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The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli on keeping it “fun” after death of a beloved bandmate

After the loss of guitarist Dave Rosser, the beloved '90s band drops a new album and soldiers on

Published July 30, 2017 4:30PM (EDT)

Low-key kings of ’90s alt-rock, the Afghan Whigs have been on a tear since reuniting in 2011. The band’s two post-reformation albums — 2014’s “Do to the Beast” and “In Spades,” which arrived in May — seethe with R&B-saturated roars, distortion-fuzzed guitars, and antique-sounding orchestration. “In Spades” especially is haunted by macabre-sounding vibes: Strings and horns dart and quiver through many songs, including the elegiac “Toy Automatic” and spare “Oriole,” while the elegant opening salvo “Birdland” has stuttering arrangements that sound like chamber-jazz.

As anyone who’s seen the Afghan Whigs in recent years will testify, this ever-present studio ferocity comes directly from the band’s stunning live shows.

In late June, however, the group suffered an emotional blow. Guitarist Dave Rosser, who also played alongside Afghan Whigs vocalist Greg Dulli in groups such as the Gutter Twins and the Twilight Singers, passed away less than a year after being diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer. To honor his memory, the Afghan Whigs recently recorded and released a cover of a song called “You Want Love” originally recorded by a band called the Pleasure Club. “Pleasure Club was a legendary New Orleans band and Dave Rosser and I had spoken for years about performing this song,” Dulli said in a statement.

The Afghan Whigs are heading to Europe and the U.K. for tour dates starting on Aug. 4, and kick off a U.S. tour on Sept. 6 in Orlando. Dulli checked in from Los Angeles to talk about the “spooky” nature of “In Spades” and how the band decides what songs to play, and to share memories of Dave Rosser. 

This is the first time since “Black Love” that you guys have done a full-band record. What were the biggest differences this time around doing an album that way?

Well, no big differences. “Black Love” was just the last immersive one where we were all there all of the time. It’s really a preferable way to do a band record. Everybody in the same room, everybody on the same page, feeling it the same way.

When you get a great band take, it’s live. Even if you’re using a click track, there’s a human interaction that a lot of times when you’re building a song by yourself, or putting down a guitar part and then sending it to a drummer in another state, it’s just a different . . .........

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