Itchy-O

Formed in Denver, Colorado in 2009, itchy-O released the EP Inferno! in 2011 and signed with iconic label Alternative Tentacles 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 Alternative Tentacles in September 2017, followed by a cross-country supporting tour and live in-studio performance on WGN-TV on [https://vimeo.com/237789032 October 5, 2017]. Itchy-O [https://www.westword.com/music/itchy-o-talks-mystic-spy-psykho-dojo-10779770 released their third album], Mystic Spy | Psyko Dojo, August 11, 2018{{Cite web|last=Wiese|first=Ben|title=Itchy-O Talks New Album, Spaghetti Dinners and Starting a Record Label|url=https://www.westword.com/music/itchy-o-talks-mystic-spy-psykho-dojo-10779770|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Westword|language=en}} on their Mettle Studios imprint with a regional supporting tour in 2019.

During the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, the group developed two immersive drive-in concert series taking place in Denver: August's Sypherlot: Drive-in Radio Bath and October's Hallowmass.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-17|title=PHOTOS: Itchy-o's insane new drive-in "sound bath," which you can catch all month long|url=https://theknow-old.denverpost.com/2020/08/17/itchyo-sypherlot-drive-in-concert/243771/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=The Know|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-11-03|title=Review - No One Spooks Quite Like Itchy-O|url=https://303magazine.com/2020/11/review-hallowmass-itchy-o/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=303 Magazine|language=en-US}} The recordings from these performances (engineered by [https://www.evergroove.com/ Evergroove Studio]) were released as SYPHERLOT/HALLOWMASS 2020: DOUBLE LIVE October 30, 2021 on Alternative Tentacles.{{Cite web |last=Breznikar |first=Klemen |author-link=Klemen Breznikar |date=November 17, 2021 |title=Itchy-O {{!}} Interview {{!}} New Album, 'Sypherlot/Hallowmass 2020: Double Live' |url=https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2021/11/itchy-o-interview-new-album-sypherlot-hallowmass-2020-double-live.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117200915/https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2021/11/itchy-o-interview-new-album-sypherlot-hallowmass-2020-double-live.html |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |access-date=February 3, 2023 |website=It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine |language=en-US}}

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, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 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 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.

The group has also anchored Fantastic Fest in Austin (2015–2017, 2022) and played four centerpiece shows in Hobart, Tasmania at MONA FOMA's wintertime festival in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/dark-mofo-2019/PDFs/Dark+Mofo+Program+PDF+2016+7.1MB.pdf|title=Dark Mofo Program|website=S3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com|access-date=2022-03-22}}

• 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)

File:Itchy-O at Stanley Hotel 2019.jpg in 2019]]

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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Category:Musical groups established in 2009

Category:Musical groups from Denver

Category:Alternative Tentacles artists