1996–1999: Formation Band founders
Patricia Day and
Kim Nekroman first met when Day's now-defunct band, the
punk rock group Peanut Pump Gun, opened for Nekroman's
psychobilly band,
Nekromantix, at the POPKOM festival in
Cologne, Germany in 1996. Despite both belonging to the subculture scene of
Copenhagen, Denmark, the two had never met before, but they became friends over their mutual interest in
alternative music.
2000–2003: Demo tape and signing In 2000, Day recruited two friends, Mille and
Kamilla Vanilla, co-workers at the
body piercing shop she worked at to act as
go-go dancers for the band's live show. The group also recorded a 7-song demo for use in a
press kit, but it was somehow leaked to the public, and resulted in two of the group's singles, "Ghouls" and "Psychobitches outta Hell" becoming club hits in Denmark. The group spent the next few years touring
Europe until 2003. During this time, Caz the Clash became a father and left the band to focus on parenting. He was replaced by another Strawberry Slaughterhouse member, Karsten.
Hellcat Records,
Tim Armstrong's record label, signed HorrorPops. The band released a
vinyl single in September 2003, and began a
U.S. headlining tour. HorrorPops ventured out on their first US tour as headliner for the "Aloha from hell tour" with nine shows across California and Arizona. They were interviewed by
Vogue, and reviewed by
LA Weekly.
2004: Hell Yeah Hell Yeah! was released February 10, 2004; the interest in the band grew and when they did their release show at
Amoeba Records, it was packed, to the surprise of everyone in HorrorPops. HorrorPops was then supposed to follow up with a grand U.S. tour, but got stuck in immigration paperwork and had to cancel the whole tour.
The Offspring was just about to head out on their month-long European tour and with a three-day warning HorrorPops got offered the chance to join them as main support. Horrorpops played every night for audiences numbering between 5000 and 16000 people, and then continued with their own -month headline tour in Europe. Shortly after the European tour ended, Horrorpops returned to the states to play
Jimmy Kimmel Live and a few California shows, but realizing the work that lay ahead and how time-consuming the band had become, Mille had to leave the band to go back to school. Mille got replaced by another good friend of the band, Naomi, who was quickly renamed NoNo. HorrorPops started touring the states, first on Punks VS Psychos, then as main support for
Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and then back to Europe for another tour. The band toured continuously in 2004 and the band enjoyed it. The Horrorpops also played in a movie called
The Punk Rock Halocust and therefore made them more popular. Later, Karsten had to leave the band; he met the love of his life and wanted to spend time with her which was hard to do with the band's tour schedule. HorrorPops played around 110 shows in 2004 and went back to Los Angeles to start work on their second album. They played one last show for the year in West Hollywood to announce their new guitar player.
2005–2008: Bring it On and Kiss Kiss Kill Kill The band soon relocated from Denmark to
Los Angeles, California. The band's second album,
Bring It On!, was released on September 13, 2005, and featured their new rhythm guitarist,
Geoff Kresge. The HorrorPops spent most of 2006 touring Canada, Asia, Europe, and the States, including a Warped Tour stint. Kresge left the group before the band's next album, bringing the group back to three members. Their third album, released on February 5, 2008, is called
Kiss Kiss Kill Kill. The band began a North American tour around the time the album was released. They began the tour with an electric show in San Luis Obispo, CA, USA where they have a fairly loyal following, and are currently touring with two bands from Los Angeles, CA. Their opening bands include Rocket, which is an
all-female band, and
The Pink Spiders, a pop punk band. They are on Vans Warped Tour all summer. After the release of
Kiss Kiss Kill Kill they began to have a much larger fan base. in 2006. =='Barbie doll' controversy==