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{{short description|American dance-punk band}}
{{About|the band|the album|!!! (album){{!}}''!!!'' (album)|other uses}}
{{Update|part=Background and history|date=June 2024|reason=no history beyond 2007}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = !!!
| alias             = Chk Chk Chk
| image             = Chkchkchk.jpg
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = !!! performing at the [[Flow Festival]] in 2007
| origin            = [[Sacramento, California]], U.S.
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Dance-punk#Contemporary dance-punk|Dance-punk revival]]|[[alternative dance]]|[[funk rock]]|[[Dance-rock|disco-rock]]|[[indietronica]]}}
| years_active      = 1996–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Warp (record label)|Warp]]|[[Touch and Go Records|Touch and Go]]|[[Gold Standard Laboratories|Gold Standard]]}}
| spinoff_of        = {{hlist|Black Liquorice|Pope Smashers}}
| spinoffs          = {{hlist|[[Out Hud]]}}
| website           = {{URL|https://chkchkchk.net/}}
| current_members   = {{unbulleted list|[[Nic Offer]]|Mario Andreoni|Dan Gorman|Rafael Cohen|Meah Pace|Chris Egan|Paul Quattrone}}
| past_members      = {{unbulleted list|John Pugh|Mikel Gius|Allan Wilson|[[LCD Soundsystem|Tyler Pope]]|Jason Racine|Justin Van Der Volgen|[[Jerry Fuchs]]|[[Shannon Funchess]]}}
| background        = group_or_band
}}
'''!!!''' ({{IPAc-en|tʃ|(|ɪ|)|k|.|tʃ|(|ɪ|)|k|.|tʃ|(|ɪ|)|k}} {{Respell|ch(i)k-ch(i)k-ch(i)k}}), also known as '''Chk Chk Chk''', is an American band from [[Sacramento, California]].<ref name=Cos>{{harvnb|Coscarelli|2007}}</ref> 
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 punk|hardcore]] singer Nic Offer from the Yah Mos. Offer has cited [[Depeche Mode]] and [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark|OMD]] as influences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1345401/turntable-interview/interviews/|title=Turntable Interview: !!!|last=Locker|first=Melissa|date=May 9, 2013|website=Stereogum|access-date=May 24, 2021}}</ref>

The band's name was inspired by the subtitles of the movie ''[[The Gods Must Be Crazy]]'', in which the [[click consonant|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,<ref name=sea/> and the URL of their official website and the title of their [[Myspace]] page suggest it is the preferred pronunciation.

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 music|house]] beats with sinewy [[bassline]]s, [[Psychedelia|psychedelic]] guitars, and simple lyrics which quote the title song of the musical ''[[Footloose (musical)|Footloose]]''.

A second full-length, ''[[Louden Up Now]]'', was released on [[Touch and Go Records|Touch and Go]] in America and on [[Warp (record label)|Warp Records]] in Europe in June 2004. In June 2005 !!! released a new [[Extended play|EP]] covering "[[Holiday (The Magnetic Fields album)|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.<ref>{{harvnb|Anon|2005}}</ref>

They released their third album, ''[[Myth Takes]]'' in 2007.<ref name=sea>{{harvnb|Seabrook|2007}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Diver|2006}}</ref>
[[File:Coachella2004 ChkChkChk.jpg|400px|thumb|!!! performing at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] in 2004]]
!!! is composed of Mario Andreoni (guitar), Dan Gorman ([[horn section|horns]]/percussion/[[musical keyboard|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.<ref>{{harvnb|Maher|Solarski|2007}}</ref>
Vocalist [[Shannon Funchess]] stood in for Pugh during much of their 2007 tour.<ref>{{harvnb|Lopez|2010}}</ref> 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 (band)|Cake]]).<ref>{{harvnb|Chinen|2007}}</ref>

