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. How much do you really know about your name? But as you might know, they recently changed the name to "In His Image". Sweet Oblivion and Whiskey for the Holy Ghost Remembering Mark Lanegan, Advance Album Streams from The Both, The Afghan Whigs, The Birds of Satan and More. so that's how the A*Teens came up with the name. It was short, easy to say and unusual. Joey Kramer made it up listening to Aeriel Ballet (I am the world's #1 Aerosmith fan!). Names, nicknames and username ideas for afghan whigs. 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. "Aero" refers to the air through which sound travels, and "smith" refers to forging, as in a blacksmith. The Afghan Whigs appeared in the film as a bar band and contributed two songs to the soundtrack: Frederick Knight's "Be For Real" and Barry White's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe. The band name came from Bruce Bannour (not Bruce Baker)is a combination of names and word plays. "A Line Of Shots" from the forthcoming album How Do You Burn? I mean, "High Voltage", "Livewire", "Powerage"? He is grizzlier, greyer and more gnarled with age than I expected. View all names. Whenever Gentleman got accusations of misogyny I'd be like Give me an example?. Billboard, October 16, 1993; February 3, 1996; March 16, 1996. Up in It, their first Sub Pop album, was released in 1990. The truth is less dramatic but no less revealing. They heard a friend who worked at a morgue say the term "edema," and they liked the way it sounded, so they changed the spelling and made it their name. Selected discography [21] Black Love meanwhile, contains lyrics about revenge and honesty. It's a merge of many words. their ninth studio album, was released Sept. 9, 2022, through BMG Rights Management, their first album since 1998's 1965 to not be released under Sub Pop. Previously, it was known as Anthems For Insubordinates, and NOT (despite popular belief) Asking For It. San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle, March 10, 1996. Overnight Teen Idols They thought it described the sound of them - a hardcore band from the early 80's - very well. Male: Afghan-Aabdar: Juicy. Bruce Gombrelli is the founder of the band, which is essentially just him. AC/DC did indeed get their name from the back of a sewing machine. I read it in Smash Magazine back in '95 . He knew he wanted to play guitar when he heard the band Dream Syndicate. In a surprise announcement from British festival organizers All Tomorrow's Parties, it was revealed that the band would headline ATP's I'll Be Your Mirror festival at London's Alexandra Palace in May 2012. The band kept a lid on the circumstances behind Earles departure, and replaced him with Memphis, Tennessee, native Paul Buchignani. 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". [38][39], In the wake of Black Love's commercial disappointment, The Afghan Whigs said they suffered neglect and dishonest business dealings with their label, Elektra. The band got their name from a little known biker gang of White Muslims, who were objectors to the Vietnam War. When the band was started, it had no name so Angus' sister said why not AC-DC? They picked this name as Seth, wanted his band to be something like "a star" "c a star". From Tokyo area Akiba, an electronics mecca. Greg Dulli is a survivor. Black Love, the Whigs' second album for Elektra, was released in the spring of 1996. Thats why people get into it, he drawls. Hes sought help from an array of shrinks over the years, 10 in total, but says that ultimately he finds peace living alone with his cat, Pervis. Named after the ghost boat in the novel "On the Road" from Jack Kerouac. [3] The lead vocals on "My Curse" were sung not by Dulli, but by singer Marcy Mays of Scrawl allegedly because the lyrics documenting the violent dissolution of a relationship were so personal, Dulli couldn't sing it. I wish him the best but he causes problems. [40][38] Eventually, the two parted ways and the Whigs signed to Columbia Records for their next album, 1965. Rock band [22] The result of those sessions was the 1993 album Gentlemen. (and some bands intentionally tell different stories about picking their band name). Dulli does most of the lead vocals on the soundtrack to, Rick G. Nelson - keyboards, strings, guitar, backing vocals (2011present), Jon Skibic - guitar, backing vocals (2013-2021), Michael Horrigan - drums (1997-2001, 2006), Doug Falsetti - percussion, backing vocals (1996-1998, 1999), Susan Marshall - backing vocals (1997-1999), This page was last edited on 2 February 2023, at 16:33. [76], Dulli's songs with The Afghan Whigs also betray a fascination with and sympathy for the anti-hero, which he attributed to an influential conversation with his grandfather during childhood: "I remember as a kid watching a cowboys-and-Indians movie and I was rooting for the cowboys My grandfather asked me why, and I said, `Because they're the good guys.' It turns out that otic also means using ones ear. He also survived the pandemic holed-up in the California desert working on what could be the Whigs best album yet. Within the Cite this article tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. Entries starting with A are split into multiple pages: 1 2 3. 