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“I didn’t just want the audience to have an aural orgasm…
I wanted an EYEGASM too!!!”
– King Khan
BIO
Imagine Roky Erickson backed by the Sun Ra Arkestra or Wilson
Pickett and The Velvet Underground, or picture the love child of
Anubis and Kali. King Khan & The Shrines is more than a psychedelic
soul band with a spectacle of a stage show. They are a cult musical
phenomenon with more than 12+ years of international touring,
multiple studio records and a fan base of fervent punk, soul, free
jazz and garage rock heads.
STUDIO RECORDINGS
King Khan, the spiritual guru and front man, cobbled together a
fierce line-up of musicians while in Berlin in between reading Tarot
cards and raising a family. What he ended up with in 1999 is one of
the most entertaining groups the world has seen and heard since the
days of Ike & Tina. The line-up includes Chicago-born, Ron Streeter
(veteran percussionist for Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder), a horn
section consisting of trumpeter Simon Wojan (member of Kranky
Records recording artists Cloudland Canyon), tenor sax man Torben
Wesche (Germany’s John Coltrane), and famous French rockabilly
baritone saxophonist Frederic Brissaud. The rhythm section of the
Sensational Shrines has been called a German/French version of
the Freak Brothers – Till Timm on guitar, organist Frederic Bourdil,
Jens Redemann on bass and drummer Mirko Wenzl.
(Sounds of Subterrania, 2004)
“The nine-piece whips audiences
into squirming masses.” – The Wall Street Journal (2012)
Bite My Tongue digital single (King Khan Music, 2012)
Bite My Tongue split 7” vinyl with Mikal Cronin
(Bruise Cruise, 2012)
The Supreme Genius of King Khan & The Shrines
(Vice, 2008)
What Is?! (Vice, Hazelwood, 2007)
Billiards at Nine Thirty split EP with The Dirtbombs
Mr. Supernatural (Hazelwood, 2004)
Smash Hits (Vicious Circle, 2003)
One U Luv split 7” vinyl with Rev. Beat-Man
(Sounds of Subterrannia, 2002)
Three Hairs & You’re Mine (Voodoo Rhythm, 2001)
Spread Your Love Like Peanut Butter EP
(Sounds of Subterrania, 2000)
Torture b/w Shivers Down My Spine 7” vinyl
(Kunte Kinte, 2000)
COMPILATIONS & SOUNDTRACKS
Voodoo Rhythm Records’
Records To Ruin Any Party Vol. 1 (Voodoo Rhythm, 2011)
Chiko Film Soundtrack (Corazon Int’l, 2009)
Showroom Rebels (Hazelwood, 2007)
Schwarze Schafe Film Soundtrack (Normal, 2007)
Live Vol. 2 at Subsonic (Lola/Speed, 2005)
VR Home of Primitive Rock ‘n’ Roll
(Voodoo Rhythm, 2003)
Motormania 2000 (Sounds of Subterrania, 2000)
“...deep fried
soul-punk
INSANITY ”
– NME (2008)
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
Bite My Tongue single — getting airplay on Sirius XMU, KEXP, WBJB
The Night, Indie1031.com
Bite My Tongue video — in rotation on MuchMusic
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Featured on iHeartRadio’s NEW! Discover & Uncover channel in May 2012
Bumbershoot 2012
FYF 2012
Bestival 2012
House of Vans 2012
Plissken Festival 2012
Bruise Cruise 2012
Sudoste TMN 2011
Invited by Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson to
perform at the Sydney Opera House 2010
Coachella Music & Arts Festival 2010
Sasquatch Festival 2009
South By Southwest 2009
Pitchfork Music Festival 2008
NXNE Festival 2006
“It’s a perfectly characteristic bit of old-school hard-soul wailing; nice to
hear that Khan still has his Wilson Pickett records in heavy rotation.”
– Stereogum (2012)
“Armed with a full horn section, a guitarist and bassist who liked to crowd
surf throughout the set, a drummer who resembled a former member of
ZZ Top and a yell that would make Little Richard proud, King Khan put
together a raw, unhinged set of dirty soulful rock ’n’ roll. Mixing old
favorites like “Land of the Freak” along with new hits “Bite My Tongue”
Khan strode along the stage owning every inch of it.”
– Buzz Bands LA (2012)
“For pure, unadulterated, unhinged fun, there has been no greater live
show on the road this year…than King Khan & The Shrines.” – MTV.com
“Khan approaches the mic with a boisterous ferocity like Screaming
Jay Hawkins, Hasil Adkins or “Proud Mary”-era Tina Turner.”
– Orange County Register (2009)
“He’s a soul man, a Lothario, a family man, an exhibitionist, a lover, a joker,
a destroyer, a punk rocker, a mustachioed cartoon, a socially conscious
lyricist, a gross out humorist…King Khan exists on so many planes, he’s
virtually in another dimension.” – MTV Iggy
“It’s sweaty, wild-eyed intensity that only those with soul can withstand…
Some purists might say Khan’s brand of soul could use a punk-rock
exorcism…Its rugged music with an infectious attitude, but sounds
only make up one half of Khan’s band. With matching costumes,
choreographed stage moves and a go-go dancer, the neo-soul 10-piece
revels in rock’s visual power. King Khan and the Shrines may look
and sound bizarre, but don’t feel left out; it’s not an exclusive club.”
– NPR Music Song of the Day (2009)
What Is?! — named #33 on Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2007
Welfare Bread — landed at #66 on Pitchfork’s Top 100 Songs of 2007
MUSIC PLACEMENTS
V8 Juice TV Commercial
HBO’s Entourage
HBO’s Eastbound & Down
NBC’s Chuck
Chiko movie in Germany, produced by
Academy Award Winner Fatih Akin
Saints Row video game
Mother Energy Drink in Australia
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