Summary: !!! may have a hard to pronounce name (it's "chk-chk-chk," in case you didn't know), but the group's accessibility issues end there. The California dance rock band crafts songs that'll get you moving in no time, and the band's new album Thr!!!er is no exception. The band's connections to classic pop dancers don't end with the album's nod to Michael Jackson — the funky, bass-driven single "One Girl/One Boy" features Sonia "Saja" Moore, who sang on iconic dancer and rapper MC Hammer's monster 90's hit "2 Legit 2 Quit." Since Moore isn't on the road with !!!, the band invites one lucky fan to join them on stage to sing. Let’s be grateful that the guys didn't prod Soundcheck host John Schaefer to assume the mic for their Soundcheck session. Set List: "One Girl/One Boy" "Except Death" "SLYD" Interview Highlights Nick Offer, lead singer of !!!, on the band's un-Googleable name: We started 16 years ago, and that was before Google. We just wanted a name that set us apart from all the other bands. We felt like we were completely original at that point. We wanted something that set us apart from everyone. And it has, because I don’t think most bands are still answering questions about their name after 16 years. On the coping with band members living in several different locations around the country: We never think about it. We’re like, "Okay, we're practicing in Santiago, Chile. Alright. That's what we're doing." One song was recorded in like three countries. We're all over the place. We just do whatever's clever, and we’re just like “Okay, now it's time to work! We're working." On listening hearing Stereolab for the first time on a cross-country trip in the summer of 1993: I asked what they were playing, and it was Stereolab, [Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements]. I was punk at the time. It's not often that you ask the record store because they’re going to act kind of weird to you, but I had to know. And I bought it. I remember telling a friend, "It's really weird. I really like this band and they play 20 minute songs." That was really mind-blowing to us at the time because we were punk.
