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!!! (Chk Chk Chk)
Angular, funky, arty and mildly eccentric, !!! (pronounced chk-chk-chk) started
making infectious, swaggering indie-dance music in the mid-1990s and helped pave
the way for the likes of Klaxons, Animal Collective and a host of electro-rock
acts. Formed in Sacramento, California when local bands Popesmashers and Black
Liquorice came together to create aggressive, punk-disco jams, they recruited
front man Nic Offer from hardcore act Yah Mos and set out to cross James Brown
and Chic with Sonic Youth and Iggy and the Stooges.
Early single releases were raw and experimental, but th...
