release on September 9th via Royal Cream/BMG. Congregation is the third studio album by American alternative rock band The Afghan Whigs, released on January 31, 1992, by Sub Pop.After touring for two years in support of their 1990 album Up in It, the band received a $15,000 advance from Sub Pop to record a follow-up album.It was primarily recorded at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville and Buzz's Kitchen in Los Angeles during July to August . Stay tuned for 2023 dates. Steve Earle left the group in the spring of 1995; he was replaced by Paul Buchignani, just before the band entered the studio to record their fifth album. Detailss Rob Sheffield thought the problem might be that despite their reputation as a great live band, the Afghan Whigs have always had trouble getting their great live sound on tape. Dulli has developed a signature line in slowed-down, spiked-up covers of R&B classics like TLCs "Creep" and Frank Oceans 2011 hit "Love Crimes". Theres a dewy mysticism in his voice when he recalls hearing "Little Red Corvette" for the first time, back in 1982. . Later it was applied to opponents of Andrew Jackson (as early as . If anyone should be offended by Gentlemen, it is me. Rick is a complicated guy. I don't know if this is where the name came from, but aiden is another name for heaven, used in the edgar allan poe poem the raven. Curley joined the Black Republicans and the rest is history, but with a personal twist for Dulli. Pretty boring but there was a show on British TV called Adam Adamant (played by Gerald Harper) about a time travelling Victorian. In 1988 the Whigs self-released their first LP. The Afghan Whigs, 'The Lottery' (Live) KEXP. Curley, who apparently had standout facial hair back then, kept turning up to their gigs, leading Dulli and his cohorts to label him Bearded Dude. We had hundreds of conversations by text. So, does he think the Afghan Whigs, in their 90s incarnation, would be cancelled today? We kept getting pushed to tour but we didnt want to do any more gigs without new music. They issued one more record on Sub Pop -- an EP of soul and R&B covers called Uptown Avondale -- and signed to Elektra Records. There are many stories surrounding how this name was suggested, but the one that seems most consistent and the one that appears in Bon Scott's biography as well as other books about AC/DC is that Malcolm and Angus Young's sister saw the "AC/DC" label on an appliance (usually a vaccuum, though some say it was an iron) and suggested that because not only was it simple, but Malcolm wanted something "electifying". San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle, March 10, 1996. It is not, as some rumours say, a reference to slang for `bisexual'. The band upped the grooves while toning down the darker lyrical themes on 1998's 1965, their last LP before they disbanded in 2001. It has nothing to do with the 'Atom Ant' cartoon. 2 months ago. "Be Sweet" is off the Whigs setlist indefinitely but he denies thats due to fear of social media outrage. I do this now completely on my own terms.. Dec 23, 2022. The band remained in Ohio, but their sound was similar to the first string of Seattle bands that was making itself known in underground haunts across the United States. Previously, it was known as Anthems For Insubordinates, and NOT (despite popular belief) Asking For It. On KZOK they had a special in which AC/DC played Hells Bells(I believe) live, they also answered a few questions, one of which was about the name. They never got out of the letter "a". He's not paying attention to me. In the past, people might have said that 30 was too old to be a rockstar but there arent any rules in rock and roll. "Aero" refers to the air through which sound travels, and "smith" refers to forging, as in a blacksmith. "Afghan Whigs They decided to shorted for maybe two reasons: 1) They wanna do non-ABBA songs, which They did 2) Bjorn from the ABBA might have asked them, I think? When the band was started, it had no name so Angus' sister said why not AC-DC? Albums. The middle part was just a play on inquisitive. In 1988, the Afghan Whigs released their debut album, Big Top Halloween, on their independent record label, Ultrasuede. https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/afghan-whigs, "Afghan Whigs Angus commented that he didnt know what else it meant at the time. your house is ALTERNATE CURRENT meaning that current flows one way then goes the other and DC is DIRECT CURRENT like in a vehicle! 79 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. . 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