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Radio- The Cherry Blossom
Clinic, 91.1 FM WFMU NYC/East Central NJ, September 2005 Interviews-
iPunkRock, 2005 (en español) ReviewsNew reviews here: http://www.bomp.com/bbq.html BBQ "Take a Message" 7" BBQ s/t (Alien Snatch CD) - One man band BBQ aka Creepy of the
Spaceshits aka Bridge Mixture of Les Sexareenos aka Blortz aka Mark Sultan
and so on gets his feet a-stompin' on the floorboards, his fingers a-twangin'
the guitar and his lungs a-blarin' and whoops up one wild jamboree! The
ghosts of Gene and Eddie supply the fuel for BBQ getting the charcoal and
hickory chunks red hot enough for the rock-n-roll rack of ribs he's
grilling up. There's lots of people doing the one man band thing these
days but when BBQ gets the grease splattering & slathers it all up with
his own special recipe, which is just the right amount of rockabilly brown
sugar, bump & grind vinegar and punk rock hot sauce, it sure be damn
tasty. (BBQ's website) dm “So, as you all know, BBQ is a one-man band comprised of Mr. Mark
Sultan. BBQ is Rock & Roll, and this CD proves it. For those (unfortunate
souls) who've never heard BBQ, combine the best elements of Ritchie Valens,
Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley, early Elvis, Little Richard, early Motown, The
Cramps and the Sonics and you've got an idea. It's raw, it's distorted, it
was recorded LIVE, and it's one of the best things I've heard in a long,
long, long time!” “You can call him Creepy, Bridge Mixture, Mark Sultan or anything you
want, but the man with a no name, the guy with a thousand faces is back!
The scream behind the Spaceshits, the drumming assault behind Les
Sexareenos (he sang a couple of songs with them, too) has now decided that
drumming and singing was not enough, so he took a guitar out of the
garbage and became THE INCREDIBLE, THE FUCKIN GREAT BBQ!!! The ultimate
one man band!!! No, in fact, BBQ isn't just a one man bad, BBQ is one of
THEE GREATEST ROCK N'ROLL BANDS EVER !! That's what BBQ is all about, ROCK
N'ROLL ! He has always loved rock n'roll and always will! This record is
just so good I cannot believe it! It's like listening to 50 years of rock
n'roll in forty minutes! This guys does it all: Rock n'roll, blues, R’n'b,
punk! Threw My Girl a Party is what the Spaceshits would have sounded like
if they were a one man band, 3 Days is the ultimate lo-fi rock n'roll song
(thanx Edouard Laroque, the most lo-fi guy ever, for that).If you buy the
CD, you'll have 3 uncredited songs!” “Like hearing the Velvets, the Falcons, the Gories and Eddie Cochran
being puked up out of a possessed maniac…” “… BBQ sat very relaxed in a chair drinking a beer and smoking a
cigarette when the lights went on onstage. He promptly kicked into a
rumbling set that had the crowd rocking and calling his name. …If you dig
the Velvet Underground, Sun Records stuff and old-timey R&B, DO NOT MISS
BBQ! Very cool.” “The One-man band that Rock 'n' Rollers should care about!! 12 awesome
songs... Mark Sultan should be considered as one of the best garage rock
'n' roll Vocalists ever... no less!!” “Hot diggity! It's a booze soaked voodoo Hootenanny from hell, I tell
ya! Mark Sultan (ex-Spaceshits, Les Sexareenos) carries on the glorious
one-man-with-guitar-and-drumkit tradition of Hasil Adkins, Lightning
Beatman and Bog Log III. High on that vintage Sun Records sound, our merry
Canadian cranks out one infectious shitraw hillbilly r'n'r tune after
another like he was raised on corn liquor, cotton, Memphis
blues'n'rockabilly and that hellfire'n'brimstone chuch gospel. Unlike most
albums these recordings are actually rougher (all recorded live in 1 or 2
takes) than Mr. Sultan's brilliant recent performance here in Copenhagen
(see live review elsewhere in this issue)! Get the vinyl version with a
great pre-war blues-like drawn cover of BBQ (incl. poster) instead of that
buttugly CD.” “BBQ is Kib Husk one-man-band and this is recorded live. Result is
really fascinating. It takes 2 people for White Stripes to do the same
thing and BBQ does it even better. Well, music is not the same - BBQ is
dirty swamp rockin' trash blues. I know there are people who don't like
one / two man bands and I'm also always skeptical about them. But there
are surprises and BBQ is definitely one of them. Specially B side sounds
like normal band - I don't know what this guy does I just can't believe
it's all recorded live - I have to see it with my own eyes. But who cares
anyway - it's ass kicking music and I love it!” “The most full-sounding, rocking one-man band release yet! He could've
passed this off as a full band. Great 50's style vocals, garage trash rnr
blues.” “…Pure, simple, rudimentary rock’n’roll full of soul and intensity…” “Best voice I’ve heard in a while. Very authentic shit, but not dated
at all.” “Speaking of one man bands, pick up the BBQ single on Goodbye Boozy,
the most dependable limited-run singles label out there. You won’t be
disappointed. Act quick though, because it’s limited to 300 copies. King
Louie better up the ante, because Kib Husk tears some shit up. I always
knew there was reason Creepy was my favorite Spaceshit, and these two
tracks are as catchy as a one-man act can be. Unadulterated rockin’ in its
simplest form. Plus, you can have hours of fun identifying the characters
on the sleeve. Let’s see, there’s the deer-headed guy from that European
flick, the snake-chick from ‘Lair of the White Worm’,…” “Great fucking rock&roll.” “Fuckin cool! Mark Sultan (Spaceshits, Sexareenos)`s one-man band is
one of the best I`ve heard. ‘3 Days’ is a real rockabilly stomper. The
lyrics are ace. Really paranoid and evil: “you better treat me right, cuz
in 3 days time we’re gonna die!”. Cool shit. ‘I’m the One’ is a great,
bluesy/garagey rock n roller. The sound is great and this guy`s voice made
my girlfriend hot. Asshole. Buy it.” “Goodbye Boozy Records sent me this 7” by a group called BBQ a long
while ago… limited to 300 and probably already sold out, BBQ is Mark, of
the SPACESHITS/LES SEXAREENOS, I think…and if you dig the way out sounds
of the SPACESHITS and the 1950’s suzy q rock n roll…well then…what the
fuck! BBQ, the one-man-band, is killer garage and woulda been on my top
2002 list if I had bothered to listen to it earlier…sorry Mr.
