Ohio rock band Afghan Whigs rose up around the grunge movement, evolving to incorporate more R&B and soul influences into their sound and image. Songwriter and frontman Greg Dulli’s lyrics are filled with dark images of romantic obsession. They’re known to play with such restraint, letting musical tension build until it can do nothing other than explode while Dulli, in his finest voice, can move from desperate screams to a quiet sinister crooning at the turn of a chord.