!!!

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!!! performing at the Flow Festival in Helsinki, Finland (2007).
Background information
Origin	Sacramento, California, United States[1]
Genres	Dance-punk alternative dance indie rock post-punk revival
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Warp Touch and Go Gold Standard
Associated acts	Out Hud LCD Soundsystem
Website	chkchkchk.net
Members	Nic Offer Mario Andreoni Dan Gorman Paul Quattrone Rafael Cohen
Past members	John Pugh Mikel Gius Allan Wilson Tyler Pope Jason Racine Justin Van Der Volgen Jerry Fuchs Shannon Funchess

!!! (/tʃk.tʃk.tʃk/ chk-chk-chk) is an American dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California, United States, in 1996 by lead singer Nic Offer. Members of !!! came from other local bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers. They are currently based in New York City. The band's seventh album, Shake the Shudder, was released in May 2017.^[1]

Background and history

!!! is an American band formed in the summer of 1995 by the merger of part of the group Black Liquorice and Popesmashers. After a successful joint tour, the two teams decided to mix the disco-funk with more aggressive sounds and integrate the hardcore singer Nic Offer from the Yah Mos. The band's name was inspired by the subtitles of the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, in which the clicking sounds of the Bushmen's Khoisan language were represented as "!". However, as the bandmembers themselves say, !!! is pronounced by repeating thrice any monosyllabic sound. "Chk Chk Chk" is the most common pronunciation,^[2] and the URL of their official website and the title of their Myspace page suggest it is the preferred pronunciation.

The band's full-length debut 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.

A second full-length, Louden Up Now, was released on Touch and Go in America and on Warp Records in Europe in June 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.^[3]

They released their third album, Myth Takes in 2007.^[2][4]

!!! performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on May 2, 2004.

!!! is composed of Mario Andreoni (guitar), Dan Gorman (horns/percussion/keys), Nic Offer (vocals), Tyler Pope (bass/various electronic devices), and Allan Wilson (horns/percussion/keys). Touring members include Shannon Funchess (vocals) and Paul Quattrone (drums). The band also shared membership with the similar, defunct group Out Hud (including Tyler Pope, who has played with LCD Soundsystem and written music for Cake).^[5]

Vocalist and drummer John Pugh officially left the band in July 2007 to concentrate on his new band Free Blood.^[6] Shannon Funchess stood in for Pugh during much of their 2007 tour.^[7]

Discography

Singles

!!!'s Nic Offer, supporting The Red Hot Chili Peppers in Reading, England (2006).

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		UK [10]
"The Dis-Ease/The Funky Branca"	1998	—	Single-only release
"Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)"	2003	84	Louden Up Now
"Pardon My Freedom"	2004	—
"Hello? Is This Thing On?"		74
"Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A Remix)"		—
"Take Ecstasy With Me/ Get Down"	2005	213	Single-only release
"Heart of Hearts"	2007	—	Myth Takes
"Must Be the Moon"		—
"AM/FM"	2010	—	Strange Weather, Isn't It?
"Slyd"	2013	—	THR!!!ER
"One Girl / One Boy"		—
"All U Writers"	2015	—	As If
"Freedom '15" / "Sick Ass Moon"		—
"Bam City" / "Ooo"		—
"The One 2"	2017	—	Shake the Shudder
"Dancing is the Best Revenge"		—

Footnotes

References

• Anon (August 24, 2017). "!!!(チック・チック・チック)のランキング" [Ranking of tick, tick, tick]. Oricon News (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.

• Anon (Aug 24, 2017a). "Chart Log UK: Numerals". Zobbel. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.

• Anon (2014). "!!! (Chk Chk Chk) discography". lescharts (in French). Hung Medien. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.

• Anon (December 19, 2005). "Orangevale bicyclist killed". Sacramento Bee. p. B2. Archived from the original on August 27, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2017.

• Chinen, Nate (Mar 18, 2007). "Still Disco-Punk, Still Spoiling for a Fight". The New York Times. Retrieved Aug 24, 2017.

• Coscarelli, Joseph (July 30, 2007). "!!! (Chk Chk Chk) post-punk puctuation". The Deli Magazine. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.

• Diver, Mike (November 18, 2006). "It's no rumour, it's a Myth. Takes eight to make it !!!". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.

• Lopez, Michael (September 6, 2010). "!!! at The Clubhouse Last Night". Phoenix New Times. Archived from the original on August 23, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2018.

• Maher, Dave; Solarski, Matthew (July 11, 2007). "John Pugh Leaves !!!, Fires Up Free Blood". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2010.

• Minsker, Evan (Jan 29, 2013). "The New !!! Album Is Called THR!!!ER". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved Aug 24, 2017.

• Seabrook, Andrea (May 17, 2007). "The Musicians of !!!: Making Their Own 'Myths'" (MP3). NPR. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.

External links

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• Official website