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Posted in music on October 25, 2005

Les Sans Culottes' legal battle | Nous Non Plus

"...We notified Ferrand via e-mail (or sent him to the e-uillotine, if you will) that we would be continuing as Les Sans Culottes sans him. Days later, Ferrand sent us a cease-and-desist letter claiming we were in violation of his self-proclaimed 'de facto' trademark (at the time, nobody had officially registered the trademark; although, once ousted, Ferrand did submit the application). Despite the letter, we played a packed show at New York's Lower East Side club Sin-é. We thought Ferrand might show up and cause trouble, so, as a joke (mostly) Céline Dijon arrived on stage wearing handcuffs and a Kevlar bulletproof vest. The gig was violence-free, and we reveled in our newfound liberation......So, in the true spirit of France, we surrendered. We turned over the band name and Web site to Ferrand. We kept our faux French identities (Jean-Luc Retard, Céline Dijon, Cal D'Hommage, Maurice Chevrolet, and Harry Covert) and formed a new band, … Nous Non Plus, meaning 'us no more' or 'neither do we.' We recently completed our first album with songs about love and lawn care and played a sold-out New York show...." [Slate]

In other French news, Melody Nelson DJ'd the wedding of Devery from La Laque

Posted on October 25, 2005 4:03 PM

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