Terrorbird

The King Khan & BBQ Show is the one of the most revered band in their scene, and there are many reasons why. It all started in 2003, BBQ visiting King Khan, jamming out their black magick in his Nazi-bunker rehearsal space. Songs flowed endlessly like blood from a cancerous abcess. They took it easy, honing their craft, playing sporadically to crowds outraged by their incredible sound and nasty live show. Orgiastic, anarchic, hypnotic and personal are the shows to this day. Blow-jobs and blood, pick-ups and puke, dancing and laughing. Two guys. Mark Sultan (BBQ), smashing snare, bass drum and tambourine with his bare feet, molesting his guitar and singing like a possessed angel. He is often cited as having one of the finest voices (think Sam Cooke) and songcraft in the world. The other, King Khan, is nearing legendary status for his advanced nuttiness and unpredictability, as well as top-notch showmanship and musicianship. He spins and howls like a freak while belting it out on his guitar like a masher. What does it all sound like? It sounds like five men. Really. And it is very difficult to peg the sound. It is a cross-section of amazing bands, places and energies. This is soul. This is punk. This is psychedelia. This is doo-wop. And who do you think started this next generation of doo-wop experimentation? Sultan and Khan. This is the Death Cult. This is ROCK'N'ROLL. The show? A mess. Tear-jerking love songs, punkers, improvised riot-starters, dance-floor shakers, sing-along stompers, wild rockers ' you name it. They always drench the crowd in raw energy, and they're usually the last ones dancing and drinking at the bar. They are international antiheroes and rock'n'roll ambassadors of the highest calibre. They've toured from Europe to Brazil to Israel to outer space and beyond, because they are two spiritual, intelligent icons on a very specific mission. It is obvious that they are true blood-brothers of the telepathic order. Yin and yang. Complete opposites. Real, real tight. And very capable comics. The two were even asked to co-host their own show in Canada.
King Khan may have 'officially' conquered the US with his other band, The Shrines, and their project with The Black Lips, 'The Almighty Defenders', may be catching the imagination of youngsters right now, but it truly was The King Khan & BBQ Show that paved the way, through many sold-out shows and tours, much publicity and a league of hardcore fans ' from youngsters to oldsters alike, their crowds sing along incessantly and let their freak-flags fly in joyous solidarity when they hit the stage, clamouring like entranced dervishes to be a part of a growing phenomenon. Combining 'one of the best live shows in the world', a very unique sound and some of the best songs penned today, The King Khan & BBQ Show has earned the respect of their peers and music fans in general. They are an awesomely surreal site to behold; a stunning music machine, playing incredible original hits that never end. Just ask Jon Spencer or The Black Lips or Bradford Cox ' they have all covered songs by Sultan and Khan, as have many others. Apparently, there is even a 'songs of The King Khan & BBQ Show' course offered somewhere in Japan. A cartoon pilot of these lovable saps is also in the works. So is a movie appearance. Be ready for the upcoming onslaught. Give into their spell and live forever.
2009 marks their first album release for three years, the highly anticipated 'Invisible Girl'. After releases in the interim on revered labels like Crypt, Norton and Fat Possum, KK&BBQ decided to remain true to their roots and to their ethos and choose LA's 'In The Red Records' to release it in the USA . 'Invisible Girl' is a return to the formula that made them (in)famous and separated them from everyone else. But it is also a foray into more sounds, as well as a minor step towards further instrumentation. It is their best album yet, featuring 12 songs recorded in both Berlin and Brooklyn, off and on, starting early in 2008. It's all covered in the grooves ' Mark Sultan unleashing his angelic voice in soul-stirring jams, King Khan tearing up punk blasts and shrieking murderous RnB 'Â a mashup in tribute to their fave sounds of the 50's, 60's and 70's done updated in modern surrealism- It also contains one of the most vulgar songs ever put to wax! All of this in an incredible underwater-themed painting package done by Johnny Sampson.
A North American tour starts in October 2009.