King Khan and the Shrines

Infobox musical artist
Name = King Khan and the Shrines


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Origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Berlin, Germany
Genre = Garage Punk
Garage Rock
Rock 'n' Roll
Years_active = 1999-Present
Label = VICE Records
Kunta Kinte Records
Sounds of Subterania
Voodoo Rhythm Records
Vicious Circle
Hazelwood Records
Lola Product/Speed Records
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Associated_acts = The King Khan & BBQ Show
The Spaceshits
Kukamongas
The Sensational Shrines
Calexico
Swoons
Current_members = King Khan
Till Timm
Dream Jeans
Rahn Streeter
John Boy Adonis
Simon Says
Ben Ra
Long Fred Roller
Fredovitch

King Khan and the Shrines, sometimes referred to as King Khan and (His) Sensational Shrines or The Supreme Genius of King Khan and His Sensational Shrines are a Berlin-based garage rock and psychedelic soul band.

Founded in 1999 by the twenty-two year old King Khan, formerly of Canadian garage rock outfits The Spaceshits (where he operated under the pseudonym Blacksnake) and Kukamongas. The band is noted for its impressive stage antics. Typically King Khan is scantly clad, and the overwhelming frontman. His performances feature a cheerleader, and a mixture of instrumentation including, but not limited to: keyboard, baritone saxophone, guitar, bass, and drums. He played an energetic concert at the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival.

Khan also currently plays with fellow former Spaceshit member, Mark Sultan, in the King Khan & BBQ Show, a doo-wop and punk inspired two-man band.

The original Shrines lineup of the (Sensational) Shrines consisted of King Khan on vocals and guitars, Mr. Speedfinger on guitar, Boom Boom Jennes on bass, John Boy Adonis on "big beat," Sam Cook on trumpet, percussionist Ron (A.K.A. Rahn) Streeter (who formerly played for Ike and Tina Turner, Bo Diddley, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, and Al Jarreau), Ben Ra on saxophone and Mr. Tom Bone on trombone. Eccentric French organist Fredovitch joined the lineup a week before the group recorded their first album at Toe Rag Studios in London.

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