!!! (
), also known as Chk Chk Chk, is an American band from Sacramento, California. 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.
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. Offer has cited Depeche Mode and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) as influences.
The band's name was inspired by the subtitles of the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, in which alveolar click consonants 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,
They released their third album, Myth Takes in 2007.
upright=1.6|thumb|!!! performing at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2004|alt=!!! performing at Coachella]]
!!! 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 2007 to concentrate on his new band Free Blood.
Vocalist Shannon Funchess stood in for Pugh during much of their 2007 tour. 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).
Following the release of Myth Takes in 2007, !!! continued to evolve their dance-punk sound with a series of albums, including Strange Weather, Isn't It? (2010), Thr!!!er (2013), As If (2015), Shake the Shudder (2017), and Wallop (2019).
Discography
Albums
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:8em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
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! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| US<br>
! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| US Elec.<br>
! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| FRA<br />
! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| JPN<br>
! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| UK<br />
|-
! scope="row" | <nowiki>!!!</nowiki>
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- Released: 2000
- Label: Gold Standard Laboratories
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | Louden Up Now
|
- Released: June 7, 2004
- Label: Touch and Go/Warp
| — || 4 || 169 || — || 135
|-
! scope="row" | Myth Takes
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- Released: March 5, 2007
- Label: Warp
| 195 || 3 || 134 || 36 || 135
|-
! scope="row" | Strange Weather, Isn't It?
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- Released: August 24, 2010
- Label: Warp
| — || 13 || 112 || 54 || —
|-
! scope="row" | Thr%21%21%21er
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- Released: April 29, 2013
- Label: Warp
| — || 18 || 117 || 62 || 121
|-
! scope="row" | As If
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- Released: October 16, 2015
- Label: Warp
| — || 18 || — || 80 || —
|-
! scope="row" | Shake the Shudder
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- Released: May 19, 2017
- Label: Warp
| — || — || — || 153 || —
|-
! scope="row" | Wallop
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- Released: August 30, 2019
- Label: Warp
| — || — || — || 166 || —
|-
! scope="row" | Let It Be Blue
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- Released: May 6, 2022
- Label: Warp
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| colspan="7" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}
EPs
- Lab Series Vol. 2 [GSL26] (Split with Out Hud, 1999, Gold Standard Labs)
- Live! Live! Live! (November 20, 2004, Beat Records, Japan only)
- Yadnus (2007)
- Jamie, My Intentions Are Bass E.P. (November 2010)
- Daytrotter Session (May 29, 2013, Daytrotter Studio [Rock Island, IL])
- R!M!X!S (January 8, 2014, Japanese Import, WAP359D)
- MEGAM!!!X Vol.1: Shake Shake Shake (March 21, 2018)
- Certified Heavy Kats (July 31, 2020)
Singles
thumb|upright|!!!'s Nic Offer, supporting The [[Red Hot Chili Peppers in Reading, England (2006).|alt=Nic Offer singing]]
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK<br />
| —
|
|-
! scope="row" | "All U Writers"
| rowspan="3" | 2015
| —
| rowspan="3" | As If
|-
! scope="row" | "Freedom '15" / "Sick Ass Moon"
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Bam City" / "Ooo"
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "I Feel So Free" (Lost Souls of Saturn Remix)
| 2016
| —
|
|-
! scope="row" | "The One 2"
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| —
| rowspan="2" | Shake the Shudder
|-
! scope="row" | "Dancing Is the Best Revenge"
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Serbia Drums"
|2019
|—
|Wallop
|-
! scope="row" | "I'm Sick of This/So We Can F*ck"
| rowspan="3" | 2020
| —
|
|-
! scope="row" | "Do the Dial Tone"
|—
| rowspan="2" | Certified Heavy Kats
|-
! scope="row" | "Walk It Off"
|—
|}
Other projects
- !!! (1997, tour cassette)