Mark Sultan
Mark Sultan (born Mark Antonio Pepe) is a Canadian musician and entrepreneur from Montreal, Quebec. He was a member of a number of Canadian garage bands including the Spaceshits, Les Sexareenos, and Mind Controls. He has also spent time performing as a one-man band under the pseudonym BBQ, a moniker which has followed him beyond his solo career to his collaboration with former Spaceshits bandmate Blacksnake in the two-man band, The King Khan & BBQ Show. Mark Sultan usually performs using a number of aliases including Needles, Krebs, Von Needles, Skutch, Creepy, Bridge Mixture, Kib Husk, Noammnn Rummnyunn, Blortz, Celeb Prenup, and BBQ. In 2007 he released his first album as Mark Sultan entitled Sultanic Verses. In 2010, Sultan released $ as Mark Sultan and The Ding Dongs, the debut self-titled LP by Sultan and Bloodshot Bill.
History
Childhood
Sultan was born in Montreal, Quebec. He was very interested in psychology as an adolescent, but in high school he grew anti-authoritarian and wasn't pleased with the fact he'd have to accept certain things in psychology. He got involved in playing punk at that time and ultimately stuck with music as what he wanted to do. At a very young age, he was able to recall lyrics with extreme precision and accuracy.
Podcasts:
Mark Sultan
ALBUMS
- Whatever / Whenever released: 2011
- Whenever I Want released: 2011
- Whatever I Want released: 2011
- $ released: 2010
- The Sultanic Verses released: 2007
- Tie Your Noose released: 2005
- BBQ released: 2003
Calloused Hands
I guess it goes to show
We’ve got an image to uphold
So burn the blueprints, scrap the plans
Cause we can hold this moment in our hands.
And now we’re testing these structures
Will the hold or fall apart
Just sit and wait in anticipation
But will it end before it starts?
And I can’t help but smile
My faith has been restored for the first time in a while.
So tonight we make a toast
Fists in the air, we’d better make the most of this
So tomorrow I’ll wait for the call
To change everything or nothing at all
And I think we’re on the edge of something big here
The likes of which have never been seen
Remaining hopeful that things will change.