King Khan & The Shrines
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May 28th, 2009 - San Francisco
Buy What Is?! here.
"I didn't just want the audience to have an aural orgasm. I wanted an EYEGASM too!!!"
- King Khan.
King Khan & The Shrines have been spreading their love like peanut butter since 1999. A youngblood King Khan on his royal buddhistic journey decides to sow some wild oats in Germany, he finds true love and fulfills his life long dream of leading a super bad ass 10 piece soul inferno!!!!
The line-up includes 60 year-old Chicago-born Ron Streeter (the live-percussionist of Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, and many other Soul-Legends), a horn section consisting of Simon Wojan (member of Kranky Records recording artists Cloudland Canyon), Ben Ra (Germany's John Coltrane), and famous French rockabilly saxophonist Big Fred Rollercoaster. The rhythm section of the Sensational Shrines has been called a German/French version of the Freak Brothers.
Their first album, Three Hairs and You're Mine, was produced by Liam Watson recorded in the legendary Toe Rag Studios in London, England and released in 2002. A second full-length, Mr. Supernatural, followed in 2004. King Khan & the Shrines became an all-star international movement. Numerous gigs followed all across Europe with the Black Lips, Enon, Demolition Dollrods, Mr.Quintron & Ms. Pussycat, and an after-party for 50 Cent in Norway. They headlined Toronto's NXNE festival 2006 playing three nights in a row and even had a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra join their brass section.
In 2007 King Khan made the soundtrack and film score for Schwarze Schafe, a major motion picture in Germany. The soundtrack included music from The Black Lips, The Spits, Gris Gris, Quintron, and more.
In 2007, King Khan also released What Is?!, which received critical acclaim from all over the world, landing at #33 on Pitchfork's Top Albums of 2007, while their track "Welfare Bread" landed at #66 on Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs of 2007.
What Is?! is finally available domestically. Yes, on vinyl too! Already legendary for their insane live show, What Is?! shows the band harnessing their live power into 14 blasts of pure punk-soul. Originally released on Germany's Hazlewood imprint in July 2007, What Is?! shows The Shrines at their best. Their unique Sun Ra cum Stooges take on psychedelic big band soul is full on here, a literal aural middle finger to the calculated garage rock taking over the malls of America. Time to re-do those best of lists from a few years ago.
Also catch them later that night at Great American Music Hall.
"I didn't just want the audience to have an aural orgasm. I wanted an EYEGASM too!!!"
- King Khan.
King Khan & The Shrines have been spreading their love like peanut butter since 1999. A youngblood King Khan on his royal buddhistic journey decides to sow some wild oats in Germany, he finds true love and fulfills his life long dream of leading a super bad ass 10 piece soul inferno!!!!
The line-up includes 60 year-old Chicago-born Ron Streeter (the live-percussionist of Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, and many other Soul-Legends), a horn section consisting of Simon Wojan (member of Kranky Records recording artists Cloudland Canyon), Ben Ra (Germany's John Coltrane), and famous French rockabilly saxophonist Big Fred Rollercoaster. The rhythm section of the Sensational Shrines has been called a German/French version of the Freak Brothers.
Their first album, Three Hairs and You're Mine, was produced by Liam Watson recorded in the legendary Toe Rag Studios in London, England and released in 2002. A second full-length, Mr. Supernatural, followed in 2004. King Khan & the Shrines became an all-star international movement. Numerous gigs followed all across Europe with the Black Lips, Enon, Demolition Dollrods, Mr.Quintron & Ms. Pussycat, and an after-party for 50 Cent in Norway. They headlined Toronto's NXNE festival 2006 playing three nights in a row and even had a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra join their brass section.
In 2007 King Khan made the soundtrack and film score for Schwarze Schafe, a major motion picture in Germany. The soundtrack included music from The Black Lips, The Spits, Gris Gris, Quintron, and more.
In 2007, King Khan also released What Is?!, which received critical acclaim from all over the world, landing at #33 on Pitchfork's Top Albums of 2007, while their track "Welfare Bread" landed at #66 on Pitchfork's Top 100 Songs of 2007.
What Is?! is finally available domestically. Yes, on vinyl too! Already legendary for their insane live show, What Is?! shows the band harnessing their live power into 14 blasts of pure punk-soul. Originally released on Germany's Hazlewood imprint in July 2007, What Is?! shows The Shrines at their best. Their unique Sun Ra cum Stooges take on psychedelic big band soul is full on here, a literal aural middle finger to the calculated garage rock taking over the malls of America. Time to re-do those best of lists from a few years ago.
Also catch them later that night at Great American Music Hall.
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