The girls from Søm and Tømmerstø has already made the "musicpolice" angry but the jungeltelegraph has given them a name in the underground.

KRISTIANSAND: - Omg, it was really just a joke from the beginning, but now everything is taking off. We get mails from all over the world and are played in clubs in london and berlin, says vocalist julie illona balas.

- We also get angry mail from established bands that are pissed because of all the attention we get says Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard

The two girls from Søm and Tømmerstø, more known as Fitts for Fight, think it is hard to believe how fast the 'jungeltelegraph' has given them a name in the music underground.

Their songs are played several thousand times on Myspace, and on several debateforums online there's countinous debating on what the girls really are up to.
Are they taking a piss on the musicbusiness? Are they hardcore feminists? And are they really to be taken seriously?

Rumours
-At school there are now so much gossip about us, that its starting to get uncomfortable. But we dont care, we're really just having fun, says Julie.

Then she admits:

- We are pretty wierd both of us, and i think people always has seen us as a bit special/unormal. Because of that it is not really a big deal what people think og say. We can take most of it, she says.

Without shred of shyness or nerves the two girls has already attaced several big scenes in Norway. They have played at Tou Scene in Stavanger, Uffa in Trondheim and Spasibar in Oslo.

- After the concert at Spasibar in oslo some guy came over to us and checked if we had shaven our armpits, cause if not, he was sure that we were feminists sendt out on a mission by the womensgroup Ottar (a militant feminist org. in norway) the girls laugh.

With naive computermusic blended with nintendo and commodore sounds and last but not least naughty lyrics- the girls has made the "musicpolice" angry.

"If the concept is supposed to be ironic (i hope for their sake it is) then the humour missed me with at least a mile. Tip for next years festival: dont expose us to anything like this again." one critic wrote after the gig in Trondheim.

Minors at their own concerts

Problem is that people love FFF. The songs "Fuck Off And Die", "MonsterMachine" and "You´re Dead" have become "vorspielhits" everywhere across the country. The girls has gotten over 2000 mails with questions about cds and t-shirts.

-Honestly nobody can really say that our music is good. Rather on the contrary, we are actually making something that is so ugly that people just have to love it, Julie says and adds:
- We have been offered a recorddeal, but we turned it down. We think it is better to have full control ourselves.

-Btw. we are playing a gig in Rotterdam in october. We are booked for something called
Lady Fest Festival, says Julie.

- Are you travelling alone?
- Yes or no, our soundtechnican comes as an guardian. He is pretty sensible.

-Does your gigorganizers know how old you are?
- No off course not, we are'nt really old enough to get into our own concerts.

- What does your parents say about you travelling around norway singin about death and porn?

- They are not allowed into our gigs. But i think they are proud of us.Cause we dont really do anything wrong, we are just making music and having fun says Julie.

Articles in Norwegian about FFF´s Grand Theft Micro:

Article in Music Information centre (norwegian)
http://www11.nrk.no/urort/article.aspx?articleId=5820022
http://www.fvn.no/kulturpuls/musikk/article423062.ece
http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/home/ballade?opendocument&url=http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2006121310535977289539

Recently it has become clear that Norwegian band "Fitts For Fight" has
been using publicly released material from micromusic and demoscene
musicians in their own music without permissions or credits.

The reuse of the material is clear and obvious; the band simply sings
over the original songs, which are totally unchanged. The lyrics
themselves are uninspired, and certainly not in keeping with original
musicians‚ artistic vision. To repeat, no permission was given by the
original artists, and no credit given. "Fitts For Fight" have claimed the
music to be entirely their own work.

This is already highly disreputable behaviour, and clear theft.

However, "Fitts For Fight" have been receiving money for this music in the
form of royalties and payment for live performances and even re-released the music.

The original tunes were all released for free, for enjoyment of all those interested in
lo-tech music. Needless to say, no money or credit was given to the original
artists.

To steal something is bad, but "Fitts For Fight" have stolen from people
who make no, or almost no profit from their music. It is like shoplifting
from a charity shop, and then selling the stuff on the street outside.
Except even worse, as they claim artistic credits for everything that they
took.

So far it has come to light that music from the following artists has been
stolen in this way:

· 505 / YM Rockers
· 8 Bit Weapon
· Arachno
. Printed Circuit
. Yerzmyey
· Drx / Bodenstandig 2000
· DVD Heijden
· Jo_Petrole
· Stu / Drop da Bomb

It is highly likely that other musicians have been affected.

www.micromusic.net is the largest label for the type of music in question.
All the tracks are available for free on-line, and it was the source for
most of the stolen material. Although micromusic is a totally open
non-profit organisation it represents and protects its members just as a
normal record label. This is an extremely good thing, since people like
the members of "Fitts For Fight" would be able steal much more easily from
individual artists working alone. micromusic provides a powerful voice,
and a means to co-ordinate a reaction.

The artists concerned are in discussion about how to proceed further in
this matter. They are receiving the full support of the micromusic and
demoscene communities.

For the latest news, visit: http://nl_hq.micromusic.net/stolengoods/

Gareth Morris (gwEm)
www.micromusic.net
22nd December 2006