Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli (born May 11, 1965) is an American musician. He has been a
member of
The Afghan Whigs

The Afghan Whigs and The Twilight Singers.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Discography
2.1 Solo
2.2 Contributions to others
3 References
4 External links
Biography[edit]
Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli was born and brought up in Hamilton, Ohio. Although he was
raised a Roman Catholic, he is now agnostic.[1] Dulli first came to
public attention in the late 1980s with
The Afghan Whigs

The Afghan Whigs when he
joined D.C. transplant bassist John Curley and Louisville, Kentucky,
guitarist Rick McCollum. The band fused alternative rock and R&B.
Dulli's career in production was halted as
The Afghan Whigs

The Afghan Whigs began
playing more gigs, drawing bigger and bigger crowds. The band was soon
brought to the attention of
Sub Pop Records

Sub Pop Records in Seattle. They were the
first non-
Northwestern U.S.

Northwestern U.S. band to record for the Sub Pop label. The
Whigs amicably split in 2001.
In 1994, Dulli was a lead vocalist in the Backbeat Band, an
alternative-rock supergroup that recorded the soundtrack to The
Beatles biographical film, Backbeat. Other members of the Backbeat
Band were
Thurston Moore

Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Don Fleming (Gumball), Mike
Mills (R.E.M.),
Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl (Nirvana, later Foo Fighters), and Dave
Pirner (Soul Asylum). Dulli was the only musician that appeared on the
Foo Fighters
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Foo Fighters first record aside from Dave Grohl. Dulli was watching
Grohl record the songs. Grohl eventually asked him if he wanted to
play and handed him a guitar.[2] He added a guitar part to the song
"X-Static".
In 1997, Dulli (with
Ted Demme and director Mark Pellington) bought
the movie rights to a book by Ann Imbrie called Spoken in Darkness,
but the film was never made.
In December 1998, Dulli was hospitalized suffering a skull fracture at
the hands of a bouncer following an altercation at the Liberty Lunch
Club in Austin, TX.
In 1999, Dulli was invited to participate on a tribute album for Moby
Grape founding member Skip Spence, who was dying of lung cancer. Dulli
appears on the album More Oar: A Tribute To The
Skip Spence

Skip Spence Album
(Birdman Records, 1999). The album was released shortly after Spence's
death, though Spence had listened to a pre-release version of the
album shortly before his death.[3]
Dulli provides vocals for the song "Somebody Needs You" off of The
Lo-Fidelity Allstars 2002 album "Don't Be Afraid of Love"
Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli (right) performing with
The Twilight Singers

The Twilight Singers in 2006
In 2006, Dulli produced Ballads for Little Hyenas by the Italian rock
band, Afterhours.
Dulli is now the lead singer and main songwriter of the band The
Twilight Singers who released their fifth album titled Dynamite Steps
in February 2011. He is also working with
Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan (Screaming
Trees, Queens of the Stone Age,
Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan Band) on their side
project, The Gutter Twins. Lanegan also appears on The Twilight
Singers EP, A Stitch in Time.
October 2007 saw Dulli, along with Jeff Klein, Shawn Smith, Petra
Haden and Barb Antonio, play two acoustic shows at
The Triple Door

The Triple Door in
Seattle, for the A Drink for the Kids fundraising effort by The Vera
Project. The shows were recorded and released in October 2008 as a
digital download on Greg's own label, Infernal Recordings.
In 2009, Dulli was invited to participate in a tribute album to the
late Doug Sahm, and contributed his version of "You Was For Real" to
Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to
Doug Sahm

Doug Sahm (Vanguard Records).[4]
Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli also contributed two tracks to the 7 inch vinyl only
series Dangerous Highway: A Tribute To The Songs of
Eddie Hinton on
Shake It Records. Dulli covers the
Eddie Hinton tracks "Hard Luck Guy"
and "Cover Me" on Vol. 1 of the album.
In addition to his recording career, Dulli has also appeared in a
number of films, including the independent short Salt Shaker, Ted
Demme's
Monument Ave.

