San Francisco quartet TRICLOPS! began in 2005 when former members of Victims Family, Bottles And Skulls and Lower Forty-Eight joined forces with Fleshies (Alternative Tentacles) vocalist John Geek. Combining the discordant velocity of Drive Like Jehu with the vocal mania of The Jesus Lizard and the dense psychedelia of The Mars Volta, TRICLOPS! immediately became a local favorite and their energetic shows began attracting press attention virtually overnight.