drunk pixels - king khan and bbq

THEY SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE.  THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T EVER HAPPEN AGAIN.  BUT THEY WERE WRONG.  FUCK OFF ALL YOU HATERS............

KING KHAN AND BBQ ARE BACK......they absolutely destroyed the empty bottle last week, i mean fucking killed it...... one of the best shows of the year hands down.....

so it case you missed it.......watch below..... 
   (thanks to sei jin for the drunk pixels)  

HOLY SHIT, LET'S ROCK N ROLL MOTHER FUCKERS !!!!!!!!






WITH SURPRISE GUEST NOBUNNY !!!!!



ENCORE !!!!!!! LET'S GET SWEATY AND DRUNK !!!!!!!

mark sultan - the war on rock n roll

IN THE RED records is celebrating RECORD STORE DAY by releasing a live MARK SULTAN lp, entitled THE WAR ON ROCK N ROLL......  this is essential i promise, as Mark Sultan is one of the best live garage/punk acts around.....

and if you know of his other bands (the spaceshits, les sexareenos, king khan and bbq show, mind controls), you understand why this is so exciting.......

THE WAR ON ROCK N ROLL is available as a free download just in case you can't get yr hands on one of the limited lps on RSD...... and here's what Mark Sultan has to say about the War on RnR lp.....

"In The Red Records has decided to release this recording on vinyl to celebrate Record Store Day, and I am thrilled. While you listen to this recording, keep in mind that it is one take, live, and that the sides of the LP split the recording, obviously due to vinyl's time limitations upon pressing.At the time of this recording, yes, I was hellbent on converting my live sound to what you hear on this LP. It had been my first and only attempt at this sound, and while I am myself curious how I pulled it off in that one take, and while I really enjoy how it sounds, I never tried doing it again. Maybe I will for some of these upcoming shows." 

click here to download 

THE WAR ON ROCK N ROLL.....

and check out MARK SULTAN on tour in a town near you......

April 24th: Tallahassee, FL - Waterworks

April 25th: St. Augustine, FL - Cafe 11 

April 27th: Miami, FL - Vagabond

April 28th: San Juan, PR - Abracadabra

May 2nd: Orlando, FL - Will's Pub

May 3rd: Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar

May 4th: Phoenix, AZ - Trunk Space

May 5th: San Francisco, CA - The Hemlock

May 7th: Denver, CO - Hi-Dive

May 10th: Brooklyn, NY - Knitting Factory

May 11th: New Haven, CT - Cafe 9

May 12th: Boston, MA - TBA

May 24th: Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle

May 25th: Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club

May 26th: Minneapolis, MN - Turf Club

May 28th: Omaha, NE - The Slowdown

May 29th: Oklahoma City, OK - Blue Note

May 31st: Dallas, TX - City Tavern 

June 1st: Austin, TX - Scoot-Inn (Chaos in Tejas)

June 2nd: Houston, TX - Continental Club

June 4th: Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone

June 5th: Nashville, TN - Zombie Shop

June 7th: Cincinnati, OH - Motr

June 8th: Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups

June 9th: Cleveland, OH - Beachland 

 June 15th: Montreal, QC - Sala Rossa

July 6th: Moncton, NB - The Manhattan

July 7th: Halifax, NS - The Seahorse

watch Mark Sultan live below...............

mark sultan - whenever / whatever i want

mark sultan is releasing two new lps this fall, whenever i want and what i want, on IN THE RED RECORDS, which is also releasing a combo cd version with the best songs from both records.......

and if you love mark sultan as much as me, yr stoked....... i mean nobody plays soulful lo-fi garage rock like him......

so click here for the cd version of WHENEVER/WHATEVER I WANT.

and to get all the songs, you'll just gonna have to buy each record yrslf.......

and watch a set from earlier this year in australia below......

mark sultan on tour

MARK SULTAN is touring in support of his two new lps WHENEVER I WANT and WHATEVER I WANT out soon on IN THE RED RECORDS........

both these albums should be amazing, so make sure you buy 'em when they get to yr local record store.....

show dates are listed below, don't miss out:


10/27 Edmonton, AB - Wunderbar
10/28 Calgary, AB - Broken City
10/29 Winnipeg, MB - The Royal Albert
11/2 Detroit, MI - The Lager House
11/3 Kalamazoo, MI - Louie's Trophy Room
11/4 Milwaukee, WI - Club Garibaldi's
11/5 Chicago, IL - Ultra Lounge
11/6 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway
11/10 Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico - Cabare
11/11 Brooklyn, NY Bell House
11/15 Austin, TX – Mohawk
11/17 Portland, OR - East End
11/18 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
11/19 San Francisco, CA - The Hemlock
11/22 Palm Springs, CA - Dillon Roadhouse
11/23 Los Angeles, CA - Bordello
11/25 Long Beach, CA - Alex's Bar
11/26 San Diego, CA - Bar Pink
11/28 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
11/30 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
12/1 New York, NY - Cake Shop
12/2 Boston, MA - Magic Room Gallery



and listen below to SONG IN GREY 
off WHENEVER I WANT........
  Mark Sultan - "Song In Grey" by forcefieldpr

in the garage: news and releases

*fat possum records just released a best of from jay reatard's synth punk band, the LOST SOUNDS.  entitled BLAC STATIC, the lp is comprised on songs hand picked by the rest of the band, alicja (also of black sunday and river city tanlines) and rich (from lover!).....

make sure you grab this album, cause like all things jay reatard, especially his lost sounds-era, are hard to come by......  though goner records may eventually reissue all the REATARDS lps...which if you havent bought the recent TEENAGE HATE reissue, go get now it........

