Spinner

King Khan and BBQ Show Slam 'False' Media Coverage of Drug Bust

After making headlines recently with their now-notorious run-in with the law in Kentucky, the King Khan & BBQ Show want nothing more than to put the unfortunate event behind them.

"Let's just say a lot of what was printed was totally false," Mark "BBQ" Sultan tells Spinner, on the line from the duo's Seattle tour stop, though he declined to go into details about the police incident that caused the trashy R&B-infused garage-rockers to miss a pair of gigs in St. Louis, Mo., and Lawrence, Kan.

(Last week, the band released a statement saying: "On November 16, 2009 [tour manager] Kristin Klein entered a guilty plea to 2nd degree possession of a controlled substance in Christian County, Kentucky." According to reports, that substance was allegedly magic mushrooms.)

The Montreal rocker did, however, share his frustration over how the ordeal has been misrepresented in the media.

"The shreds of truth that have come out are just shreds of truth just so we don't have to deal with talking about it anymore," Sultan says. "No matter what I add -- even though it's the complete truth -- there's so much bulls--- on the Internet that it doesn't even matter anymore. People have already formed their opinions."

Given the wild stage antics and larger-than-life personalities of Sultan and his eccentric wingman Khan, it's doubtful this is the first time the pair has had to battle it out with the ol' rumour mill. According to Sultan, that doesn't make the "lies" floating around the blogosphere any easier to swallow.

"People are full of venom and they're angry and they're vindictive for some reason around us," he says. "It's created a lot of bulls--- that has harmed us."

With a slew of tour dates still ahead of them -- the outfit is set to play Vancouver tonight and will hit Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg before a brief jaunt back into the US in early December -- Sultan is confident the lively twosome will be able to turn around this public relations hiccup in no time.

"I'd like to think that the music I make -- or the music I make with Khan -- is way more important than a bunch of nerds sitting around making s--- up."

King Khan and BBQ Show upcoming tour dates:

Nov 25, The Warehouse - Calgary, Alberta
Nov 26, Pawn Shop - Edmonton, Alberta
Nov 27, Amigos - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Nov 28, Royal Albert Arms - Winnepeg, Manitoba
Nov 29 Triple Rock - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 1, Mad Planet - Milwalkee, Wisconsin
Dec 2, Logan Square Auditorium - Chicago, Illinois
Dec 3, Northside Tavern - Cinncinati, Ohio
Dec 4, Lees Palace - Toronto, Ontario
Dec 5, Babylon - Ottawa, Ontario

All the AOL Music info you want to know

50 Cent, Street King: Rapper Visits…

The Boombox

AP Photo/World Food Programme, Rose Ogola NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Rapper 50 Cent…

Grammy Acceptance Speeches: Watch 30…

AOL Music Blog

FilmMagic, Getty, WireImage It's been a busy week for God. Besides helping…

Earl Sweatshirt Returns, Releases New…

The Boombox

YouTube.com Ironically, Earl Sweatshirt was one of the most visible members…

See all AOL Music »

Add a Comment

Sign in »
*0 / 3000 Character Maximum

3 Comments

Filter by:
jjoekiker7

It does not matter who they are just thank GOD above our law enforcement officers are out there making it safe for us to sleep at night these hooligans had magic mushrooms on their tour bus imagine that... I want more of my TAX dollars spent on ridding the streets and high_ways..HIGH-ways haha of drugs especially schroons... magic ones...what next mushrooms are a gateway drug to beer and marijuana...next thing they will be kidnapping our sons and daughters/....torturing them keep up the good works thats GODS work ridding the streetsridding america of these evil people...who the fuck are they anyway..... pass me a shot of whiskey and a hit of meth.....dude...I'm gonna go shoot some schrooners.....

November 28 2009 at 5:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
1 reply to jjoekiker7's comment
Bryan

alright first off u guys dont know these guys probally cause u only listen to crappy music on the radio, cause if u listened to em u would not be dissapointed. Second, Joekiker u r an idiot truly, beer n marijuana would more likely lead to shrooms not the other way around, n drugs arent gonna make a person kidnap children i seriously hope everything u wrote was a joke, cause if not i suggest u go n smoke some pot or drink some beer cause ur missin out

November 30 2009 at 5:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
itsuks2bu

hey, at least whoevertheyare got a free plug on AOL!
Whatever that's worth,not much in my book.

November 28 2009 at 4:03 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply