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Qu'est-ce Que Fück? (QQF?)
Danish avantgarde acoustic female duet.

The rather unknown experienced much media attention in March 2012 due to their engagement in the Stop Acta cause and their critique of the Danish copyright laws

Qu'est-ce Que Fück? was formed in June 2011 by LoAH & Lady Petit (AKA Julie K/Juka).

The basic concept and ideas for the band was formed on a roadtrip to Germany.

Shows
June (dato) 2011: First show. The band's first show was improvised concert in a German forest. The band performed this drone performance of improvised ukulele and vocals under their original name, Chick Habit.

August 12th 2011: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? perform as backing vocals for Pacik Davies (Fallen Men etc.), Raum Eins, Aarhus, DK

October 28th 2011: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? perform as backing vocals for Pacik Davies, Atlas, Aarhus, DK

September 2011: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? join Queer Fox Art Collective (QFAC)

January 2012: Qu'est-ce Que Fück?'s first music video is released on youtube and published on the facebookpage of QFAC. The video Bang Bang is recorded a tribute to the original Cher-song

January 2012: LoAH releases her first solo music video on youtube and QFAC's facebook profile

February 8th 2012: Debut concert for Qu'est-ce Que Fück?, Gyngen, Aarhus

February 14th 2012: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? release their live video 'Thunder' as a Valentine's gimmick

March 6th 2012: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? warm-up for Helmet Compass, HeadQuarters, Aarhus

March 9th 2012: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? plays at Kontrast Ungdomshus, Herning

March 13th 2012: Qu’est-ce Que Fück?, play concert at Fairbar, Aarhus

July 11th 2012: Qu’est-ce Que Fück? start jamming at the venue Le Fanfaron in Paris and are asked by the owner to stop

July 13th 2012: Qu’est-ce Que Fück? play their first gig in at Le Fanfafon and are booed off stage

July 21st 2012: Qu’est-ce Que Fück? warm up for Hank Robot (Kim Kix), Le Fanfaron Paris

Aug 10th 2012: Qu’est-ce Que Fück? perform with Hank Robot as Hank Robot's Headless Chickens, warm-up gig for Listener

October 17th 2012: Qu'est-ce Qué Fuck? are warm-up for Hank Robot at Radar in Aarhus

February 2nd 2013: Qu'est-ce Qué Fuck? play at Under Masken, Aarhus.

March 8th 2013: Qu'est-ce Fück? appear as Hank Robot's Headless Chickens as warm-up for Bob Log III ar Kulisselageret, Horsens

April 16th 2013: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? plays concert on HeadQuarters, Aarhus

May 12th 2013: Qu’est-ce Que Fück? warms up for Jude Rawlins, Kirsten Morrisson, Brittsommar, Haus1, Kreuzberg, Berlin

The Acta Case
February 20th 2012: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? accepts an invitation to play at the Stop Acta Demonstration in Aarhus, Denmark. As a newly started band Qu'est-ce Que Fück? saw this as a great opportunity to promote their music and support a good cause

February 22th 2012: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? is informed that the local police has told the musicians' interest organization Koda about their performance on Februrary 25th

February 23th 2012: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? is informed that Koda demands the organizers of the Stop Acta Demo to pay Qu'est-ce Que Fück? a minimum of DKR 4000 for their performance

February 24th 2012 pre-noon: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? phone Koda in order to ensure that Qu'est-ce Que Fück? can peform on feb 25th without problems for the organizers of the demonstration

Qu'est-ce Que Fück? Are told that there is no way they can be allowed to play for free, even when the band members suggest that Qu'est-ce Que Fück? can improvise the entire concert and thereby avoid any copyright infringements

February 24th 2012 noon: The organizers of the local Stop Acta Demo in Aarhus phone Koda, and are told that there is no way Qu'est-ce Que Fück? can be allowed to play unless the organizers pay a minimum of DKR 4000 to Koda, regardless what Qu'est-ce Que Fück?, that Koda claims to want to give the money to, say in the matter

February 24th evening: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? are told that they are banned from playing at the demonstration against the Acta treaty, since Koda will not accept the concert as neither a benefit nor a promo show and therefore there can be no free live music.

February 25th 2012: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? send an open letter to Stop Acta Aarhus, and the letter is read out loud on the demonstration

February 25th 2012: After repeatedly encouragement from listeners of the letter, Qu'est-ce Que Fück? decide to publish the open letter in Danish via the facebook side of QFAC.

February 26th 2012: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? release a French translation of the open letter via facebook

February 26th 2012: The Danish blogger Carsten Agger writes about the story on his blog: http://www.modspil.dk/wordpress/?p=2054

February 27th 2012: Qu'est-ce Que Fück? release the music video 'Acta!' on youtube as a protest against recent events

February 27th 2012: The Story reaches the international blog BoingBoing: http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/danish-band-claims-collecting.html

February 27th 2012 afternoon: QFAC's facebook profile was deleted by Facebook without any warnings or information

Links
https://www.facebook.com/events/344348418967822/permalink/366675950068402/

ttp://www.radarlive.dk/search/event/2012/10/17/hallows-eve-radar-hank-robot-quest-ce-que-fck '

https://www.facebook.com/events/143873109096388/ http://allevents.in/%C3%85rhus/den-excentriske-duo-qu%E2%80%99est-ce-que-f%C3%BCck-giver-koncert-p%C3%A5-fairbar/341851259190447#

Koda bortcensurerer gratis musik fra Aarhus’ demonstration mod ACTA http://www.modspil.dk/wordpress/?p=2054

Danish band claims collecting society prevented them from playing anti-ACTA gig http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/danish-band-claims-collecting.html

Rettighedsbøvl gjorde ACTA-demonstration musikløs http://www.comon.dk/art/214232/rettighedsboevl-gjorde-acta-demonstration-musikloes

Er dette rimeligt? http://www.lydmaskinen.dk/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=46709&start=0

'''Qu'est-ce Que Fück? ACTA!''' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A30omoSuloA

'''Qu'est-ce Que Fück? Très Noir''' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q3GEOjWuPk

'''Qu'est-ce Que Fück? Thunder''' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WnBVdzCUlE

'''Qu'est-ce Que Fück? Maple Leaf''' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShaMExchOfk