Q AND NOT U formed in the summer of 1998 and put on the monkey suit in December of that year. The band's first release, the Hot and Informed single, came out in April 2000. The band's second release, the No Kill No Beep Beep full-length record, was recorded by Ian MacKaye and Don Zientara at Inner Ear Studios in June of 2000 and was released in October of 2000.