King Khan (musician)
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King Khan performing in 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Arish Ahmad Khan |
| Also known as | Blacksnake |
| Born |
January 24, 1977 Montreal, Canada |
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
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| Website | kingkhanmusic |
Arish Ahmad Khan, better known by his stage name King Khan, is a Canadian musician. He is best known as the frontman of King Khan and the Shrines and for being one half of The King Khan & BBQ Show.
Khan was born in Montreal to an Indo-Canadian family. Since 2005 he resides in Berlin, Germany with his wife and two daughters.
King Khan was a member of a number of Canadian garage bands including the Spaceshits, a frantic garage punk outfit formed in mid-1995. As his circle of fellow trouble-maker musicians grew, in 1999 he helped create a "death cult" of such musicians, originally known as the "Kukamongas" with identifying tattoos and with plans including "Jonestown, without the killing and Kool-Aid". He used the Blacksnake moniker while in the Spaceshits whose two full-length albums were released on Sympathy for the Record Industry. He has spent a considerable amount of time in collaboration with former Spaceshits band-mate Mark Sultan in the two-man band, The King Khan & BBQ Show. Since 1999 King Khan has performed as part of King Khan and the Shrines, a psychedelic soul nine member band. They signed to Vice Records in 2008. In early 2009 King Khan collaborated with Mark Sultan and the four members of the Black Lips to form a gospel supergroup called Almighty Defenders. Their debut album was released on Vice Records on September 22, 2009.
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