Sprung from the creatively fertile streets of Denver, Il Cattivo mixes its melodies with heavy rock, unsuspecting soul and promises nothing more than to get you moving.

Formed in 2009 with Brian Hagman (Black Lamb), Matt Bellinger (Planes Mistaken for Stars and Ghost Buffalo), Jed Kopp (Ghost Buffalo), and Holland Rock Garden (Machine Gun Blues) and after a string of revolving bassists, Matty Clark of Denver's Taun Taun stepped into play on their 2011 debut full length, To Bring Low an Empire.
After Empire's release in June, Il Cattivo went on a short midwestern tour with Peoria, Illinois' Lark's Tongue. In December of 2011, Matty Clark and Holland Rock Garden left the band to focus on other endeavors ushering in the newest Cattivos: Arj Narayan (Black Acid Devil) and Matt Cavanaugh (Burn Sand Burn) . The newly banded IL CATTIVO spent the subsequent months writing and writing in anticipation of recording again with the talented Chris Fogal at Black in Bluhm studios in April 2012.
With a new album in hand, Il Cattivo hopes to find both local and national support to help get their music to a wider audience. Much like the bands who inspired them and bands they've shared a stage with, Il Cattivo unapologetically bears their soul with every hard-hitting song. They are a band because they have to be - they weren't made for anything else.

Il Cattivo songs are an obvious catharsis, an exorcism, a sacrificial offering - a desperate way to wring out all of that love, hate, loneliness, passion and insanity that is worn on the sleeves of the hardened hearts.

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The Skivies emerged on The Denver scene in 2003 and have been crafting our very own eclectic world ever since. Our debut full-length album "Between Appliance and Apparel" arrived in September 2007. We have also appeared on 2 compilation CDs, the DARC Vol. 1 (featuring bands from the Denver Art Rock Collective) and the Denver Local Music Sampler Vol.1 (featuring great local hard/progressive rock bands including Vices I Admire, 19ADD, The Future is Broken and others). Our 2nd full-length album Lorem Ipsum is now available on iTunes and at the Skivies show near you. Westword readers have bestowed three honors upon us: "Best Avant-Garde Band" (2007), "Best Art/Progressive Rock Band" (2008), and "Best Progressive Rock Band" (2010). Late 2011 moving into 2012 we are now playing shows and writing material for our 3rd full-length album.