live: BITCH QUEENS (Deathpunk - CH)

live: BITCH QUEENS (Deathpunk - CH)

The band Bitch Queens (at the time named Hot Cut-Up Pancake) was founded in the year 2000 by David Atwood (aka Dave Dandy, Bass/Vox) and Harry Darling (aka Captain A., drums). That same year Dan Solbach (aka Diamond Dan, guitar) and Melchior Quitt (aka Kid Krystal, lead guitar) joined the two to fulfill the formation. The coming four years were spent mostly with finding their style of music, learning their instruments and playing a few shows in local clubs. Hot Cut-Up Pancake made their mark in the young and local music scene of Basel, but only after changing their name to Bitch Queens in 2005 did the band reach a point where they could be taken seriously on a different level. By and by the whole concept solidified: High Energy Rock combined with Mascara and Glitter. Do-It-Yourself was deliberately and willingly an important factor. The first self-produced 7-Track EP was released in 2005.