Q And Not U
| Q And Not U | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Washington (United States) |
| Genre (s) |
Post-hardcore alternative rock |
| founding | 1998 |
| resolution | 2005 |
| Last occupation | |
Guitar, vocals, synthesizer
|
John Davis |
Guitar, vocals, synthesizer |
Harris Klahr |
Drums, percussion , vocals |
Christopher Richards |
| former members | |
bass |
Matt Borlik |
Q And Not U were an American post-hardcore band from Washington , which existed from 1998 to 2005 and whose records were released by Dischord Records .
Band history
John Davis, Harris Klahr, Christopher Richards and Matt Borlik formed the band in the summer of 1998 and played their first concerts in November. In their music, the musicians socialized through hardcore punk mixed post-punk with disco and pop elements and thereby emphasized the rhythm. In April 2000 the first single Hot And Informed was released . In October of the same year, the debut album No Kill No Beep Beep followed with unconventional guitar riffs and song structures as well as vague political texts, which sounded very well integrated into the Washington post-hardcore scene. After the end of an extensive tour that followed the release of the album, bassist Borlik left the band.
Like the debut, Fugazi singer Ian MacKaye also mixed the second album Different Damage in 2002, which was said to have the will to crash. After Borlik's departure, the two guitarists Klahr and Davis shared the work on the bass, although some songs managed completely without bass and instead integrated instruments such as synthesizers or melodica. In 2004 the single X-Polynation / Book Of Flags received praise from Kerrang , where the single was described as "pure straightjacket cool". Drummer Richards broke his foot shortly before the album was produced.
Intro described Power , the band's third and final album, as simultaneously “highly artificial and danceable” ( Bettina Gutsohn : Intro # 121 , October 2004), while elsewhere comparisons with Gang of Four and the Talking Heads or with A Certain Ratio , Prince and Radio 4 or with Sly & the Family Stone . A noticeable increase in the use of synthesizers and a noticeably increased catchiness, which hit the zeitgeist of the time and provided various positive reviews: Power received 8 points from Jan Wigger on Spiegel Online , 7.5 points from Pitchfork Media , 4.5 / 5 Points for Tiny Mix Tapes and a Metascore of 72.
After several hundred concerts on four continents and a farewell tour, the band broke up in September 2005.
Discography
- 2000: No Kill No Beep Beep ( Dischord )
- 2002: Different Damage (Dischord)
- 2004: Power (Dischord)
Web links
- Band profile at Dischord Records (English)
- Q And Not U at Allmusic (English)
- Q and Not U at Discogs (English)
- Interview ( memento from January 26, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) at Pitchfork Media (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Intro.de: Q And Not U: Power. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
- ↑ The DC 'sound', reinvigorated. Feature at prefixmag.com (English)
- ↑ Review of No Kill No Beep Beep on sonicyouth.com (English)
- ↑ Review of No Kill No Beep Beep . ( Memento of July 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) on Pitchfork Media
- ↑ a b Southern.net: q and not u ( Memento from November 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Review of Different Damage at Plattentests.de
- ↑ WolfgangsVault.com: Q and Not U Had the Power ( Memento from December 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c Pitchfork.com: Q and Not U: Power. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Review of Power in Disk Tests Online
- ↑ a b Review of Power . Mirror online
- ↑ Review of Power at popmatters.com (English)
- ↑ Review of Power at Tiny Mix Tapes (English)
- ↑ Power by Q And Not U on Metacritic (English)
- ↑ Quit and not U on drownedinsound.com (English)
- ↑ The band's own Myspace page (English)