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. Acq for Aqua or fluid - Quis comes from Inquisitive - Otic comes from Exotic. 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. Basically, this song sums up the entire "Gentlemen" album. Their reverence for Led Zeppelin is as clear as ever, with Dulli describing "Ill Make You See God" - the first single that was released back in February - as "one of the hardest rock songs the band has ever made. ), from their first initials. In the past, he has been labelled macho, a lothario, even a misogynist. Whig Party, in U.S. history, major political party active in the period 1834-54 that espoused a program of national development but foundered on the rising tide of sectional antagonism. Dulli and McCollum actually met at Curleys flat, where McCollum was doing bong hits and listening to Led Zeppelin. I`ve bought a small book called "Devil`s Music" ( I really don`t know why:P))There it was written that AC\DC actually means After Christ Devil Come. It was also between albums that drummer Steve Earle left the band, citing the usual personal and creative differences. It was dreamed up by that group mothers in the early 80's after a serial killer left an AC/DC hat at the scene of a murder. (the band also considered the names The Hookers and Spike Jones). It was a catharsis. Our conversation is dotted with references to ex-partners, and I ask if the pressure to play at being a typical rock and roller has stopped him from settling down. Adam Ant was trying to find a new name for himself in the late 70s. Both of their next albums, up in fin 1990 and Congregations 1992, received good reviews. They took their name from a landmark movie theater in their hometown of Tulsa, OK. Ok, well on an interview with VH1, Steven Tyler stated that at the time Joe Perry was reading a book called "Arrowsmith". thought about sueing them, but changed their mind when a-ha sold more records in one week than they did in a year. [52] In April of that year, it was revealed that the revitalized The Afghan Whigs would be playing the 2012 edition of Lollapalooza. John and I. John is one of my favourite people of all time.. The group toured North America and Europe from May to October of that year, after which Dulli put the band on hold. John Curly claims that moment solidified the probability that the band would record together again and that following their SXSW performance they began compiling ideas for new material.[59]. I heard on a live intervies on VH1 that AC/DC said they got it off the back of a sewing machine. Fights on stage, sex with a stripper under a stage in Las Vegas during an Aerosmith gig, hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on cocaine - Dulli is in many ways the last of a dying breed of gonzo rockers. I stop Dulli there in mid-reminisce. *CD and LPs come in Deluxe embossed gatefold jacket on silver foil board. the band looked on the bottom of the sewing machine and they saw ACDC with a lightning bolt in the middle. "[9], The Afghan Whigs are known for their cover songs as well as their original material in particular, freely reinterpreted songs from the soul music and R&B canon[31] that they were exposed to in their youth. Dumb stuff. Big Top Halloween stirred the buzz that was already building in the underground around the bands live shows. In 1988, the Afghan Whigs released their debut album, Big Top Halloween, on their independent record label, Ultrasuede. 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. 