==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
|-
! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chk-chk-chk-2/chart-history/tlp/|title=!!! (Chk Chk Chk) Chart History: Billboard 200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=September 19, 2010}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| [[Dance/Electronic Albums|US Elec.]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/chk-chk-chk-2/chart-history/elp/|title=!!! (Chk Chk Chk) Chart History: Top Dance/Electronic Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=March 21, 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br /><ref name="fr">{{harvnb|Anon|2014}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| [[Oricon|JPN]]<br><ref>{{harvnb|Anon|2017}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%;"| [[UK Albums Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="zobbel">{{harvnb|Anon|2017a}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[%21%21%21 (album)|<nowiki>!!!</nowiki>]]''
|
* Released: 2000
* Label: [[Gold Standard Laboratories]]
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Louden Up Now]]''
|
* Released: June 7, 2004
* Label: [[Touch and Go Records|Touch and Go]]/[[Warp (record label)|Warp]]
| — || 4 || 169 || — || 135
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Myth Takes]]''
|
* Released: March 5, 2007
* Label: Warp
| 195 || 3 || 134 || 36 || 135
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Strange Weather, Isn't It?]]''
|
* Released: August 24, 2010
* Label: Warp
| — || 13 || 112 || 54 || —
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Thr%21%21%21er]]''
|
* Released: April 29, 2013
* Label: Warp<ref>{{harvnb|Minsker|2013}}</ref>
| — || 18 || 117 || 62 || 121
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[As If (album)|As If]]''
|
* Released: October 16, 2015
* Label: Warp
| — || 18 || — || 80 || —
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Shake the Shudder]]''
|
* Released: May 19, 2017
* Label: Warp
| — || — || — || 153 || —
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Wallop (album)|Wallop]]''
|
* Released: August 30, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/wallop/1467177046|title=Wallop by !!!|website=Apple Music|access-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref>
* Label: Warp
| — || — || — || 166 || —
|-
! scope="row" | ''Let It Be Blue''
|
* Released: May 6, 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/let-it-be-blue/1608368304|title=Let It Be Blue by !!!|website=Apple Music|access-date=May 7, 2022}}</ref>
* 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)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/chk-chk-chk-announce-certified-heavy-kats-ep-share-new-song-listen/|title=!!! (Chk Chk Chk) Announce Certified Heavy Kats EP, Share New Song: Listen|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=August 19, 2020|date=July 8, 2020}}</ref>

===Singles===
[[File:Nic Offer (!!!).jpg|thumb|upright|!!!'s Nic Offer, supporting The [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading, England]] (2006).]]
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions
! 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 Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="zobbel" />
|-
! scope="row" | "The Dis-Ease/The Funky Branca"
| 1998
| —
| {{n/a|Non-album single}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)"
| 2003
| 84
| rowspan="4" | ''Louden Up Now''
|-
! scope="row" | "Pardon My Freedom"
| rowspan="3" | 2004
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Hello? Is This Thing On?"
| 74
|-
! scope="row" | "Me and Giuliani Down by the School Yard (A Remix)"
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "Take Ecstasy With Me/Get Up"
| rowspan="1" | 2005
| 213
| {{n/a|Non-album single}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Heart of Hearts"
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| —
| rowspan="2"| ''Myth Takes''
|-
! scope="row" | "Must Be the Moon"
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "AM/FM"
| 2010
| —
| ''Strange Weather, Isn't It?''
|-
! scope="row" | "Slyd"
| rowspan="3" | 2013
| —
| rowspan="2" | ''THR!!!ER''
|-
! scope="row" | "[[One Girl / One Boy]]"
| —
|-
! scope="row" | "And Anyway It's Christmas"<ref>{{Cite web |last=lostsides |date=2014-04-02 |title=Chk Chk Chk (!!!) – And Anyway It's Christmas (2013) |url=https://christmasunderground.com/2014/04/02/chk-chk-chk-and-anyway-its-christmas-2013/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Christmas Underground |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hilleary |first=Mike |date=2013-12-06 |title=Listen: !!! - "And Anyway It's Christmas" |url=https://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/listen_-_and_anyway_its_christmas |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=www.undertheradarmag.com |language=en}}</ref>
| —
| {{n/a|Non-album single}}
|-
! 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
| —
| {{n/a|Non-album single}}
|-
! 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
| —
| {{n/a|Non-album single}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Do the Dial Tone"
|—
| rowspan="2" | ''Certified Heavy Kats''
|-
! scope="row" | "Walk It Off"
|—
|}

