The Afghan Whigs

The Afghan Whigs — pop artist from US.

From their inception in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1986, The Afghan Whigs have never played by the rules of convention. Against the plaid-and-grunge-shaded backdrop…

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popalternative poprockpermanent waverockalternativealternative rockindie rockalternative

Influential: 55.68% Fanbase: 36.02% Trending: 65.51%

As of: 2025-09-07

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Score: DMDB 55.68% | Fanbase 36.02% | Trending 65.51% | CAREER STAGE: MID_LEVEL

Biography

From their inception in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1986, The Afghan Whigs have never played by the rules of convention. Against the plaid-and-grunge-shaded backdrop of the early-to-mid-‘90s, the Whigs stood apart from their contemporaries by virtue of attiring in suits and being way more likely to slide up on a Marvin Gaye groove than rehash a Black Sabbath riff.

They stand apart still. Twenty-six years down the line, bands simply aren’t supposed to be making the most vaulting and thrilling music of their lives. Yet that’s precisely what the Whigs have done with ‘How Do You Burn?’, their ninth album overall and following on from the brace of widely-acclaimed records they’ve made previously since re-grouping in 2012, ‘Do to the Beast’ (2014) and ‘In Spades’ (2017). ‘How Do You Burn?’ picks up the baton laid down by each of those records and runs it to the horizon.

The Afghan Whigs – Greg Dulli, John Curley, Rick G Nelson, Patrick Keeler and with Christopher Thorn now joining the band on guitar - will take ‘How Do You Burn?’ out on the road. Beyond that, says Dulli, their future is gloriously wide open.