Member Since: 11/17/2006
Band Website: dzjenghiskhan.com
Band Members: Tommy Tomson - Drums & Vox,
Lane Rider - Axe & Vox,
Binksebus Eruptum - Bass & Vox
Influences: Grand Funk, Night Sun, The Isley Brothers, Blue Max, Black Oak Arkansas, Deep Purple, Wicked Lady, Captain Beyond, Procession, Hawkwind, Shiver, The Doors, Stray, Bo Diddley, Pink Fairies, Heavy Metal Kids, Slade, Dark, Amon Duul II, Sam Gopal, The Sonics, Shinki Chen, Judas Priest, Purple Image, Rush, Atilla, Budgie, Jerusalem, Black Sabbath, Human Instinct, Guess Who, SLY!, Thundermug, The Stooges, Master's Apprentices, Van Halen, The Stone Men, Funkadelic, Highway Robbery, Bow Wow, KISS, Shocking Blue, Andromeda, Jimi Hendrix, Crushed Butler, David Bowie, Tin House, Can, Howlin' Wolf, Lyd, Thin Lizzy, Sir Lord Baltimore, The Troggs, Bango, Scorpions, The Monks, Brian Eno, Fleetwood Mac, Josefus, N.W.A., Hard Stuff, Mountain, GG Allin & the Jabbers, Pentagram, Wishbone Ash, Diamond Reo, Status Quo, Wizard, Bubble Puppy, November, Faust, DMBQ, Euclid, A Foot in Cold Water, Strange, Debris, Buffalo, Flower Travelin' Band, George Brigman, Flamin' Groovies, Blues Creation, Edgar Broughton Band, AC/DHE, Bang, The Pretty Things, SUB, El Amor, Motorhead, The Human Beast, Rolling Stones, Truth And Janey, The Misunderstood, Radio Birdman, May Blitz, Chuck Berry, Gong, Randy Holden, The Illusion, Alice Cooper, SRC, Nitzinger, Blue Cheer, NEU!, Chrome, King Crimson, James Brown, Poobah, DEVO, Sorcery, Ice Cross, Golden Earring, Led Zeppelin, The Ugly Ducklings, Zipper, Test, ZZ Top, High Tide, Socrates Drank The Conium, Toad, Gift, T2, Pack, Leafhound, Roxy Music, Silverhead, Bob Seger System, The Brats, Dug Dugs, Alice Cooper, Incredible Hog, UFO, MC5, Clear Blue Sky, The Meters, Atomic Rooster, Stonehouse, Beatles, Bedemon, Sorcery, Flied Egg, Parliament, Granicus, Steve Miller Band, Arcadium, Left End, Pinnacle, Hurdy Gurdy, Power Of Zeus, Pink Floyd, Epitaph, Captain Beefheart, Tarkus, Iron Maiden... all right, all right, this could possibly go on forever. It kinda already has. What the fuck?!? You better eat your Pentagrams.
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DZJENGHIS KHAN, ORANGE SUNSHINE(2/3 @ Dunes, 1905 NE MLK) Oh Dunes, you deserve so much better than this. Your blackened hall has hosted such a variety of amazing entertainment over the years, making it an essential Portland landmark of equal importance to the X-Ray or EJ's. So when you open your doors to the dregs of the retro-metal revival, I weep for thee. Yes Dzjenghis Khan, I know we all own the same records from the '70s. You've played them 'til they wore thin and replaced them with remastered CDs and ringer shirts from the mall and eBay. If only you could reach a little harder, and bring some life, some new idea, any shred of relevance to your carbon-copy rock. But you can't, can you? It's much easier to wallow in your hip threads and play the same riffs into the ground and drink and give in to your own mediocrity. Apologies to Orange Sunshine. They're from the Netherlands but they suffer the same mortal flaw. No one will ever be Led Zeppelin again. Not without at least trying to eek out a drop of something fresh or great. When it comes to classic rock, "good enough" quit cutting it about 20 years ago. For shame. NATHAN CARSON, Portland Mercury
Record Label: Blast Off! (US)/ Motorwolf (NL)/ Leafhound (JP)
Type of Label: Indie