What is !!!?
!!! (album)|other uses}} !!! ( ), also known as Chk Chk Chk, is an American rock band from Sacramento, California,1 formed in 1996 by lead singer Nic Offer. Members of !!! came from other local bands such as the Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Pope Smashers. They are currently based in New York City. The band's ninth album, Let It Be Blue, was released in May 2022.2
Background and history
!!! was formed in the fall of 1996 by the merger of members of the groups Black Liquorice and Pope Smashers, while on tour. After a successful joint tour, the two bands 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 San people's Juǀʼhoan 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,3 and the URL of their official website and the title of their Myspace page suggest it is the preferred pronunciation. Offer cites Depeche Mode and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) as influences.4
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
- 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.5
They released their third album, Myth Takes in 2007.67 <img src="Coachella2004_ChkChkChk.jpg" title="!!! performing at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on May 2, 2004" width="400" alt="!!! 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), Rafael Cohen (bass/various electronic devices), Chris Egan (drums) and Meah Pace (vocals).
Vocalist and drummer John Pugh officially left the band in July 2007 to concentrate on his new band Free Blood.8 Vocalist Shannon Funchess stood in for Pugh during much of their 2007 tour.9 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).10
Discography
Albums
<table> <caption>List of albums, with selected chart positions</caption> <thead> <tr class="header"> <th><p>Title</p></th> <th><p>Album details</p></th> <th><p>Peak chart positions</p></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td><p><a href="Billboard_200" title="wikilink">US</a> <ref>{{cite magazine|url=<a href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/chk-chk-chk-2/chart-history/tlp/%7Ctitle=">https://www.billboard.com/artist/chk-chk-chk-2/chart-history/tlp/|title=</a></p></td> <td><p>! (Chk Chk Chk) Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=<a href="Billboard_(magazine)" title="wikilink">Billboard</a>|access-date=March 21, 2021}}</p> </ref></td> <td><p><a href="Dance/Electronic_Albums" title="wikilink">US Elec.</a> <ref>{{cite magazine|url=<a href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/chk-chk-chk-2/chart-history/elp/%7Ctitle=">https://www.billboard.com/artist/chk-chk-chk-2/chart-history/elp/|title=</a></p></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><p>''[[%21%21%21 (album)|<nowiki></p></td> <td><p>!</nowiki>]]''</p></td> <td><ul> <li>Released: 2000</li> <li>Label: <a href="Gold_Standard_Laboratories" title="wikilink">Gold Standard Laboratories</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><p><em><a href="Louden_Up_Now" title="wikilink">Louden Up Now</a></em></p></td> <td><ul> <li>Released: June 7, 2004</li> <li>Label: <a href="Touch_and_Go_Records" title="wikilink">Touch and Go</a>/<a href="Warp_(record_label)" title="wikilink">Warp</a></li> </ul></td> <td><p>—</p></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><p><em><a href="Myth_Takes" title="wikilink">Myth Takes</a></em></p></td> <td><ul> <li>Released: March 5, 2007</li> <li>Label: Warp</li> </ul></td> <td><p>195</p></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><p><em><a href="Strange_Weather,_Isn't_It?" title="wikilink">Strange Weather, Isn't It?</a></em></p></td> <td><ul> <li>Released: August 24, 2010</li> <li>Label: Warp</li> </ul></td> <td><p>—</p></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><p><em><a href="Thr%21%21%21er" title="wikilink">Thr%21%21%21er</a></em></p></td> <td><ul> <li>Released: April 29, 2013</li> <li>Label: Warp<a href="#fn1" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref1" role="doc-noteref"><sup>1</sup></a></li> </ul></td> <td><p>—</p></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><p><em><a href="As_If_(album)" title="wikilink">As If</a></em></p></td> <td><ul> <li>Released: October 16, 2015</li> <li>Label: Warp</li> </ul></td> <td><p>—</p></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><p><em><a href="Shake_the_Shudder" title="wikilink">Shake the Shudder</a></em></p></td> <td><ul> <li>Released: May 19, 2017</li> <li>Label: Warp</li> </ul></td> <td><p>—</p></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><p><em><a href="Wallop_(album)" title="wikilink">Wallop</a></em></p></td> <td><p>* Released: August 30, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=<a href="https://music.apple.com/au/album/wallop/1467177046%7Ctitle=Wallop">https://music.apple.com/au/album/wallop/1467177046|title=Wallop</a> by</p></td> <td><p>!|website=Apple Music|access-date=June 20, 2019}}</p> </ref> <ul> <li>Label: Warp</li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><p><em>Let It Be Blue</em></p></td> <td><p>* Released: May 6, 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=<a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/let-it-be-blue/1608368304%7Ctitle=Let">https://music.apple.com/us/album/let-it-be-blue/1608368304|title=Let</a> It Be Blue by</p></td> <td><p>!|website=Apple Music|access-date=May 7, 2022}}</p> </ref> <ul> <li>Label: Warp</li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><p>"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.</p></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <section class="footnotes footnotes-end-of-document" role="doc-endnotes"> <hr /> <ol> <li id="fn1" role="doc-endnote"><a href="#fnref1" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></li> </ol> </section>List of albums, with selected chart positions
EPs
- 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)
- Yadnus (2007)
- Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass E.P. (November 2010)
- MEGAMiiiX Vol.1: Shake Shake Shake (2018)
- Certified Heavy Kats (July 31, 2020)11
Singles
.jpg "!!!'s Nic Offer, supporting The Red Hot Chili Peppers in Reading, England (2006).")
List of singles, with selected chart positions
Other projects
- !!! (1997, tour cassette)
Footnotes
References
External links
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