q and not u
Q AND NOT U are:
Chris Richards - guitars, bass, keyboards, melodica, percussion, vocals
Harris Klahr - guitar, baritone guitar, bass, synth, percussion, vocals
John Davis - drums, percussion, vocals
Q and Not U, comprised of John Davis, Harris Klahr and Chris Richards, formed in the summer of 1998 (along with former member Matt Borlik) and began playing gigs in November of the same year. The band's first release, the Hot and Informed single, came out on Dischord in April 2000. The band's second release and first full-length No Kill No Beep Beep was released in October of 2000.
Following extensive touring on behalf of No Kill No Beep Beep, the band parted ways with Borlik in late 2001. Q And Not U released a single on vinyl and compact disc, called On Play Patterns, in April of 2002. In May and June of 2002, the trio returned to Inner Ear Recording Studio to record a new full-length, Different Damage. Like all of their previous recordings, it was produced and engineered by Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara.
In July 2003, Q And Not U re-entered Inner Ear with Ian and Don to record the recently released single X-Polynation/Book Of Flags. On its release, the UK press proclaimed Q And Not U to be "Pure straightjacket cool" (Kerrang, June 2004).
In June 2004 the band entered The Love Story (El Guapo's home studio in NYC), with El Guapo's Rafael Cohen and Pete Cafarella, to record their forthcoming full-length album Power. The album was mixed with Don Zientara at Inner Ear Studios and mastered by Chad Clark at Silver Sonya.