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. Weezer [46] Two months after Dulli's recovery, however, the group returned to the road. I heard that it stand's for "All Heaven Zombies". A simple pun on her musical ambitions: Adeva = a diva. [16][17] Up in It was followed by a limited edition single released by No.6 Records under the name "Ornament," which included vocals by Scrawl singer Marcy Mays (who would later contribute lead vocals to the band's song "My Curse" off the album Gentlemen). Sources These names could have an Arabic or Islamic component or a regional connotation. [7], Greg Dulli (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick McCollum (lead guitar), John Curley (bass), and Steve Earle (drums) formed the band in Cincinnati late in 1986. The Afghan Whigs have returned from hiatus with powerful new single I'll Make You See God, which frontman Greg Dulli describes as "one of the hardest rock songs we've ever done." The group's first new song since the release of 2017's In Spades, I 'll Make You See God was "written and performed on sheer adrenalin" according to Dulli. Graham Russell saw the name on a marquee in a dream 5 years before the band was signed. Addresses: Record company Elektra Entertainment, 345 North Maple Dr., Suite 123, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. How Do You Burn? picks up the baton laid down by each of those records and runs it to the horizon. Teenage Fanclub Previous Whigs recordsparticularly Big Top Halloween and up in it-pasted together elements of early Replacements, Johnny Thunders and Stooges for a likable but undistinguished sound, reported the Los Angles Weekly. . I'm better than your bass player. His name was John Curley and he turned out to only be two months older than us.. Abba was originally named because of their four member's names (Anni-Frid, Bjorn, Benny and Agnetha). It was Mark who named the album, Dulli remarked. This is one origin story I trust Dulli is telling the truth about. Since the year 2000. They liked the connotation of electrical power, but the sewing machine is where it came from. Largely recorded by Nirvana producer Jack Endino and featuring the college-radio hit "Retarded," Up in It received a favorable reception with music critics upon release.[13]. It stands for A Fire Inside, which means that they are burning inside because of guilt and sadness. He was auditioning a guitarist on the roof of his flat when the guitarist looked down and noted how the people below looked like Ants. This is the real story. It just means they're powerful, electrical! 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. American Revolution sense of "colonist who opposes Crown policies" is from 1768. In addition to the MLA, Chicago, and APA styles, your school, university, publication, or institution may have its own requirements for citations. Almost right about A*Teens changing name from ABBA Teens to sing their own song, but just almost. [20], Building on the buzz that welcomed Congregation, The Afghan Whigs soon signed to a major label, Elektra Records, following a bidding war that resulted in a contract so lucrative, it featured a clause that allowed for the funding of a Dulli-scripted feature film that ultimately was never made. So, does he think the Afghan Whigs, in their 90s incarnation, would be cancelled today? On May 22, 2012, the reunited The Afghan Whigs (minus drummer Steve Earle) made their debut performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, playing one new song, the soul cover "See and Don't See," and old favorite "I'm Her Slave" from Congregation. The Afghan Whigs, 'The Lottery' (Live) KEXP. Creator Karl Jenkins invented the word, unaware at the time that it means "We will draw near" in Latin. . We thought he was 40-years-old. [5] Uptown Avondale featured covers of hits by soul acts such as The Supremes. Adam Ant was inspired to pick this name when relieving himself in a gent's urinal manufactured under the trade name of Adamant. [53][54] Dulli clarified in interviews that playing The Afghan Whigs with Curley on a 2010 solo tour and meeting with McCollum anew during that period directly led to plans of reforming for live performance.[7]. "A-ha!" what the hell does it matter if it was off a sewing machine or vacuum!it means ALTERNATE CURRENT or DIRECT CURRENT!!! The A*Teens started out as the ABBA Teens due to the fact the started as a cover band for ABBA. The pair first met as college students back in their hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. For the Record One day they had a band meeting after the Stooges to try and come up with a name, Kramer remembered the word he used to compulsively write on his schoolbooks. When he returned about a year later, they formed the Whigs with Johns friend Rick McCollum. 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. While Curley, guitarist Jon Skibic and strings man Rick Nelson laid down and engineered their own parts in Cincinnati, New Jersey and New Orleans, respectively. is released on 9 September via Royal Cream/ BMG, Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday. . The sewing machine is true, antichrist/devil'schildren is total bunk. The original narrative of The Afghan Whigs starts with four guys in 1986 Cincinnati playing honest-to-God rock n' roll music. [44][45] In addition to their headlining dates, The Afghan Whigs went on tour with Aerosmith as the classic-rock group's opening act. See full bio More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Known For Beautiful Girls Soundtrack (1996) She's All That Soundtrack (1999) American Pie 2 Soundtrack (2001) Standing Still Soundtrack (2005) Show all | | Edit [62][63] How Do You Burn? Former member: Steve Earle (born c. 1966 in Cincinnati, OH), drums, late 1980s-1995. 