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!!! (CH CHK CHK) THIS SATURDAY (PATRICKS DAY MARCH 17) 8pm

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  • 14-03-2007 1:35am
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    u:mack
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭


    U:MACK present
    !!! (chk chk chk)
    Saturday 17 March
    the village
    DOORS 8pm (early show)
    TICKETS €20 from Road Records, City Discs and online
    at www.tickets.ie/ and on the door

    We're delighted to announce that the beloved
    transatlantic 16 legged mothership that is !!! (chk
    chk chk) will play the village on st patricks day!
    They blew the roof off the temple bar music centre
    last july. Their incredible new album "myth takes" is
    released in march on Warp Records. The album more
    dense, layered and groovy than ever before * post-punk
    bass patterns, spaghetti western guitars, African
    polyrhythms, spaced out disco and vintage Philly soul
    are just some of the key ingredients.

    !!!

    Following a titillating tour in summer '95 between
    Popesmashers and Black Liquorice, !!! officially
    formed upon their return at one of the famously
    ultra-hot, all-night Sacramento, CA dance parties. The
    tour had provided the attendees - and a few of the
    band members - with plenty to think about. Black
    Liquorice came with disco covers without the kitsch,
    and Popesmashers followed with loud, propulsive noise.
    The combination of these styles seemed odd to some,
    but it worked in the most primal sense, leading the
    aforementioned band members and others to wonder - Why
    NOT feel this? All the ****ing time.

    The eight members of !!! had grown up playing various
    breeds of punk and experimental music (!!! frontman
    Nic was vocalist for the infamous hardcore band, Yah
    Mos), and increasingly found themselves wanting to
    play music in the vein of the stuff they were dancing
    to. Which is not to say !!! are a punk band, nor a
    funk band, for that matter. They are both. And
    neither.

    The !!! symbol was chosen, rather than a conventional
    band name, because it reflects the excitement shared
    by the band members, mixed with an intense desire to
    shake things up. They have toured the U.S. repeatedly,
    amassing a sizeable following thanks to their
    cathartic live shows. The years spent train-hopping,
    hitch-hiking and touring DIY style have forged a
    desire to take !!! everywhere, fast.

    !!! shares three of its members with Out Hud,
    including Tyler Pope, who is also in LCD Soundsystem.
    !!! has released a 12" split EP with Out Hud, as well
    as a seven-inch on Hopscotch called "Dis-ease". A
    self-titled debut came out on GSL in 2000, which
    included the nine minute manifesto, "There's No
    ****ing Rules, Dude" - an exhortation to forget your
    worries and just shake your ass... dude. Got it?

    !!! is John Pugh (drums), Nic Offer (vocals), Allan
    Wilson (percussion, horns), Mario Andreoni (guitar),
    Tyler Pope (guitar, keys), Justin Vandervolgen (bass,
    sound engineering tweaks), Dan Gorman (percussion,
    horns), and Jason Racine (percussion).


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