Monument Ave. and Beautiful Girls (together with The Afghan
Whigs), as well as Matt Bissonnette's Passenger Side.
In October 2010, for the first time in his career,
Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli embarked
on a solo tour which included songs from his whole career. The tour
saw him perform twenty-nine shows in five different countries. The
first night was in New Orleans at the bar "d.b.a". A live CD
containing 19 songs from this night was later available on the tour in
both signed and unsigned paper CD sleeves.
In December 2011 it was announced that
The Afghan Whigs

The Afghan Whigs would reunite
to play a few concerts.
In 2013 Dulli teamed up with
Steve Kilbey

Steve Kilbey of The Church for several
live performances in Los Angeles.[5]
Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli and John Curley reunited
The Afghan Whigs

The Afghan Whigs (minus Rick
McCollum) in 2013 and on April 15, 2014, released a new album called
Do To the Beast.[6] In its first week, Do To the Beast landed the #32
spot on Billboard's Top 200 Albums and the #8 spot and #7 spot on the
rock albums and alternative albums charts respectively.[7]
Discography[edit]
Solo[edit]
2005
Amber Headlights

Amber Headlights LP (Infernal Recordings)
2008 Live at Triple Door LP (Infernal Recordings)
2010 Live in New Orleans LP (Kali Nichta Music)
Contributions to others[edit]
1995 Guitar part on "X-Static" from
Foo Fighters
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Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters
1999 More Oar: A Tribute To The
Skip Spence

Skip Spence Album (Birdman)[8]
2007 Wrote liner notes for Ticonderoga from Morning 40 Federation.
2009 Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to
Doug Sahm

Doug Sahm (Vanguard)
2009 Vocals/writer on "Southside Lowdown" on Lo Fidelity Allstars's
Northern Stomp
2011 Vocals on "Twice" and "Dark Sets In", by dEUS on their album Keep
You Close
References[edit]
^ "
Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli and the Twilight Singers". NME.com.
^ Mundy, Chris.
Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone Magazine. 1995
^ See Skip Spence.
^ Ten years earlier, Dulli had contributed to the tribute album for
Skip Spence, as previously noted. The common point of reference to the
two projects was Bill Bentley, who was the executive producer of the
Spence tribute and a co-producer of the Sahm tribute.
^ Baltin, Steve (October 10, 2013). "Afghan Whigs, Church Frontmen
Debut New Project". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 15, 2013.
^ "The Afghan Whigs". Sub Pop Records.
^ "Afghan Whigs Enter Billboard Charts". Summer's Kiss.
^ Dulli contributes his version of Spence's "Dixie Peach Promenade
(Yin For Yang)".
External links[edit]
The Afghan Whigs

The Afghan Whigs official site
The Twilight Singers

The Twilight Singers official site
The Gutter Twins

The Gutter Twins official site
Summer's Kiss Fan Site
Lazy-i Interview: November 2003
Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli Interview on theskinny.co.uk: May 2006
Transform Online Interview: October 2006
The Twilight Singers

The Twilight Singers on Myspace
The Gutter Twins

The Gutter Twins on Myspace
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The Afghan Whigs
Greg Dulli
John Curley
Rick G. Nelson
Dave Rosser
Jon Skibic
Patrick Keeler
Rick McCollum
Steve Earle
Paul Buchignani
Michael Horrigan
Doug Falsetti
Cully Symington
Mark McGuire
Studio albums
Big Top Halloween
Up in It
Congregation
Gentlemen
Black Love
1965
Do to the Beast
In Spades
Extended plays
Uptown Avondale
What Jail Is Like EP
The B-Sides / The Conversation
Honky's Ladder

Honky's Ladder EP
Bonnie & Clyde EP
Live at Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans
Compilation albums
Historectomy
Unbreakable: A Retrospective 1990–2006
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Discography
The Twilight Singers
Mark Lanegan
The Gutter Twins
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The Twilight Singers
Greg Dulli
Scott Ford
Rick G. Nelson
Dave Rosser
Greg Wieczorek
Studio albums
Twilight as Played by
The Twilight Singers

The Twilight Singers (2000)
Blackberry Belle

Blackberry Belle (2003)
She Loves You (2004)
Powder Burns (2006)
Dynamite Steps

Dynamite Steps (2011)
EPs
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (2003)
A Stitch in Time (2006)
Greg Dulli

Greg Dulli solo
Greg Dulli's
Amber Headlights

Amber Headlights (2005)
"Hard Luck Guy"/"Cover Me" single (2009)
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Discography
The Afghan Whigs
The Gutter Twins
Mark Lanegan
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The Gutter Twins
Mark Lanegan
Greg Dulli
Scott Ford
Jeff Klein
Dave Rosser
Cully Symington
Studio albums
Saturnalia
EPs
Adorata
Singles
"Idle Hands"
"God's Children"
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The Afghan Whigs
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The Twilight Singers
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