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The Afghan Whigs are an American rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio.They were active from 1986 to 2001 and have since reformed as a band. The group – with core members Greg Dulli (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick McCollum (lead guitar), and John Curley (bass) – rose up around the grunge movement, evolving from a garage band in the vein of the Replacements to incorporate more R&B and soul ...
A cover of the album's title track appears on What Jail is Like EP, a 1993 EP by the Afghan Whigs. [4] The Whigs' cover of the track also appears on a 7" single released soon after Mr. Superlove, which also featured a cover of the Whigs' song "You, My Flower" by the Ass Ponys, and on the 2014 reissue of the Whigs's 1993 album Gentlemen.
Year Title Peak chart positions Album US Mod. [6]UK [4]"I Am the Sticks" / "White Trash Party" 1989 — — Non-album singles "Sister Brother" 1990 — — "Retarded"
The album was written and recorded after Greg Dulli, the band's lead singer and rhythm guitarist, underwent treatment for clinical depression. [2] The Afghan Whigs recorded primarily at Daniel Lanois' Kingsway Studios in New Orleans, [3] with additional recording done at Ocean Way and Larrabee North in Los Angeles, The American Sector in New Orleans, and London Bridge in Seattle. [4]
Black Love is the fifth album by the band the Afghan Whigs, released in March 1996. [5] It was released by Elektra Records/Sub Pop in the US and by Mute in Europe, and was produced by Greg Dulli. Black Love was preceded by the single "Honky's Ladder" and followed by the single "Going to Town" (also released as the Bonnie & Clyde EP in the US).
Unbreakable: A Retrospective 1990–2006 is a compilation album from alternative rock band The Afghan Whigs, released on June 5, 2007, on Rhino Records. [3]The album came six years after the group disbanded in 2001.
The Afghan Whigs. Released: 1994: Genre: Alternative rock: Label: Elektra: The Afghan Whigs chronology; Gentlemen (1993) What Jail Is Like (1994) Honky's Ladder EP (1996)
John Curley Jr. (born March 14, 1965, in Trenton, New Jersey) [1] is an American musician best known as the bassist for, and co-founder of, the Afghan Whigs. [2] When he co-founded the Afghan Whigs, Curley was working as a staff photographer for the Cincinnati Enquirer. [3]