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!!! performing at the Flow Festival in Helsinki, Finland (2007)
Background information
Origin Sacramento, California, USA
Genre(s) Indie rock
Dance-punk
Years active 1995–Present
Label(s) Touch and Go Records
Warp Records
Gold Standard Laboratories
Associated acts Out Hud, LCD Soundsystem, Free Blood
Website Official website
Members
Nic Offer
Allan Wilson
Mario Andreoni
Tyler Pope
Justin Van Der Volgen
Dan Gorman
Jerry Fuchs
Former members
John Pugh
Mikel Gius
Jason Racine

!!! (pronounced as chk chk chk, to simulate mouth-clicking sounds) is an American dance-punk band that formed in autumn 1996 from the former bandmembers of The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers.

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Background

After a tour together, members of Black Liquorice and Popesmashers formed !!!. The band's name was inspired by the subtitles of the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, in which the mouth-clicking sounds of the Bushmen were represented as "!". However, as the band themselves say on their website: "!!! is pronounced by repeating thrice any monosyllabic sound. Chk Chk Chk is the most common pronunciation, but they could just as easily be called Pew Pew Pew, Bam Bam Bam, Uh Uh Uh, etc."

Based in Sacramento, California; Portland, Oregon; and New York City, their debut full-length record came out in 2000 as a self-titled album on the label Gold Standard Laboratories. This was followed in 2003 by the single "Me and Giuliani Down By the School Yard", a lengthy track combining house beats with sinewy basslines, psychedelic guitars, and simple lyrics which quote the title song of the musical Footloose.

They are commonly associated with the dance-punk movement. A second full-length, Louden Up Now, was released on Touch and Go in America and on Warp Records in Europe in June of 2004. In June 2005, !!! released a new EP covering "Take Ecstasy With Me" by The Magnetic Fields, and "Get Up" by Nate Dogg. The following December, the original drummer for the band, Mikel Gius, was struck and killed by a car while riding his bike. !!! released their third album, Myth Takes in 2007.[1][2]

!!! is composed of Mario Andreoni (guitar), Dan Gorman (horns/percussion/keys), Nic Offer (vocals), Tyler Pope (guitar/various electronic devices), Justin Van Der Volgen (bass/sound) and Allan Wilson (horns/percussion/keys). Drummer Jerry Fuchs (who has played with The Juan Maclean) joined the band for Myth Takes. Jason Racine formerly played percussion. The band also shared membership with the similar, defunct group Out Hud (including Tyler Pope, who has played with LCD Soundsystem).

Vocalist and drummer John Pugh left the band in October 2007 to concentrate on his new band Free Blood.[3] Shannon Funchess stood in for Pugh during much of their 2007 tour.[4]

John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers saw the band in a gig in Los Angeles and invited them to support the Red Hot Chili Peppers during their 2006 tour of the UK.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

  • "The Dis-Ease/The Funky Branca" - (1998, 7")
  • "Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True Story)" - (2003, 12")
  • "Pardon My Freedom" - (2004, 12")
  • "Hello? Is This Thing On?" - (2004, 12")
  • "Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A Remix)" - (2004, single-sided 12")
  • "Heart of Hearts" - (2007, 12" picture disc and download)
  • "Must Be the Moon" - (2007, 12" picture disc and download)

Other projects

  • !!! ('97 tour cassette) - (1997)

References

  1. ^ Drowned in Sound - News - It's no rumour, it's a Myth. Takes eight to make it!!!
  2. ^ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39686/Exclusive_Reveal_New_Album
  3. ^ Pitchfork: John Pugh Leaves !!!, Fires Up Free Blood
  4. ^ Pitchfork: Lollapalooza Report: Sunday [Amy Phillips]

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