Boozy…anyway…try and find it…” “The ‘3 Days’ 7 inch by BBQ is the latest offering from Italy’s Goodbye
Boozy Records. BBQ is a one-man band and that one man is Kib Husk. Kib
Husk sang as Creepy in The Spaceshits. Creepy co-runs Sultan Records as
Mark Spaceshit. Mark Spaceshit drums as Bridge Mixture on the first Les
Sexareenos LP. Bridge Mixture drums as Noamnm Rumnyun on the Les
Sexareenos second LP. Got that? There are a lot of good one-man bands out
there, Hasil Adkins, King Louie One Man Band, Bob Log III, John Schooley
And His One Man Band, and BBQ is another. Guitar in his hands, drums on
his feet. This record was recorded live and is lo-fi. It sounds great to
my ears though. Side A has the title track ‘3 Days’. As I’ve said many
times before, it’s all about the song. This is a really cool song. It
would be great if the Backstreet Boys sang it. Of course it’s much cooler
this way. It’s a straight-up rock n’ roller with a great melody. I’ve been
singing it for days. Side B has ‘I’m the One’. This song has a traditional
‘50s rock n’ roll feel to it. Hell, if you told me it was a cover of an
old Buddy Holly song, I’da bought it. Another great song. So if you like
one-man bands, no scratch that, if you like rock n’ roll get this record.
This is one of the best singles of the year.” "…and no, it`s not a drum machine, it`s BBQ – a guy who plays drums
with his fuckin feet! A no-bullshit rock and roll assault that had the
crowd going crazy. He was entertaining the folks with both an arsenal of
top notch songs AND incredibly charming and personal banter that had the
girls hypnotized and the guys hollering… the best act of the night,
hands-down.” “ONE-MAN-BAND ALERT! BBQ is the solo brainchild of Mark Sultan, former
vocalist for the amazing SPACESHITS and current member of LES SEXAREENOS!
It more than exceeded my expectations, but I've always been a fan of this
guy's bands. In BBQ, I'd say he's able to hold his own against KING LOUIE,
which is probably the biggest compliment I could give to a one-man-band.
Gimme more, Kib Husk, gimme more!” “Et un groupe canadien de plus chez Alien Snatch (doit y en avoir 4 ou
5) ! Ou plutôt un one man band, celui de BBQ, alias Mark Sultan, ex-SPACESHITS,
SEXAREENOS et sans doute quelques autres (il accompagnait King Khan en
tournée récemment). Il tient la guitare, joue de la batterie et chante.
Imaginez justement les SPACESHITS passant à leur moulinette lo-fi le
meilleur des compilations Sin Alley ou Desperate Rock'n'Roll et vous ne
serez pas loin du compte. Cet album déroule des brûlots 50's rock (et
R'n'B) endiablés et trashy, comme si le fantôme d'Elvis s'était mis au
garage-punk, JERRY LEE aux jams avec TEENGENERATE et Charlie Feathers
réincarné en Mr BEAT-MAN. Feeling violent, voix géniale, réverb' et roots
malmenées sont le lot de ce CD un peu rugueux au premier abord (la réverb
cathédrale et l'option lo-fi) mais qui provoque vite l'addiction et fait
grimper des fourmis dans les jambes. Pour 50's fans et garage addix de
tout poil. Excellent!” “BBQ is INCREDIBLE. I had the other losers round and we agreed it
should come with a sticker on the front saying "100% PARTY RECORD!" This
is a fucking KILLER Ronnie Dawson/Roy Orbison mixture that I LOVE! Most
one- man bands go for full lo-fi but BBQ is just the right amount of scuzz
and is GUARANTEED to get EVERYBODY dancing. Absolutely amazing record!
That's going on at the next party cos I KNOW everybody's gonna be getting
up and dancing. Everything about BBQ is great. I can't BELIEVE how good
this record is. Even the SLEEVE is great! (I love the stars!). It's a
totally unique record and you must be totally proud of it! It's got the
great 50s sludge but with great tunes and great powerpop style guitar.
Totally unique!” "BBQ is Mr. Mark Sultan from the beloved Spaceshits, and the
also-beloved Les Sexareenos. This time he's fronting (and backing) a
single-minded, primitive tribute Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee & Buddy Holly
worship and backwoods good times. It's a tremendous little disc, and you
can't believe this stuff is recorded live, while Sultan is bashing it out
on every instrument simultaneously. You can't stop playing this one
because it's so perfect for every occasion. Mopping the floor, taking a
shit, drinking a beer, staring at the walls, BARBECUING. This is perfect
music for all of that. This is one of my favorites of the year so far."
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