Afghan Whigs: The Gentleman screams everything into the ground

It's been years and years since rock music was still important and had great relevance. Artists were not pop bunnies who sang with computer voices, but stars with guitars, poets, explainers of the world.

Today it`s the right moment, to hear "Gentlemen" by the Afghan Whigs again.

They have always been jokers. On their '92 album "Congregation", the Afghan Whigs had hidden an additional track at the end that was not listed in the track listing. Not an ordinary number, as this piece was significantly different from the eleven that preceded it. “Milez Is Dead,” a hard-melodic gem, shone with drilling guitars and angry vocals.

And the band from Ohio continued in exactly this style with the successor "Gentlemen" 30 years ago. However, that doesn't mean that they were willing to take on the already not particularly rewarding role of the new Nirvana, for which candidates were being sought everywhere at the time. No, the Afghan Whigs prefer to look forward and go their own way, far away from all the dead ends of grunge.

And with increasing success, as “Gentlemen” impressively demonstrates. The previously dominant harsh guitar walls have been scaled back to a much more sensible level. Of course, the songs have not lost their intensity. It begins with relaxed chords, to which singer Greg Dulli murmurs tiredly to himself. Moments later, however, the Whigs vocalist is barely recognizable.

That's when he screams everything into the ground when he's completely whipped up. An album whose nervous tension creates immense appeal - to this day.