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Sacramento, United States (1996 – present)
!!! is an American dance-punk band from Sacramento, California that formed in Autumn 1996 from the former band members of The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and popesmashers.
After a tour together, members of local Sacramento, CA bands 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 “!”. Chk Chk Chk is the most common pronunciation, but they could just as easily be called Bam Bam Bam, Uh Uh Uh, Pew Pew Pew, etc. etc. 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 Gold Standard Laboratories label. 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 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. !!! released their third album, Myth Takes in 2007.
After a tour together, members of local Sacramento, CA bands 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 “!”. Chk Chk Chk is the most common pronunciation, but they could just as easily be called Bam Bam Bam, Uh Uh Uh, Pew Pew Pew, etc. etc. 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 Gold Standard Laboratories label. 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 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. !!! released their third album, Myth Takes in 2007.
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ValeriaSixx wrote:
awesome.
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denniseckersley wrote:
my fiance blacked out during one of their sets..wild shit.
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djFLWB wrote:
no we don't agree that Strange Weather was a disappointment. I happen to really like it. (except for Wannagin Wannagin and Jump Back.)
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conditionals wrote:
v Um, a disappointment because it was easily their best, thereby slightly lowering our love of earlier !!! albums?
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Menno75 wrote:
Cool band, but we all agree that the 'Strange Weather' album was a major disappointment, right?
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JefersomBH wrote:
caralho, isso é muito bom!
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J-u-l-i-a wrote:
they're awesome. why aren't they more popular? [2]
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milobr wrote:
SWU performance was pretty much fucking awesome.
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London_is_mine wrote:
Since they were in Colombia they're in my top ten. I get the setlist but I didn't understand it at all. It goes like: Cream-I Jamie Weirdos Jack Except death Moon One Boi Cali Guili Cokie Hearts And I think they got back into stage and played The Hammer. Can someone help me to find these songs?
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LambOfBodom wrote:
!!! = Ungoogleable
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fuyumine wrote:
Rad concert yesterday @ SWU. But why didn't they play Myth Takes? WHYYY
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_Darky wrote:
Wn se pegaron tremendo show en Chile, la raja!
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aubrexxi wrote:
Why is Strange Weather, Isn't It? no where to be found on Last.Fm?
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aubrexxi wrote:
Myth takes is so good.
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lulugou wrote:
they're awesome. why aren't they more popular?
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RafaelRibasBR wrote:
awsom band!!!
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emiiii001 wrote:
hello?!!!
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MrMushroom123 wrote:
ecsclemasion mark
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fuyumine wrote:
People are thinking I'm insane because I'm attending this big music festival just to see them live.
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filthylocker wrote:
I saw them live at Virgin Mobile FreeFest a couple weeks back. There was this one song that all I remember of is Nic singing "It feels....GOOD to me" over and over again, and I cannot find it. If anyone knows what song that is, leave me a shout!
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Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass
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The Most Certain Sure
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Echoplex, Los Angeles, United States
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Feb
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The Casbah, San Diego CA, United States
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The Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge LA, United States
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News
Punk Dog Tour
15 Nov 2011 | from www.chkchkchk.net
We lied. The band is doing a short tour in the Northeast this
December. We’ll be playing small rooms, and testing out new songs.
Join in the fun and download a flyer. Here’s a hi-res for your
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8 Jun 2011 | from www.chkchkchk.net
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preciousfather, HPerestroika, evil-fingers and 8 other people added !!! to their libraries. 3 minutes ago
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eucaine wrote about !!! in Favorite Albums of 2006. Monday evening
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HenryTheLamp, nuts4f1 and MightyFallenOak added !!! to their libraries. Monday afternoon
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NoirXephon added !!! to the lineup of !!! at The Spanish Moon. Monday morning
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Summerteeth214 added !!! to the lineup of !!! at Motorco Music Hall. Monday morning
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NoirXephon added !!! to the lineup of !!! at Tipitina's Uptown. Sunday evening
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sin213, SpookyJookie, nkgwsht and 4 other people added !!! to their libraries. Sunday afternoon
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cyberkode added !!! to the lineup of !!! at 40 Watt. Friday evening
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kurinoppe, marcjacobsprair, yamashita630 and 6 other people added !!! to their libraries. Friday afternoon
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