The Supreme Genius of King Khan

King Khan and the Shrines was one of the craziest concerts I've been to. In one song, one of the Shrines got naked and danced with his genitalia between his legs. King Khan is in the Shrines as well as many other bands, and his concert antics have gotten him some public recognition. Most known, he shoved his bare ass in Lindsey Lohan's face.

 He's apparently from Canada, but he hangs out and plays with a lot of American musicians, typically bands from the dirty South. I saw him in a documentary on the Atlanta music scene in which he, Jay Reatard and the Black Lips were featured. King Khan is also in a band with members from the Black Lips called the Almighty Defenders, who are also really sick. Anyways, King Khan and the Shrines formed in Germany and have a sound that borrows from influences all over the map. The Shrines are basically a big horn section that accompany his guitar and his wailing. King Khan sounds like James Brown mixed with Screamin Jay Hawkins, and the horns vary from numerous music genres. It seems to come from so many directions, ranging from soul, to funk, to blues, sometimes reminiscing Lou Reed and late 60's psychedelic punk. It's music that makes you dance and his voice invites you to freak out and scream around with him. His lyrics range from being on welfare, to flying your freak flag, to having a significant other whom is "so fat n ugly" His wailing and guitar playing add another direction of music that goes into the Shrines, and that is garage punk. It seems like the perfect combination, huh? Like the Strange Boys, The Strokes, Black Lips, they're all just some kind of old style music mixed with punk and your band is golden. Check them out after this and be sure to look at some of his influences according to me.