Flipping for the Whigs

TRIBUTE BY MIKE BREEN ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER 1998

Our hometown grunge stars never forgot they were ‘from Cincinnati’
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December 31, 1998 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Comments Off 

Afghan Whigs Dates in 1998

08.22.1998 Bizarre FestivalKöln (Germany)
08.23.1998 Gampel Festival Geneve (Switzerland)
08.25.1998 Alleycat Reading (UK)
08.26.1998 Subterrania London (UK)
08.28.1998 Reading Festival Reading (UK)
08.29.1998 Pukkelpop Festival Hasselt (Belgium)

09.17.1998 Music Seminar Phoenix, AZ
09.23.1998 Sudsy Malone’s Cincinnati, OH

11.04.1998 Bowery Ballroom New York City, NY
11.06.1998 Paradise Club Boston, MA
11.07.1998 Cabaret Montreal, PQ (Canada)
11.09.1998 Opera House Toronto, ON (Canada)
11.10.1998 Clutch Cargos Pontiac, MI
11.12.1998 Cabaret Metro Chicago, IL
11.13.1998 Cabaret Metro Chicago, IL
11.14.1998 Rave Milwaukee, WI
11.16.1998 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
11.18.1998 Karma St. Louis, MO
11.19.1998 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
11.20.1998 Odeon Cleveland, OH
11.21.1998 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
11.22.1998 9:30 Club Washington, DC
11.23.1998 Taft Theater Cincinnati, OH
11.30.1998 The Showbox Seattle, WA
12.01.1998 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
12.03.1998 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
12.04.1998 El Rey Los Angeles, CA
12.05.1998 El Rey Los Angeles, CA
12.06.1998 Joint Las Vegas, NV
12.08.1998 DV8 Salt Lake City, UT
12.09.1998 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
12.11.1998 Liberty Lunch Austin, TX
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December 31, 1998 | Filed Under gigs | 3 Comments 

Feel His Pain

Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli is the unsexiest sexy mutha you’ll ever meet

BY ROBERT WILONSKY
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December 10, 1998 | Filed Under awpress | Comments Off 

1965 - Salon

Rock bands (or, more accurately, rock fans) are eternally curious as to what certain drugs sound like. The Velvet Underground probably nailed down the sound of speed on “White Light/White Heat.” Ten years of techno and countless raves have searched for the perfect ecstasy beat, and Spacemen 3 records might as well be distilled from poppies. So it was only a matter of time before Prozac started cruising through pop music’s veins.
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December 9, 1998 | Filed Under press-reviews-1965 | Comments Off 

Seattle Show Review

Afghan Whigs serve up grungy soul, as upbeat Greg Dulli steals the show

Papa’s got a brand new toy.

Perhaps you have read one of the music-magazine interviews in which alternative rocker Greg Dulli talked about being treated for depression. Judging by last night’s Afghan Whigs show at a packed Showbox, Dulli is out of his blue period and into Brown.
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December 1, 1998 | Filed Under awpress | Comments Off 

AP - Greatest Albums of the 90s

December ‘98 Issue
Alternative Press Magazine

Gentlemen ranked #14 on the top 90 Albums of the 90s

Review by Steven Chean
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December 1, 1998 | Filed Under awpress | Comments Off 

Album of the Year

Afghan Whigs: 1965
Portrait Magazine

Gritty, rambunctious takes on the boy meets girl, boy seduces girl, boy deals with consequences theme covers the face value style of Afghan Whigs leader Greg Dulli.
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December 1, 1998 | Filed Under awpress | Comments Off