===Other projects===
* ''!!!'' (1997, tour cassette)

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|2}}

==References==
* {{cite web | author = Anon | year = 2017 | url = http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/340071/rank/album/ | title = !!!(チック・チック・チック)のランキング | trans-title = Ranking of tick, tick, tick | access-date = March 21, 2021 | website = Oricon News | language = ja | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170624221248/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/340071/rank/album/ | archive-date = June 24, 2017 | url-status=live | df = mdy-all }}
* {{cite web | author = Anon | year = 2017a | url = http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_NUM.HTM | title = Chart Log UK: Numerals | website = Zobbel | access-date = August 24, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171227233943/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_NUM.HTM | archive-date = December 27, 2017 | url-status=live | df = mdy-all }}
* {{cite web | author = Anon | year=2014 | url = https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=%21%21%21 | title = !!! (Chk Chk Chk) discography | website = lescharts.com | access-date = March 21, 2021 | language = fr}}
*  {{cite news | author = Anon | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10E9E4D5950028E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title = Orangevale bicyclist killed | access-date = August 24, 2017 | date = December 19, 2005 | work = [[Sacramento Bee]] | page = B2 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110609162655/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SB&p_theme=sb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10E9E4D5950028E0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | archive-date = June 9, 2011 | url-status=live | df = mdy-all }}
*  {{cite news | last = Chinen | first = Nate | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/arts/music/18chin.html?pagewanted=all | title = Still Disco-Punk, Still Spoiling for a Fight | access-date = August 24, 2017 | date = March 18, 2007 |  work = [[The New York Times]]  }}
* {{cite web | last = Coscarelli | first = Joseph | url = http://www.thedelimagazine.com/FeatureView.php?artist=chkchkchk | title = !!! (Chk Chk Chk) post-punk puctuation | date = July 30, 2007 |website = [[The Deli Magazine]] | access-date = August 24, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170625025625/http://www.thedelimagazine.com/FeatureView.php?artist=chkchkchk | archive-date = June 25, 2017 | url-status=live | df = mdy-all }}
*  {{cite web | last = Diver | first = Mike | url = http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1313479 | title = It's no rumour, it's a Myth. Takes eight to make it !!! | access-date = August 24, 2017 | date = November 16, 2006 | website = [[Drowned in Sound]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170622095014/https://dis11.herokuapp.com/news/1313479-its-no-rumour-its-a-myth-takes-eight-to-make-it | archive-date = June 22, 2017 | url-status=live | df = mdy-all }}
* {{Cite news | last = Lopez | first = Michael | url = http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/content/printView/6616421 | title = !!! at The Clubhouse Last Night | date = September 6, 2010 | work = Phoenix New Times | access-date = August 23, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180709094404/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/content/printView/6616421 | archive-date = July 9, 2018 | url-status=live | df = mdy-all }}
* {{cite web | last1 = Maher | first1 = Dave | last2 = Solarski | first2 = Matthew | url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/46289-john-pugh-leaves-fires-up-free-blood | website = [[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] | title = John Pugh Leaves !!!, Fires Up Free Blood | date = Oct 11, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080513010104/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/46289-john-pugh-leaves-fires-up-free-blood | archive-date = May 13, 2008 | access-date = August 25, 2010 | url-status=dead | df = mdy-all }}
* {{cite web | last = Minsker | first = Evan | title = The New !!! Album Is Called THR!!!ER | url = http://pitchfork.com/news/49345-the-new-album-is-called-threr/ | publisher = Pitchfork Media | access-date = August 24, 2017 | date = January 29, 2013 | website = Pitchfork }}
*  {{cite web | last = Seabrook | first = Andrea | url = https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=10236467 | title = The Musicians of !!!: Making Their Own 'Myths' | access-date = August 24, 2017 | date = May 17, 2007 | format = MP3 | website = NPR | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170825060559/http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=10236467 | archive-date = August 25, 2017 | url-status=live | df = mdy-all }}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|1=https://chkchkchk.net/}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.paradigmagency.com/music/chk-chk-chk/ |title=Profile on Music Agency Website |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807185821/https://www.paradigmagency.com/music/chk-chk-chk/ |archivedate=August 7, 2019 }}

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