Itchy-O

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ITCHY-O
Background information
Origin	Denver, Colorado, United States
Genres	Rock, World, Electronica, Avant Garde, Experimental
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Alternative Tentacles
Website	itchyo.com

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ITCHY-O is a 57-member avant-garde music performance group based in Denver.

History[]

First formed in 2009, ITCHY-O released their EP Inferno! in 2011 and their full-length LP Burn the Navigator in September 2014. Both works were engineered by Bob Ferbrache (Slim Cessna's Auto Club, 16 Horse Power, and Devotchka). The group signed with the iconic label Alternative Tentacles in 2014.

LockerPartners produced "Dark Junk and Light", a 2013 short documentary on the band; the documentary was selected as a finalist for the International Documentary Challenge and was featured at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto.

ITCHY-O was voted Denver's best Avant-Garde act in 2014 and best Experimental band in 2015, 2016, and 2017 by Westword.

ITCHY-O has performed at events such as Riot Fest, Film on the Rocks at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Austin's Art Outdoors festival, the Stanley Film Festival, Tucson's All Souls Procession, San Francisco's Day of the Dead Festival, Atlanta's Goat Farm and Denver's Biennial of the Americas. They have played on stage with David Byrne & St. Vincent, and shared billing with Devo, Beats Antique, Warlock Pinchers, Extra Action Marching Band, The Melvins, March Fourth, and many others.

ITCHY-O has performed at the world-renowned horror-fantasy festival, Fantastic Fest in Austin three years in a row (2015-2017) and played four centerpiece shows in Hobart, Tasmania at MONA FOMA's wintertime festival in 2016.^[1]

ITCHY-O performed at the immersive art exhibit Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, NM on March 25, 2017, as well as the on August 11, 2017.

ITCHY-O's second full-length album, From the Overflowing was released on Alternative Tentacles in September 2017. The group embarked on a tour that autumn in support of the album. ITCHY-O performed From the Overflowing live in studio on WGN-TV on October 5, 2017.

The band released a 2018 concept album on their own Mettle Studios label, with each side of the vinyl evoking a distinct realm: Mystic Spy engages with "the idea of spiritual larceny or a sort of abstract esoteric espionage," while Psykho Dojo is devoted to taiko soundscapes.^[2]

Albums[]

• Inferno (EP, 2011)
• Burn the Navigator (LP, 2014)
• From the Overflowing (LP, 2017)
• Mystic Spy / Psykho Dojo (LP, 2018)
  
• SYPHERLOT/HALLOWMASS 2020, DOUBLE LIVE (LP, 2021)

Members[]

Ethan Alexander - Bass
Bryan Aquino - Snare
Scott Allen Banning - Producer | Director | Roto-Toms
Nicole Banowetz - Inflatable Arts
Mariah Becerra - SFX
Rex Blatter - Chaos Krüwe
David Britton - Synthesizer | Noise Division
Geoff Brent - Vocoder | Chaos Krüwe
Megs Burd - Lion Dancer
Robert Drew Burleson - Cymbalist
Carlo Campagna - Cymbalist
Jesse Dawson - Sampling | Electronics | Noise Division
Jackson Ellis - SFX | Pyro Technician
Evelyn Fugate - Kriēchén
Fez Garcia - Cymbals | Percussion
Mike Grimsley - Chaos Krüwe
Joe Hatfield - Timbales | Guitar
Epona Shephard - Kriēchén
Colin Elliot - Keys | Sampling | Noise Division
Cheyenne LaMarca - Wardrobe | Chaos Krüwe
Elliott Grossman - Keys | Sampling | Noise Division
Nick Gonzales - Sampling | Noise Division
Lyndsey Hays - Kriēchén
Chuck Holt - Polyphonic | Chaos Krüwe
Stephen Karpik - Bass Drum
Ethan Klein - Lighting Designer
David Kessner - SFX | High Voltage Technician | Engineering
Micah Kessner - Fog Engineer | Chaos Krüwe
John Knudsen - Kriēchén
Thomas Knight - Taiko
Andrew Linares - Vocoder | Chaos Krüwe
Jackson Lynn - Taiko
Henri Francois Mamet - Chaos Krüwe
Allison Marcellus - Cymbalist | Lion Dancer
Mark Moffett - SFX | Pyro Technician
James Nelson - Guitar
Sean O’Malley - Quint Tenors
Cory Phare - Publicist
Toni Rib - Taiko
Hanne Schrickx - Cymbalist
Brad Schumacher - Noise Division
Thomas Silaghy - High Voltage | SFX | Chaos Krüwe
Brad Smalling - Live & Studio Engineer
Erin Smith - Lighting Designer
John Smith - Chaos Krüwe
Aaron Spriggs - Theremin
Matt Steitle - Taiko | Quint-Tenors
Sara Valentine - Kriēchén
Kirsten Vermulen - Co-Producer | Synthesizer
Bernard Wooten - Chaos Krüwe
Adam Zimmer - Chaos Krüwe
Wakenyan Zyphier - Chaos Krüwe
Cetan Zyphier - Lion Dancer | Chaos Krüwe

References[]

• http://www.alternativetentacles.com/news.php?news_section=MAIN
• http://www.confluence-denver.com/features/itchy-o_012914.aspx
• http://shelf3d.com/Search/DAVID%2BBYRNE%2BPlayListIDPLEF4DE8FB3F15A544
• http://www.thedenveregotist.com/news/local/2013/july/23/dark-junk-light-documentary-denver-marching-band-itchy-o-lockerpartners
• http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2012/08/live_review_8412_itchy-o_and_e.php
• http://kuvo.org/webclip/itchy-o-marching-band
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/20/itchy-o-unconventional-co_n_904787.html
• http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-itchy-o-0929-story.html

External links[]

• itchyo.com
• Press Kit
• The Itchy-O Marching Band on the Alternative Tentacles website