*in the red records is set to rerelease some black lips titles in august.   larry must of acquired the rights from vice, who didn't seem to interested in keeping the black lips titles in stock, for some undisclosed reason.

in the red will rerelease GOOD BAD NOT EVIL on lp, as well as issuing 200 MILLION THOUSAND and LOS VALIENTES DEL MONDO NEUVO (their live lp from TIJUANA) on vinyl for the first time.  finally.

i hate it when you have to go buy a goddamn cd to get the album.  (personally not a fan of buying music in the CLOUD.....but thats just me.....)

*also in the red is planning to release two new mark sultan lps this fall/winter.  "whenever i want" and shortly there after "whatever i want"....   a cd version will include both lps.......

mark sultan (aka bbq) is also rereleasing his $ lp on in the red, after acquiring the rights from last gang.......$ is a difficult lp to find, but it is out there and worth the money.........

*and the good tunes just keep coming.......hozac records is about to release lps by HEAVY TIMES and RADAR EYES, two of my fav chicago garage noisemakers......   and hozac is also planning a split 7 inch with the black lips and mark sultan.....probably later on this year...

*KING KHAN just played two shows with GRIS GRIS in chicago this weekend.  we can only hope they stopped in a studio somewhere to record some jams.....

their sets were some spastic garage psych...with as many gris gris songs as king khan tunes....

much like the almighty defenders side project where the black lips were joined with king khan and bbq in the studio.....  who doesn't like garage punk supergroups..........

and yeah do yerself a favor and pick up a GRIS GRIS lp.....

anyway these shows were fucking great.........if you missed them,  watch the second show at the empty bottle below......

mark sultan

to get all you kids in the mood for the fall mark sultan tour (aka BBQ), here is a lil sampler for you.

click here the link for mark sultan's sultanic verses and $ lps plus the hold on 7 inch.

rockabilly garage soul from a man that's been in so many good garage punk bands....most notably king khan & bbq, the mind controls and the spaceshits.........

enjoy. if yr in chicago, i'll see you at the empty bottle on oct 21st.......

drinking beer in the afternoon....

....and listening to a few of my fav bands from the last two years.

fucking love all the kids playing lo-fi garage punk nowawdays.........

g.g. king.....(side project of the carbonas)

traditional fools....(one of ty segall's various bands)

birthday suits....(twin cities rock n roll)

thee oh sees....(no need to explain the greatness of john dwyer)

the spaceshits....(....mark sultan aka bbq in the best garage rock band ever........)

spaceshits

Mark Sultan (aka BBQ) began his musical career playing drums in a band called Powersquat, a suburban group which combined a number of diverse influences into their notably violent live shows. After Powersquat, Sultan went on to join the Spaceshits, another Montreal-based band whose members approached Sultan in order to procure a lead singer. Sultan volunteered himself for the position and the band began writing songs together. At the time of Sultan's arrival the Spaceshits were composed of Oily Chi on rhythm guitar, Stinky B. on bass, and Skid Marks on drums, though within a few months Stinky B. was replaced on bass by Blacksnake, a Canadian of Indian descent.

The Spaceshits, just like the Powersquats before them, were well-known for their violent stage shows. Sets typically lasted no longer than 10 to 15 minutes, in which time the band would set off fireworks, start food fights, and create disturbances. Eventually the band's raucous live shows would lead them to be effectively blacklisted from most venues in Montreal, a trend which was compounded during an April 8 1996 set in support of the New Bomb Turks. During the Spaceshits' set, Sultan allegedly threw a full beer bottle into the Cabaret crowd; the beer was consumed by someone in the audience. Later, fellow bandmate Skid Marks threw his drumstick into the crowd, injuring the president of a music distributing company which employed Sultan. The final straw in the Spaceshits blacklisting occurred in April 1999, just before the beginning of aEuropean tour, while the band was promoting a new Sultan Records release. Before the show, the band had an altercation with the venue's co-owner which resulted in Blacksnake's hand being injured. A member of the Daylight Lovers stormed the stage encouraging the audience to demand their money back for a show the band did not intend to deliver. This event marked the end of the band's booking in Montreal.

The Spaceshits went on to complete a European tour; one which would prove to be the last for the band. After the European tour had ended, Blacksnake opted to stay behind. Rather than continue on without him, the bandmembers broke up, believing both that the band had run its course,....

and we were left with some of the best garage punk ever put to records, so what's there to complain about.........get the spaceshits lp MISBEHAVIN (via one of those nifty file sharing sites)

finally.....the almighty defenders

super group i could only dream of.....king khan, mark sultan (aka bbq) and the black lips.....gospel garage madness......yup.....

listen below......

The Almighty Defenders - The A...