Greg Dulli (born May 11, 1965) is an American rock composer, singer and instrumentalist. Dulli was born and brought up in the working-class Cincinnati suburb of Hamilton, Ohio. Although he was raised a Catholic, he denounced the religion in 1978 and has been an agnostic since. Dulli first came to public attention in the late 1980s with The Afghan Whigs when he joined D.C. transplant bassist John Curley and Louisville, Kentucky, guitarist Rick McC...
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Greg Dulli (born May 11, 1965) is an American rock composer, singer and instrumentalist. Dulli was born and brought up in the working-class Cincinnati suburb of Hamilton, Ohio. Although he was raised a Catholic, he denounced the religion in 1978 and has been an agnostic since. Dulli first came to public attention in the late 1980s with The Afghan Whigs when he joined D.C. transplant bassist John Curley and Louisville, Kentucky, guitarist Rick McCollum. The band fused a unique blend of punk rock and R&B; all while placing the spotlight on Dulli's on-stage lothario persona, between-song banter and extensive knowledge of pop culture, music and sports.
Dulli's budding career in the rock and roll production business was halted as The Afghan Whigs began playing more and better gigs, drawing bigger and bigger crowds. The band was soon brought to the attention of Sub Pop Records in Seattle. Sub Pop's signing of The Afghan Whigs created quite a stir; they were the first non-Northwestern U.S....
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