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. Another album track, "Fountain and Fairfax" appeared on the television series My So-Called Life in 1994. Rick fronted as a Zeppelin guy, and he loved Zeppelin, but he knew all of the soul music that I knew. The only two openly gay people in my high school were these brothers and they turned me on to it, he says. your house is ALTERNATE CURRENT meaning that current flows one way then goes the other and DC is DIRECT CURRENT like in a vehicle! It's the name of the little boy in the American adaptation of "The Ring", but with a letter changed. Band formed in the late 1980s in Cincinnati, OH. They were active from 1986 to 2001 and have since reformed as a band. Both are congenital zinc deficiency disorders with a lethal course if left untreated. Because each style has its own formatting nuances that evolve over time and not all information is available for every reference entry or article, Encyclopedia.com cannot guarantee each citation it generates. It was then that Jonathan Poneman of the burgeoning Sub Pop label signed the Whigs to a deal. (already with an album out), they changed it to a-ha (with small letters). The Whig Party was a political party formed in 1834 by opponents of President Andrew Jackson and his Jacksonian Democrats. Hell never make a record like that again, he says. (2022). They issued one more record on Sub Pop -- an EP of soul and R&B covers called Uptown Avondale -- and signed to Elektra Records. The critical results were pretty evenly mixed. I own five bars which pay me a lot more money than rock n roll, Dulli asserts. Find the origin of a last name. They got me into the back catalogue and took me to a concert - part of the 1999 tour. [14][15] In 1990, Sub Pop put out The Afghan Whigs' second album Up in It. With the 1992 album Congregation and covers EP, Uptown Avondale, the band developed what would become their signature sound, blending soul with psychedelic sprawl and punk abandon. And I was like, I don't know - tell him to call me. Read Full Biography. i heard that the name means antichrist/devilchild. Entertainment Weekly, August 12, 1994; March 15, 1996. For the next two years, the Afghan Whigs toured America consistently, occasionally heading over to Europe and England. No-one sounds like her; shes got an incredibly unique, emotional and evocative voice.. 1965, their first effort for new label Columbia, followed two years later. They stormed off stage and kept fighting in the dressing room, only to be told by the promoter they wouldnt get paid if they didnt finish the show. 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. They were together and they fucking hated every minute of it, and they let us all watch. Dulli says it never got violent but that being close to such toxicity left him with scars. "aero" which means air and "smith" is someone who makes something then "aerosmith" is a person who makes air. (Anna short for Agnetha and Frida short for Anni-Frid) He decided to shorten the name before the 1974 Eurovision song contest to one that was easy to handle all around Europe. "[9] Dulli later described the intent behind The Afghan Whigs was to exist as "a cross between the Band, the Temptations, and Neil Young playing with Crazy Horse. Most reviewers found much to praise, though few gave the album a blanket thumbs up. He alternated between 'a-ha' and 'a-hem'. Instead the Whigs are busy touring their new album across Europe and the US. Pop band Contemporary Musicians. [8] The Afghan Whigs had evolved out of Dulli's previous band, The Black Republicans, a band that Curley later joined. He worked in music stores to support himself, but while he was there he discovered musicians and styles that he had never heard before. While achieving only moderate commercial success, Full Bio This artist has never performed at The Vogue. Encyclopedia.com. In 2013 at South by Southwest (SXSW), The Afghan Whigs headlined The FADER FORT and played a collaborative set with surprise guest Usher. The Afghan Whigs are an American rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio. The band wanted a name which meant the same thing in every language. On January 27, 2014, the band's official mailing list announced an April release date for the first album of new The Afghan Whigs material in 16 years, a return to the Sub Pop roster titled Do to the Beast. Adam didn't like the drugged up guitarist but the idea of Ants stuck with him and he kept the name the Ants for his band. Selected discography I asked him what it meant and he replied what turns you on? And Im like thats good, Im gonna use it.. (Yes it's true! I heard they got it off the back of an amp or fan. However, with the bandmembers living in different states, it would prove to be their last; in February 2001, the group called it quits, citing geographical separation. 