While Gentlemen was about the politics of breaking up, 1 965 is simply a shameless shagfest that would have made even Marvin “You Sure Love To Ball” Gaye blush in that same year. After a year of separation, a change of labels, and recovery from depression, the Whig’s have lightened up, gotten funkier, developed a sense of humor and are better for it. His consistently captivating guitar parts define the Afghan Whigs sound, keeping their music interesting even when Dulli went overboard with self-importance and symphonic impenetrability in 1996’s Black Love. Meanwhile, left in the background was the underrated, brilliant guitar stylings of Rick McCollum. 1990’s Up In It even pre-dated Nirvana’s breakthrough. But before Greg Dulli was awarded notoriety for his lascivious dick-swinging characters, he was already waxing poetic with lyrics far more substantial than contemporaries like Mudhoney, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. Much was made of the Joy Division-meets- Barry White lyrics of the Afghan Whigs’ 1994 breakthrough album, Gentlemen.
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