Triclops! is a four-headed, multi-limbed beast that roams the fallow fields of the Bay Area. Its bloodlines run deep, from Oakland punks the Fleshies, to rockers Lower Forty-Eight and Bottles & Skulls, and to the region’s long-running prog-punk hybrids, dating all the way back to Victims Family. If you encounter this creature, Fuzz recommends that you remain calm. It will play its mating call for you if it is convinced you do not pose a threat. That call may bewilder you, and you might find your head banging in rhythm with its ululations. Again, remain calm–if Triclops! senses a threat, you might get your head torn off.
Field recordings have captured this creature’s rituals, and as a public service, they have been released for study and warning alike across a number of releases on labels like Sick Room and GSL. Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles imprint has recently issued the most comprehensive document of Triclops! to date in a full-length album, Out of Africa, revealing an abnormally high intellect and fearsome dexterity. Its odd vocalisms require multiple listens to comprehend, and at first might seem to rise from a dialect you have never heard before.
Triclops! is aware. It reads the paper and is suspicious of humanity’s misgivings. A quick listen to the tracks offered by Fuzz validates these speculations. “March of the Half-Babies” and “Freedom Tickler” are posted here for your own safety. Get to know the warning signs, so that when Triclops! approaches, you will be prepared and responsive to its alluring threats. Those who have approached Triclops! in peace have reported an experience of exhilaration and enlightenment. Those who have panicked in Triclops!’s presence have been known to experience buffeting, social castigation, and the aforementioned beheading. The choice is yours.
