Itchy-O is a 57-member

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performance group based in

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, consisting of a drum-corps battery, pyrotechnics, taiko drummers, and an arsenal of electronics and crowd-roving provocateurs.

History

Formed in Denver, Colorado in 2009, itchy-O released the EP ''Inferno!'' in 2011 and signed with iconic label

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to release their debut LP ''Burn the Navigator'' in September 2014. Both works were engineered by Bob Ferbrache. The group's second album, ''From the Overflowing,'' was released on

in September 2017, followed by a cross-country supporting tour and live in-studio performance on

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October 5, 2017
Itchy-
released their third album
''Mystic Spy , Psyko Dojo'', August 11, 2018 on their Mettle Studios imprint with a regional supporting tour in 2019. During the

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, the group developed two immersive drive-in concert series taking place in Denver: August's Sypherlot: Drive-in Radio Bath and October's Hallowmass. The recordings from these performances (engineered b
Evergroove Studio
were released as ''SYPHERLOT/HALLOWMASS 2020: DOUBLE LIVE'' October 30, 2021 on Alternative Tentacles. On September 17, 2021, itchy-O played a surprise set for the grand opening of immersive art exhibition Meow Wolf's Denver location, Convergence Station. Itchy-O has performed at Riot Fest,

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, Austin's Art Outdoors festival, the Stanley Hotel Film Festival, Tucson's All Souls Procession, San Francisco's Day of the Dead Festival, Atlanta's Goat Farm and Denver's

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. They have played on stage with

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& St. Vincent, and shared billing with

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, Warlock Pinchers, Extra Action Marching Band, The Melvins, March Fourth, and many others. The group has also anchored

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in Austin (2015–2017, 2022) and played four centerpiece shows in

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at MONA FOMA's wintertime festival in 2016.

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) Itchy-O at Stanley Hotel 2019

Members

Tyler Aldridge – Sampling , Keys , Noise Division
Ethan Alexander – Bass
Bryan Aquino – Snare
Scott Allen Banning – Producer , Director , Roto-Toms
Ernie Baske – Cymbals
Benjamin Beardsley – Publicist
Nicole Banowetz – Inflatable Arts
Mariah Becerra – SFX
Claire Bellamy – Wardrobe
Evan Bowles – Audio
David Britton – Synthesizer , Noise Division
Geoff Brent – Chaos Krüwe
Megs Burd – Beast
Nicolas Caputo – Audio
Daniel Craig – Vocoder , Noise Division
Jesse Dawson – Sampling , Electronics , Noise Division
Jackson Ellis – SFX , Pyro Technician
Jenny Ferry – Lighting Design
Grayson Fiske – Bass Drum
Jon Frances – Chaos Krüwe
Evelyn Fugate – Kriēchén
Fez Garcia – Cymbals , Percussion
Mike Grimsley – Chaos Krüwe
Epona Shephard – Kriēchén
Colin Elliot – Audio
Bard Griffin – Polyphonic
J.D. Franklin – Polyphonic
Bailey Harper – Kriēchén
Lyndsey Hays – Kriēchén
Blair Hollow – Polyphonic
Chuck Holt – Polyphonic , Chaos Krüwe
Amy Jackson – Taiko
Stephen Karpik – Bass Drum
David Kessner – SFX , High Voltage Technician , Engineering
Micah Kessner – Fog Engineer , Chaos Krüwe
Jamil Khera – Lighting
John Knudsen – Kriēchén
Thomas Knight – Taiko
Andrew Linares – Vocoder , Chaos Krüwe Roger Liu – Advisor
Susan Lucia – Timbales
Nafeesa Lynn – Kriēchén
Jackson Lynn – Taiko
Henri Francois Mamet – Chaos Krüwe
Mark Moffett – SFX , Pyro Technician
James Nelson – Guitar
Jake O'Neal – Tenors
Eean Ovens – Beast
Michael Patterson – Audio
Travis Powell – Lighting
Hanne Schrickx – Cymbalist
Thomas Silaghy – High Voltage , SFX , Chaos Krüwe
Erin Smith – Lighting Designer
Casper Smith – Beast , Chaos Krüwe
John Smith – Chaos Krüwe
Abrean Sophia Marie – Kriēchén
Cal Sorenson – Chaos Krüwe
Aaron Spriggs – Theremin , Noise Division
Kim Stangl – Wardrobe
Dejavia Todd – Chaos Krüwe
Sara Valentine – Kriēchén
Kirsten Vermulen – Co-Producer , Synthesizer
Mike Weiblen – Tech
Bernard Wooten – Cymbals
Wakinyan Zephier – Chaos Krüwe
Cetan Zephier – Beast , Chaos Krüwe
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References

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External links

itchyo.comPress KitItchy-O on the Alternative Tentacles website
Musical groups established in 2009 Musical groups from Denver Alternative Tentacles artists