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Afghan Whigs
Afghan Whigs
Cincinnati, USpop, rock, alternative
59.9m all-time streams (11 Jan '26)
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.
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.
