Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen - Tonight Show Leno

3/25/94

[@SherwoodTaz]

This band is the most underrated music talent I can think of for the last 30 years. Listen to all their songs, fucking brilliant.

[@davidtaylor6663]

Greatest band in the last 30+ years. Greg Dulli is a genius

[@moonmonkey999]

who doesn't rate them?

[@carlospetry2316]

Totally... along with Smashing Pumpkins, Breeders...

[@migaloo70]

Trying to explain to my 17 year old how some bands don’t always capture their live presence on recordings. Showed him this he was blown away.

[@mdav30]

This is a GREAT performance of a great song off a great album - maybe the best album of that year. And they have done outstanding work ever since. I think they are the most overlooked band in the last 30 years of rock and roll.

[@ricochet2806]

I miss bands like this. I miss being young having a good time. GOD I MISS THE 90's!!!

[@larrycooleyjr7948]

I’d give anything to be locked into this era of music again. It just does something to me nothing else ever will.

[@enderbender429]

underrated! this original rhythm section was a beast.

[@moonmonkey999]

who didn't rate?

[@stephenhill138]

I was in the audience for this particular show. I was visiting a friend in LA for spring break and we got tickets.

[@tross6380]

😵😵😵

[@neilmoneymaker4875]

Damn what a killer song, my God!

[@Birddie_]

2020 and I’m still listening to them

[@sketchyold]

Why would fans of theirs stop listening 🙄

[@SherwoodTaz]

2022 and still listening

[@moonmonkey999]

2023 Yay. I am old. Bought the album on tape

[@jackyt6080]

2024 and im 15 best lyricist and music discography to date

[@wendyhaston7008]

Afghan Whigs, Humm, DaDa, Dinosaur Jr ... all bad ass

[@indiecalms]

My favorite afghans songs! Dulli has amazing presence!

[@dumaco71]

one of the best bands of the 90s

[@yelmist]

Great performance. This band should've been huge.

[@sketchyold]

Nope. That would’ve ruined them trying to write “hits” for the masses that would never “get” their music otherwise.

[@gsmith207]

they are with us…

[@michaelnadolski6196]

Agreed to the tenth power

[@michaelnadolski6196]

I got to meet these guys twice. Beyond cool

[@jayk9777]

They are

[@6828Lu]

So brilliant. So loud. So perfect.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Best album cover ever!

[@tross6380]

Yes yes yyyeeesss

[@raleghhowes2778]

Album cover, name and songs - all making one very clear artistic statement. Doesn’t happen often.

[@pinkalgebra]

My god... why did this band not become superstars?

[@drelvisvalentino2638]

becasue todyas music public are fricking idiots and morons for pseudo artists like Beyonce, Mariah, Bieber, Rhianna and Adrianna and wahtever bullshit over produced, lack of talent, lack of substance so called music that is being put out. The Afghan Whigs are the real deal. They restore , they put out, real music. They are real artists.

[@laylatoughlovestepford2553]

1. Feminists were offended by their blatant masculinity and they didn't have the money that The Rolling Stones had to combat it. 2. They got screwed by their record company, which was run by a Feminist who hated them.

[@thenightbladefeeds]

The 90s (much like the 60s before it) were just over-saturated with so many good bands that many of them - seemingly at random - just fell by the wayside of the general public.

[@stephansong]

Music is like the lottery. Still. World lost out. Fucking genius.

[@RoLPeace]

@@thenightbladefeeds Gotta agree with you. Lot of good music to choose from. Hey I enjoyed it all!!!

[@timmurphy9834]

I remember seeing this tour. Was amazing. They still put on a great show today! And release good records

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Just found out they’re playing a show just a 5 minute walk from my house. It’s not for 6 months, but I’m so stoked!

[@ruudvanelck7083]

Fucking Amazing! Highly underrated band!

[@moonmonkey999]

Do you know the meaning of underrated?

[@plev10]

I remember the first time I heard this song was on MTV. The video was perfect for the song - full of anger, malevolence and unbridled passion with Dulli presiding over it all in a badass white suit. Pretty goddamn epic.

[@stephansong]

Such a masterpiece of a song. So sexy. Drips with it. At their best. Should of been huge.

[@sketchyold]

They were better off not being “huge”, because they never had to write songs that the idiot masses would eat up.

[@SGtem]

Saw them live on this tour .. Liberty lunch Austin Texas 1993

[@afghanwhigs01]

The Afghan Whigs and twilight singers played many late night shows. Someone knew how good they were.

[@MT-sk1ln]

Stunning song. Love the swing rhythm feel

[@tross6380]

Probably my fav Album of all time

[@pigglesy]

yep if you were 20 in 92

[@fourtheye111]

Pure rock and roll brilliance

[@theengineer704]

Their whole album was on point.

[@AudiophileTubes]

GREAT clip!

[@michaelstagg3095]

Just awesome!

