Check Out How Your Favorite Musicians Stumbled Into Choosing Their Now-Iconic Names

Movie Subtitles Inspired !!! (Chk Chk Chk)

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!!! is already one of the weirder band names out there, prompting nearly everyone to wonder how their name is even pronounced. Unsurprisingly, the origin of the band’s name is just as obscure as the name itself.

The post-punk group got their name from the ’80s South African movie called

The Gods Must Be Crazy. In the fil, the Khoisan language was subtitled using only a series of exclamation points. The band thought it was interesting and chose ‘!!!’ as a result. For those wondering, it’s pronounced “chk, chk, chk.”