![]() So while rock bands emulated rock bands, Dulli took things back to basics, taking his cues from soul and R&B music. The Afghan Whigs, and especially guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Greg Dulli, understood that even the most Caucasian rock is at its heart derived from African American music, and sexuality is an intimate part of that - they don’t call him Elvis the Pelvis without good reason. On the other hand, their approach to cock-rock was distinct from the woman-devouring bands that preceded them. Unlike their contemporaries, though, the Afghan Whigs gloried in bacchanalia, making them unique among the bands they often shared labels with. The Cincinnati four-piece came into their own in the late ’80s and early ’90s alternative scene, a collective of bands that rejected the cock-rock ethos, and for good reason: The ’80s hair metal scene had taken sexual rock and roll to such extremes as to render it absurd. And yet, somewhere along the way, it became un-hip to write music about sex, at least too overtly.īut let’s cut away the bullshit. The urge to fuck is one of the most basic, relatable mental processes in the world, and one intimately related to love - the subject of more songs and poems than any other subject (my money is on war in second place, and just plain physical sex as a close third). To the best of our scientific knowledge, six billion years of evolution has gone into making all of us, men and women, want to bang. However, I know damn well what the point of life is: to procreate, and in so doing, fornicate. That is unknowable, and maybe nonexistent. Never trust a man who says he knows what the meaning of life is. Gorgeous 180grms of sensual rock & soul.the album is fantastic, and really does sound better as god intended. But jumped at the chance to buy this beautifull record. I already owned and loved this album on c.d. ![]() And the year of whigs' frontman dulli's birth. Both bands were sadly tainted by an association with the generally terrible grunge genre - which is a shame as both acts produced at least three great albums apiece. ![]() '1965' was the last album from the Greg Dulli-fronted act the Afghan Whigs, one of the two most misunderstood American rock acts of the 1990s (the other was Screaming Trees). The Afghan Whigs have been a critics’ darling for about seven years now, and there’s nothing on “1965” to suggest they’re about to sell any better. The downside of being called a critics’ darling is that it usually means nobody buys your records. It was released on October 27, 1998, by Columbia Records. 1965 is the sixth studio album by American rock band The Afghan Whigs. ![]()
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