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. The band's first studio was in the basement of a car repair shop, and they considered themselves to be the "masters" of the studio. "Afghan Whigs [60] The band added drummer Patrick Keeler of The Raconteurs and The Greenhornes in 2014. Entertainment Weekly reported thatfrontman Greg Dulli met guitarist Rick McCollum in an Athens, Ohio, jail cel. How Do You Burn? Angus took to wearing the (exaggerated) schoolboy outfit as he was only 16 and still at school at the inception of the band. That track led to a full-blown record contract with Sub Pop. On VH1s Behind The Music, Malcolm says his sister got it off the back of a sewing machine. How Do You Burn is the bands ninth studio offering, and their third since they reunited in 2014 after over a decade apart. "Regardless of how the surprising reunion of The Afghan Whigs turns out, their show last night at the Bowery Ballroom will go down as the '90s alt-rock heroes' greatest concert ever," Glenn Gamboa wrote in Newsday;[56] meanwhile, Steve Kandell noted in a SPIN review that "their first show together since then, at New York's Bowery Ballroom last night, felt less like an easy nostalgia trip than a reminder of problems we, perhaps selectively, forgot we ever had. In response to some speculation about what exactly might make Do To The Beast, the first album made under The Afghan Whigs moniker in some 16 . Sources [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. Nothing Too Satanic The band just chose two random unrelated words and stuck them together. But he got started with the Afghan Whigs, a mercurial indie rock/R&B hybrid from Cincinnati who first appeared on the scene with the haunting Big Top Halloween in 1988 and wrapped up their. 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. ." 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. 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The Afghan Whigs, as well as fans and critics, believe that the band has grown with each of its albums. Unlike the rest of the band, Curley didn't attend the University of Cincinnati. The Afghan Whigs tour dates. "Be Sweet" is off the Whigs setlist indefinitely but he denies thats due to fear of social media outrage. Encyclopedia.com. I heard this from Rusell Hitchcock while he was on stage at a concert. After the Usher show, which was a highlight of that years festival, Dulli and Curley went out for dinner and decided to do another album. [49] The lineup recorded two new tracks ("I'm A Soldier" and "Magazine") featured on their retrospective titled Unbreakable: A Retrospective 19902006, released on June 5, 2007, through Rhino Records,[50] which critics noted rated on a par with the band's material released during its prime. [29] Congregation includes a version of "The Temple" from the soundtrack of Jesus Christ Superstar[79] and they were also known to perform Pink Floyd's album The Wall in its entirety. Guitarist Angus Young got it off the back of a sewing machine. That's what he'd like his band to be like. Apparantly it's just two offensive words picked out by Seth Putnam. They found out that 'a-ha' was an international way of expressing recognition, with positive connotations. The middle part was just a play on inquisitive. Albums Studio albums. Removed from the alt-rock boom of the early '90s . 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. You're very focused. "[27] Dulli also was the only musician other than Dave Grohl to appear on the debut album from Foo Fighters.[28]. Beginning as a raw, garage-influenced rock band in the mold of the Replacements, Dinosaur Jr., and Mudhoney, the Afghan Whigs matured into a literate, moody, soul-inflected post-punk quartet who became one of the most critically acclaimed alternative bands of the 1990s. "I paid extra to have it flown in". So they decided to sign with Elektra Records. Biography Music Video At The Vogue 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. They chose this name as all of their middle names started with the letter "a". We had hundreds of conversations by text. 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. In his place is Blind Melon guitarist, Christopher Thorn, who Dulli describes as his new muse. 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