!!! (usually pronounced as /tʃɪk tʃɪk tʃɪk/) is a dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California in 1996. Members of !!! came from other local bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers. The band, who are commonly associated with the dance-punk movement, are currently based in New York City, Sacramento, California, and Portland, Oregon.
After a tour together, members of Sacramento bands Black Liquorice and Popesmashers for...
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!!! (usually pronounced as /tʃɪk tʃɪk tʃɪk/) is a dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California in 1996. Members of !!! came from other local bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers. The band, who are commonly associated with the dance-punk movement, are currently based in New York City, Sacramento, California, and Portland, Oregon.
After a tour together, members of Sacramento 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 clicking sounds of the Bushmens' Khoisan language 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 Pow Pow Pow, Bam Bam Bam, Uh Uh Uh, etc."
The band's debut full-length record came out in 2000 as a self-titled album on the label Gold Standard Laboratories. This...
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