[@scottgarvey7011]

Bringing the dope shit to squiggley the squirrel's Leno show . Way to fuck it up gentlemen

[@roberthale6572]

Stripped down, gentleman is a perfect song, and the solo after the bridge is Hendrix tinged by way of all along the watchtower, do the math

[@r.pneumo7337]

On fire!!

[@curtiscampbell7850]

...fuck me,how did I miss these guys!

[@wroughtironhex2908]

Legendary!!

[@spm_hcmc]

Holy shit. How were they not the biggest band of the 90s?

[@machochopper2222]

the best

[@Tigerpuffer]

Guitar re-entry at 3:23 or so is epic

[@sketchyold]

Epic ...stfu

[@skinny8019]

i'll take whatever you GOT!! - white james brown....lol lit.

[@stephansong]

" I stayed in too long, but she was a perfect fit"

[@susanmaggiora4800]

Stephan St. Claire-Méfret Fuck, I’ve been there...

[@stephansong]

@@susanmaggiora4800 yep. me too. " empty the cabinets, I'll take whatever ya got, am on it, I own it"

[@sketchyold]

Yeah. That’s in the song.

[@stephansong]

@@sketchyold yea. And ..

[@stephansong]

@@susanmaggiora4800 it's nice when it's a good fit.

[@robertpacho3491]

Trippy somg

[@Lancoreh]

Qué belleza como le aplicaron bajo a cagar jajaja

[@jasonpeterson4364]

Brownsville Texas.

[@gsmith207]

That’s whatcha call locked in-bass,guitar,drums… try and play this as a band like these guys… nope. No can do. That’s why they call it original kids…

[@brownjenkin3]

Earle rules!

[@nickfanzo]

kicked ass

[@ez1122]

This guy Dulli is a beast

[@bigbuxxx00]

Greg dulli can sing

[@ihavesoul4real]

I bet Rodman had a drink with those boys.Also, "bweaaayaaee" (whammy bar).

[@KilgoreTrout977]

Fucking time

[@patrick19761976ify]

Saw the Whigs many, many times in Cincinnati years ago. First live show was 1993

[@tthreepointo8267]

greg dulli is always mvp

[@ac1dP1nk]

Are they a cross between at the drive in and Jesus lizard

[@samuelmorse784]

Those are great bands but that is not best comparison. They are a cross between Shudder to Think, Archers of Loaf, and Foo Fighters.

[@visionofdisorder]

@@samuelmorse784 yr comparisons are even worse, they're more like the jackson 5 mixed with sonic youth

[@samuelmorse784]

@@visionofdisorder no idiot they are a mix of Jethro tull, primus, and the cranberries

[@visionofdisorder]

@@samuelmorse784 i get you're trying to be funny but that's actually what influenced the band, r'n'b/other black music and art rock

[@samuelmorse784]

​@@visionofdisorderNo-one is buying that. They are white guy guitar emo mixed with blues. They have more in common with The Decembrists than Earth Wind and Fire or the Isley brothers.

[@roberthale6572]

Me and the nurse, so many times listening to this, took her to see Greg dulli And the twilight people in Nashville a minute ago, afghan whigs reunited this week in east nasty,, she's got me call blocked so I can't ask her, the love of my life (19 years) met someone on the internet or Facebook or some other whatever it is,,I call him prince Andrew, I'm certain he's no gentleman regardless of his bloodline and the DNA searches...I wish she would be at the show , hating me across the room ignoring me except for a quick glance with those dead cold uncaring beautiful eyes... maybe then I can stop loving the executioner... sign me healing slow, that is my tempo

[@roberthale6572]

She can't even spell my name or say it out loud any more,,,why do I even still care?

[@murkartik]

@@roberthale6572 WWGDD What Would Greg Dulli Do Go buy a bottle of Tequila then go go get laid. Then tomorrow write a song about it. Rinse and repeat for six months. Bingo you're cured.

[@tarantulapop2273]

Every 90's band had a chubby stoner on bass

[@sketchyold]

Yeah. Mike Starr, Mike Inez, Robert Deleo, Ben Shepherd, Krist Novaselik, flea, Tim Commerford, Paul D’Amour, Justin Chancellor, D’arcy Wretzky were all positively roly poly.

[@mr.zzyzzx6136]

That chubby stoner built a studio and recorded their first LP. He's an accomplished photographer and probably has you beat by 20 IQ points

[@mbrew3244]

@@sketchyold Absolute porkers.

[@plev10]

@@mr.zzyzzx6136 His daddy was real rich too. Think he was a bigwig at Gannett.

[@michaeldominick735]

Not to sound like your typical Gen X’er but music really was better in the 90’s.

[@onesandzeros]

They probably couldn't have existed before or after the 90s, definitely wouldn't have been as successful (although they should have been more successful even then), and a band like this definitely wouldn't get on network TV in any other era, with Dennis no less :)