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Years active
  
2005-2010

Active until
  
2010

Website
  
triclopsband.com

Active from
  
2005

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Labels
  
Gold Standard LaboratoriesAlternative TentaclesSick Room RecordsMissing Finger Records

Associated acts
  
Peace CreepAnywhereFleshiesVictim's FamilyBottles and SkullsLower Forty-EightHarbingerPins of LightStreet Eaters

Members
  
Christian Eric BeaulieuLarry BoothroydJohn GeekPhil Becker

Origin
  
Albums
  
Helpers on the Other Side, Out of Africa, Cafeteria Brutalia

Genres
  
Punk rock, Progressive rock, Acid rock

Similar
  
Anywhere, Fleshies, Rachel Fannan, Victims Family, Form of Rocket

Profiles

Triclops! was a San Francisco and Oakland-based Acid Punk/progressive rock band formed in 2005. They released two full-length albums, a 7" picture disc single, and an EP on noted independent record labels Gold Standard Laboratories, Alternative Tentacles, and Sick Room Records. Triclops! includes members of noted bay area bands Victim's Family, Fleshies, Bottles and Skulls, and Lower Forty-Eight. The band went on hiatus in 2010 following the release of their second full-length Helpers On The Other Side, with the members remaining busy in their older bands and new projects. Triclops! guitarist Christian Eric Beaulieu's current project is as the primary songwriter for Los Angeles-based band Anywhere, which also features progressive punk luminaries Mike Watt and Cedric Bixler-Zavala.

Contents

Triclops! albums are composed of lengthy, epic songs with often-spastic structures. Complex, aggressive guitar lines and a driving rhythm section competed for space with strongly melodic vocals, which were frequently obscured beneath a bevy of vocal effects; this sonic juxtaposition earned strong critical reactions, both positive and negative, for the band's releases. Noted for its powerful live show, in which singer John Geek frequently ventured into the audience, Triclops! extensively toured the United States and Europe. The band's last publicized performance date was in April, 2010.

Studio albums

  • Out Of Africa (Alternative Tentacles, March 2008)
  • Helpers On The Other Side (Alternative Tentacles, 2010)
  • Singles and EPs

  • Cafeteria Brutalia EP (12" Picture disc on Missing Finger Records / CD on Sick Room Records, February 2007)
  • Too Many Humans (7" Picture disc on Gold Standard Laboratories, August 2007, the last release on that label)
  • Songs

    March of the Half-BabiesOut of Africa · 2008
    Homage to Monte CassinoHelpers on the Other Side · 2010
    Freedom TicklerOut of Africa · 2008

    References

    Triclops! Wikipedia


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