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 f**king 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
Fucking 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).