Gutter Twins At the Bowery Ballroom in New York City
I have been waiting a long time for the Gutter Twins project. I was afraid the Twins record would suffer the same fate as My Bloody Valentine's album. We would always hear about it and it would never be released.
Here are the Gutter Twins performing Idle Hands, Papillon and The Stations.
Idle Hands
Papillon
The Stations
I remember reading a Greg Dulli interview and he said Lanegan was going to sing Afghan Whigs songs and he would sing Screaming Trees tunes. Does anyone know if they are doing that on this tour?
The Gutter Twins are Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan. Both singers were part of Sub Pop's classic grunge era roster. Dulli was the leader of the Afghan Whigs. Lanegan was the lead vocalist of the Screaming Trees. Dulli formed the Twilight Singers as a side project from the Whigs. The Twilight Singers became Dulli's main musical outlet after the Whigs broke up. Lanegan has sung with Queens of the Stone Age, Martina Topley-Bird, Soulsavers and Isobel Campbell.
The Gutter Twins record has been several years in the making. The main delay was Dulli and Lanegan never had time from their other projects to record. The album Saturnalia was nearly five years in the making The first song Idle Hands is on the Gutter Twins Myspace site.
There are also some Mark Lanegan mp3s for your listening pleasure. The first two tracks are from the brilliant album Whiskey For the Holy Ghost. The final track is the Twilight Singers covering Massive Attack's Live With Me. It is a good preview of what the Gutter Twins will sound like.
The Gutter Twins have been a much-talked-about project in indie rock circles. The band is made of of Greg Dulli and Mark lanegan. Their record will be a duet album like Lanegan did with Isobel Campbell. The question is when hell the album is going to come out? It was supposed to be released a long time ago.
Fortunately, a video of a rare Gutter Twins live performance was captured. The new song Front Street is fantastic. It's dark and intense. Dulli sings lead vocals. Dulli's live vocals have been sounding better than ever. They aren't as ragged as his most drugged-out Afghan Whigs days. Lanegan sings at a low register on the song. Lanegan sounds like the Grim Reaper whispering in your ear.