Comments on: Need to locate band information

Question: Need to locate band information

DeepFriedTwinkies — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:42:18 -0800

I have a ripped CD with music from a band I labeled as !!!

and now I can't figure out how to find them anywhere. Went to the original music site I bought the CD from-no help. Google just gives me a blank page. Has anyone heard of !!! and/or could point me to a way of finding them? Thanks.

By: Tomorrowful

Tomorrowful — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:43:34 -0800

It's pronounced "chk chk chk," and you can find info here or at their official website.

By: Tomorrowful

Tomorrowful — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:44:06 -0800

Erm, I apparently failed to set up that second link correctly:

Their official website.

By: DeepFriedTwinkies

DeepFriedTwinkies — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:46:33 -0800

Sakes alive, that didn't take any time at all. Thanks very much, I appreciate it.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:17:52 -0800

Wikipedia's native search engine finds it, but that's about it. Interesting failure.

By: Infinite Jest

Infinite Jest — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:06:03 -0800

Using quote marks around the !!! should work on Google, in theory, but doesn't.

At the risk of stating the obvious: following Tomorrowful's first comment, Googling "pronounced chk chk chk" gets good results (including this one that discusses this very problem).

By: The Bellman

The Bellman — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:25:57 -0800

Funny, I would have pronounced that "Bang, Bang, Bang".

By: tim_in_oz

tim_in_oz — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:35:38 -0800

> Funny, I would have pronounced that "Bang, Bang, Bang"

You're showing your age, Bellman! And your geekiness. I dimly recall that the ! = chk paradigm is a linguistic one as opposed to the compsci ! = bang

By: YoungAmerican

YoungAmerican — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:36:10 -0800

According to the band, while "chk chk chk" is the most popular pronounciation, any three exclamatory sounds can be used.

By: davejay

davejay — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:25:18 -0800

I've never heard of "chk chk chk" used for this -- nor had I heard "bang" used until I started programming.

I guess there's not much reason for it to come up, generally. Of course, there's also this alternative.

By: iguanapolitico

iguanapolitico — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:35:57 -0800

Huh, I never knew/thought that "bang" was a comp sci thing. I thought it was a writing/printing thing. After all, the interrobang was invented and its name coined in 1962, according to wikipedia. I wonder why it's called that to programmers and printers, but to few in between. :)

(When the question is answered by the first poster, the thread is allowed to have a lot of noise afterwards, right?)

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:46:13 -0800

Interesting Failure...
probably a better band name than !!!. But !!! has some pretty cool songs. They blow it a lot too, though.

By: tundro

tundro — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:28:32 -0800

i've heard the name also pronounced "pow pow pow" ... but for the last few years I've mainly heard the band called "chk chk chk" they're a great live band too.

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:24:06 -0800

But !!! has some pretty cool songs. They blow it a lot too, though.

Their first album is spotty, I think, but Myth Takes is much better.

And regardless of your opinion of their albums, they're enough fun live that I'd give them a shot even if both albums leave you a bit cold.