A throbbing 50-piece collective of masked chaos invites you to dissolve the performer/audience divide and melt into the bedlam, that is the disorienting power of ITCHY-O.

ITCHY-O is a percussion-centered, experimental electronic performance orchestra.

ITCHY-O brings a sophisticatedly savage sound and the sheer ecstasy of instruments untethered and running free. With a driving drum corps battery, Taiko drummers, an arsenal of electronics including synthesizers, theremin, vocoders, and many other special devices, ITCHY-O completely engulfs and immerses an audience from every angle in a pounding electric bog of music, ephemera, and spectacle.

The masked and hive-minded ITCHY-O is waging war on predictable mediocrity with their blind-siding-style performances which feature an artfully hazardous Chinese lion, a troupe of sensuous dancing provocateurs, fog, strobes, sequins, sweat, and fury.

Bryan Aquino
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Snare

Scott Allen Banning
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Roto-Toms

David Britton
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MicroKorg

Robert Drew Burleson
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Cymbals

Carlo Campagna
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Cymbals

Russ Cochrane
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Bass

John Gross
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8-Track Player

Joe Hatfield
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Quad Tenors

Colin Elliot
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Sampler

Bill Murphy
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Special Effects

SDK
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Bass Drum

Ethan Klein
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Cymbals, Audio Engineer, Lighting

Thomas Knight
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Taiko

Roger Liu
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Guitar

Sara Miller
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Timbales

Sean O’Malley
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Quint Tenors

Brad Smalling
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Audio Engineer

Aaron Spriggs =
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Effects/Theremin

Matt Steitle
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Taiko

Kirsten Vermulen
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MicroKorg

Ryan Archuleta
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Polyphonic

Jessalyn Amber
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Creep Unit

Mariah Becerra
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Special Effects

Rex Blatter
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Chaos Tech

Megs Burd
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Lion Dancer

Khena Bullshields
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Lion Dancer

Stevie Caldarola
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Special Effects

Jackson Ellis
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Industrialist

Evelyn Fugate
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Creep Unit

Jen GaNun
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Creep Unit

Sarah Harman
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Creep Unit

Andrew Linares
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Polyphonic

Joanne M.W. Liu
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Lion Dancer

Rae Loun
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Creep Unit

Allison Marcellus
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Lion Dancer

Mark Moffett
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Industrialist

David Poore
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Lion Dancer

Rachel Qualliotine
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Creep Unit

Brad Schumacher
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Polyphonic

Wayne Scott
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Lion Dancer

Jiah Shin
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Creep Unit

Thomas Silaghy
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Special Effects

Brad Smalling
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Live Engineer

Jenny Smalling
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Creep Unit

John Smith
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Chaos Tech

Sara Valentine
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Creep Unit

Travis Volz
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Publicist

Rosemary Wendel
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Wardrobe

“Mystery is certainly key to Itchy-O, Denver’s own astoundingly large 50-member-plus percussive and electronic musical collective, whose wild, immersive shows completely tear down the walls between performer and audience, stage and dance floor. For example, there are few interviews where the band answers as a collective in the interest of keeping their individual identities secret. But in an era of ego-driven individualism, where even the most intimate personal details of our lives are ripe for peacocking on social media, there’s something refreshingly genuine and artistically rebellious about a commitment to collectivism, community, and anonymity.”

~Sarah Baranauskas, Marquee Magazine