Mark your calendar: King Khan & BBQ Show @ Exit/In 11/20

I think this is going to be awesome - I just hope we don't see his ass (that's totally NSFW, by the way).

The whole King Khan thing is hella confusing to me - there's King Khan & The Shrines and King Khan & BBQ Show, and until about two minutes ago I didn't know the difference.  But according to wikipedia, the story goes a little bit like this (I don't know if any of this is true, or if the timeline is accurate, but it sounds good to me):

• First there was a Montreal-based garage band called The Spaceshits, which included a dude named Blacksnake and a dude named BBQ.  The Spaceshits went on tour to Europe and Blacksnake decided to stay in Germany, so the band broke up.
  
• While in Berlin, Blacksnake changed his pseudonym to King Khan, and formed a new psychedelic soul and garage rock band called King Khan & The Shrines (also sometimes called King Khan & His Sensational Shrines).  They have released four albums since 2001, and in June of this year Vice released The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines, which is kinda like a greatest-hits deal.  And it's KICK ASS.
  
• In the meantime BBQ veentured off to do his own one-man band thing, and eventually got back in touch with his buddy Blacksnake/King Khan.  BBQ played a few shows alongside The Shrines, and eventually the two started to write songs together and play sporadic shows around Germany and Spain.  Now they've recorded two albums together - The King Khan & BBQ Show LP, and What's For Dinner?

So The King Khan & BBQ Show are going to be at Mercy Lounge on Thursday November 20.  Tickets are available now - they're $10 and the show is 18+.  Now that you've heard the King Khan story, mark your calendar and get your listen on:

"Fish Fight" (from The King Khan & BBQ Show)
"What's For Dinner?" (from What's For Dinner?)

Comments

[larry]

i'm pumped for this show. i've always thought i'll never belong is a great song (it's on the king khan/bbq myspace page)

[linwood regensburg]

hoorrayyy for king khan!!!!
welfare bread ( a kk and shrines tune) is my personal favorite