Musician Greg Dulli reflects on four decades of his band The Afghan Whigs, the Cincinnati group whose run of 1990s alternative rock albums stood apart from the era's bigger-name acts. Though often overshadowed by contemporaries like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Nine Inch Nails, Dulli's band built a distinctive body of work exploring themes of desire, deceit and moral complexity, cementing a lasting cult reputation.

The interview traces the band's evolution from 1992's *Congregation*, their second album on Sub Pop, through to 1998's *1965*, their sixth studio record and final release on a major label. Dulli, describing himself as both gentle and drawn to "mischief, misdirection and manipulation," discusses the group's consistency across that six-album run and situates The Afghan Whigs among a cohort of critically respected but commercially smaller 90s bands, including Shellac, Hole, Fugazi and The Flaming Lips.