Rubberneck Issue 7 (September 2013) | Page 26

River. And that’s why there’s so much fiery punk from us. I mean, also because we had shitty childhoods and we, like-Mark Sultan: I think that has more to do with it! King Khan: You ever see that show Life Goes On, with Corky? Mark Sultan: Oh, god. King Khan: (sings) Secret sausage! No, but there’s a very psychedelic explanation for -- we basically, in the style of William S. Burroughs, basically used our bodies as vessels, and put semen as much -- all over our nuts. Mark Sultan: If you smoothed it out-King Khan: No, I’m just kidding. Semen is really sacred. When I come, a flower grows out of it. And the flower has a face. And that face-Mark Sultan: (sings) Eyes without a face… King Khan: --is the genie from Pee-wee’s Playhouse. Mark Sultan: Why you gotta do that? King Khan: (laughs) What’s his name, Jumanji? Mark Sultan: (laughs) No! King Khan: Jabba? Jambi. King Khan: Jambi! Mark Sultan: Jambi. King Khan: Jambi! Jambi is from my semen. Okay, so -- so you guys have been feeling like this about-King Khan: Wait, when you say “feeling,” what are you talking about? (Laughs) Okay, you guys have had this attitude towards psychedelia and-King Khan: You know what? Chaos is ridiculous, and chaos is magic. And we are the epitome of -- we are the armpit of chaos, and we are the stench-Mark Sultan: I’m gonna stop that anwer. So we practiced chaos magic since we were teenagers, and we believe in psychedelia and chaos magic, and although we can play rock and roll, or play...whatever it is-King Khan: Ska Teeth. (laughs) This is our new project. We’re actually sponsoring a, uh, toothless ska band. Mark Sultan: They’re gothic ska. They’re skath. King Khan: We scoff at skath, but skath will scoff at us in the end. Mark Sultan: You know, like, picture Robert Smith’s hair with a fuckin’ checkered jacket and a fuckin’ trumpet-King Khan: And a black person playing it. Mark Sultan: (sings) In the heat of the night! King Khan: (sings) The niiiight… (screams) Mark Sultan: (laughs) King Khan: Primal Scream, baby. (Laughs) It doesn’t sound very ska. King Khan: You say “goth,” and it eliminates all the ska elements, and it just makes it skath! The goth just writes over the ska? King Khan: Who wants to make a bet that my cigarette can make this whole place go up in flames? Mark Sultan: Yeah, what the fuck? Both: (scream) Mark Sultan: Oh my god, it’s a zit on my neck. Check it out, it’s a zit on my neck. For real, I think I do. Is it right there? Oh, yeah. Mark Sultan: Oh my god! What the fuck! King Khan: There’s a chicken coming out of it. Mark is the egg and the chicken. Mark Sultan: There’s no ]Y\