THE AFGHAN WHIGS - Demon sex with Uncle Jimmy

28. April 2017

The Afghan Whigs

THE AFGHAN WHIGS - Demon sex with Uncle Jimmy

A hotel suite in Berlin. Greg Dulli slurps an iced coffee and looks more like a university professor than a rock star with his turtleneck sweater, shirt collar, pleated trousers, short haircut and discreet overweight. Which brings a certain irony. After all, the 51-year-old is a studied historian, but (in the past) also one of the most eccentric representatives of the post-grunge generation. Today he owns four bars and enjoys life between Los Angeles and New Orleans.

eclipsed: The Whigs' last album was called "Do To The Beast". Three years later, you come up with a demon as a cover motif. What fascinates you about devils?

Greg Dulli: (laughs) You are very present, in politics, in business, wherever. Our modern civilization is dominated by beasts in human form. And when I'm on stage and a few thousand people cheer for me, I also feel diabolical - in a positive sense.

eclipsed: Besides, you seem to have a weakness for voodoo - at least the new songs testify to that. How's that?

Dulli: I know a few witches who are fascinating beings. And I like the voodoo culture that comes from people from the Caribbean, Haiti, Dominica, Jamaica. In New Orleans it meets French and Spanish roots, making it one of the most exciting places in the world. And the only place you can spend a night with a demon.

eclipsed: You don't mean that, do you?

Dulli: Oh yes... (laughs)

Lest mehr im eclipsed Nr. 190 (05-2017).