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Former !!! Drummer Anthony Mikel Gius Killed

Anthony Mikel Gius, original drummer for funk-punk party band !!!, was killed by a car last month in Sacramento, California while riding his bicycle. Gius assisted in forming !!! in 1996, and can be heard on the band's self-titled seven inch, split EP with Out Hud, and a handful of recordings by the pre-!!! bands Yah Mos and Popesmashers.

On the !!! website, multi-instrumentalist Mario Andreoni wrote the following about Gius: "I met him when I was 8 after a mutual friend told me I 'had to meet the other guy in the neighborhood with more Kiss posters than you'. We quickly became best friends and went on to share the most significant times of our lives together...family vacations, puberty, crushes, loves, mixtapes, illicit activities, dancing, air guitar/drums, actual guitar/drums, bands, U.S. tours."

"I still love him like a brother and miss him terribly."

* !!!: http://www.brainwashed.com/!!!/

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