Biography
But how did it all come about?
The punk rock band Itchy Poopzkid was founded in 2001 by Sibbi, Panzer and Saikov. Since then, these three are inseparable and can be seen together 24/7 travelling around in order to fulfill their big dream: a show at Wembley-Stadium. The old stadium of course, which would have to be rebuilt for this special treat.
With the classic line up drums, guitar, bass, and vocals by Sibbi & Panzer, they deliver a rocking show with lots of boldness and even more charm that definitely makes every crowd move around with crazy energy.
After releasing three EPs on their own, Itchy Poopzkid made a big note of exclamation in October 2005 with their debut album heart to believe. The record sold copies in the higher four-digit area and they toured for more than 15 months. Even while playing more than 110 shows in 2006 they managed to lock themselves into a windowless studio and stay there until the summer is over and the record done. Time To Ignite was released in March 07 and it is the ignition for the, so far most exciting year in band history:
Again more than 100 shows in 12 months, during two tours (spring & autumn), as well as several festival appearances, such as Area 4, MTV Campus Invasion, Swiss Greenfield, Highfield, Hurricane and also at the Quicksilver Surf Weltcup "Pro France" in South France.
The band won the six piece TV show "MTV Band Trip - Madsen vs. Itchy Poopzkid" and was nominated for the MTV European Music Awards. They received Power-Play-Rotation of all three videos on MTV and numerous other TV stations. Time To Ignite sold four times as many copies than their debut album and for the first time Itchy Poopzkid entered the Single and Album charts - what a year!
Itchy Poopzkid decided to skip their more than deserved break and started 2008 with songwriting for the third album right away. They play gigs only for very special occasions, such as the secret show with Millencolin in Cologne or handpicked festivals such as Frequency or Open Flair. A good record needs its time and even for Itchy Poopzkid it was a whole new experience - they dedicated a total of five months to their songwriting.
Just as the predecessors heart to believe & Time To Ignite - the new record was recorded at the Schaltraum Studios with producer Achim Lindermeir. It's called Dead Serious - and it is meant to be taken literally! As the jump from first to second album was musically a big step - it must be said that for the new album they managed to surpass it. This album is even more vivid, more multicolored, and even more to the point than the forerunner. Between instruments such as piano (Crazy Eyes, Learn to Drown) and accordion (Waiting for the Waves) they even converted a shopping cart into an instrument (Last Goodbye).
The band disregards apparent genre limits, and breaks out in all directions - but still remain unmistakably- Itchy Poopzkid! Dead Serious will be released January 23rd, 2009 as a Digipack and in limited edition as flame red Vinyl! No doubt this band is ready to rock live as well: From February 2nd until March 1st, 2009 the Dead Serious Tour will roll all through Germany, Austria & Switzerland. They will be joined aboard by Neverstore (Sweden), Julia (Austria) and Templeton Pek (UK), all of them will take turns in supporting Itchy Poopzkid.
