!!!

!!! (Often pronounced "chk chk chk" [1] ) is an American dance-punk band formed in Sacramento ( California ) in 1996. The members are all from other local bands like The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers.



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*1 Name  ==[Name  edit ] == !!! 'S Nic Offer, with a performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Reading, England (2006).The name of the band is derived from the subtitles of the film The Gods Must Be Crazy, which click into theKhoisantaal of the San was displayed with a "!". According to the band members themselves can !!! spoken by any word of one syllable three times to speak out. Most fans interpret it as Chk Chk Chk, but for example, can also be interpreted as Pow Pow Pow, Bam Bam Bam, Uh Uh Uh, etc. [1]  The URLs of their official website and their MySpace but account suggest that Chk Chk Chk enjoys indeed preferable. [2] ==History [  edit ] == !!! Founded by members of the California bands Black Liquorice and Popesmashers after a joint action. The debut album released in 2000 by Gold Standard Laboratories . This was followed in 2003 by the single "Me and Giuliani Down By the Schoolyard", an original blends of House and psychedelic guitar. The title of the single came from the musical Footloose . [3]
 * 2 History
 * 3 Current members
 * 4 Discography
 * 4.1 Albums
 * 4.2 EPs
 * 4.3 Singles
 * 4.4 <span style="background-image:none;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">  <span class="toctext" style="color:rgb(11,0,128);background:none;">Other

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">A second album titled Louden Up Now was released on Touch and Go in America and Warp Records released in Europe in June 2004. In June 2005 !!! a new EP out with on a cover of "Take Ecstasy With Me" by The Magnetic Fields . In December that year, the original drummer !!!, Mikel Gius, during a bike ride around in a collision with a car.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">!!! released her third album, Myth Takes, in 2007. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-PF-MTr_6-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6] Singer and drummer John Pugh in July 2007 left the band to concentrate on a new tire; Free Blood. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] Shannon Funchess took his place. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">On 8 November 2009, drummer Jerry Fuchs died when he fell into an elevator shaft. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9] ==Current members <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Discography  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Albums  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===EPs <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Single  Edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Other <span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Nic Offer - Singing
 * Allan Wilson - Horn / percussion instrument
 * Mario Andreoni - guitar
 * Tyler Pope - bass / various electronic instruments
 * Dan Gorman - Horn / percussion instrument
 * Sean McGahan -several electronic instruments / sound manipulation
 * Shannon Funchess - vocals / drums
 * Paul Quattrone - drum
 * !!! - (November, 2001, Gold Standard Labs)
 * Louden Up Now - (June 7, 2004, Touch and Go / Warp) # 4 ( US Electronic Albums ) # 14 ( US Independent Albums ) # 20 ( US Heatseekers )
 * Myth Takes - (March 5, 2007, Warp) # 3 (US Electronic Albums) # 4 ( CMJ Radio 200), # 8 (US Heatseekers), # 25 (US Independent Albums), # 195 ( Billboard 200 )
 * Strange Weather, Is not It? (August 24, 2010, Warp)
 * GSL26 / LAB SERIES VOL. 2 - (Split with Out Hud, 1999 Gold Standard Labs)
 * Live Live Live - (November 2004, Beat Records, Japan only)
 * Take Ecstasy With Me / Get Up - (June 7, 2005, Touch and Go Records)
 * Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass EP - (November 2010)
 * "The Dis-Ease / The Funky Branca" - (1998, 7 ")
 * "Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)" - (2003, CD, 12 ")
 * "Pardon My Freedom" - (2004, 12 ')
 * "Hello? Is This Thing On?" - (2004, CD, 12 ")
 * "Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A Remix)" - (2004, single-sided 12 ")
 * "Heart of Hearts" - (2007, 12 ')
 * "Must Be the Moon" - (2007, 12 ')
 * "AM / FM" - (2010, 12 ")
 * !!! (1997 tour cassette)