Pop Shuvit originally have six members upon its establishment in 2001. One of them is Nicholas Ong Chong Quan or popularly known as Point Blanc, former member of Malaysian hip hop group,
Poetic Ammo as the co-vocalist. He left the band in early 2004 after the release of
Take It & Shuvit to concentrate on Poetic Ammo and later pursue his solo career, leaving Moots! as the sole vocalist of the band.
Take It and Shuvit Their debut album
Take It & Shuvit was released in November 2002. Prior to its official release, Pop Shuvit was banned by certain radio stations due to their sound was deemed "too loud". The album broke new ground when their first single "Skaters' Anthem" was released exclusively on the Internet and became one of the most downloaded local songs in Malaysian music history. The hype and street buzz from the track caught the ears of
ESPN, who in turn licensed the track for use in their Summer
X-Games broadcast that hit millions of households worldwide. As further credit to Pop Shuvit, ESPN played their music videos and tracks off the album throughout the duration of competition. In 2003, Pop Shuvit released
Take it & Shuvit in Japan and became the first Malaysian band to hit the music chart in Japan. The overwhelming support from Japanese youth market ensured that all tracks of the album charted the top 20 on the Tower Records sales charts (even beating raprock luminaries like
Linkin Park) without any promotion to back the album.
Here and Now The success of their releases in Japan led to Pop Shuvit touring the land of the rising sun in 2005 to support their second release,
Here & Now, leading to one of the most successful and talked about headlining tours for any Malaysian rock band. The album was a hard-hitting social commentary of urban culture and spurred hits like
Old Skool Rocka and
Journey, with the latter earning the band the No. 1 Song of the year on the Malaysian English Top Ten for 2005 and "Best Rock Act”
The Shuvit Remixes The band released a dance remix album,
The Shuvit Remixes and a hip hop EP,
All I Got Hop Hop Collaboration in 2004 and 2006 respectively. The remix of their track "Conversations" from
The Shuvit Remixes was hand picked by DJ Nick Warren for inclusion in pioneering UK dance music label Global Underground's mix CD,
Shanghai GU28 that peaked at No. 19 on the UK TOP 40 Dance Album Charts. The hip hop EP, a 4 track 12 inch vinyl release, featured collaborations with some of hip hop's most respected emcees from around the globe, including US emcees
Rapper Big Pooh from
Little Brother. In mid-2006, Pop Shuvit collaborated with
Disagree, another Malaysian rock band, to produce the song "Football Mad Nation" in conjunction with the
FIFA World Cup.
Amped and Dangerous Pop Shuvit's third album,
Amped & Dangerous hit stores in Japan on 23 August 2006 without a release in the Malaysian market. The 12-song set is described as "a rollercoaster ride of crunching guitars", pounding rhythms and funked out hip hop beats and rhymes. "This is essentially a guitar driven album that's made for the mosh pit. Simply put, it rocks harder!" says skinman Rudy about the new material. Malaysian fans would expect something different as Guitarist/Producer JD hinted, "We had to think strategically this time around and only release tracks that cater for a specific market so the Japanese/Asian and Malaysian editions will be different." The Japanese edition of the album will be released throughout Asia as an import edition so fans will still be able to obtain both copies. Pop Shuvit walked away with the "Best Live Act" at the Malaysian English Top Ten Awards 2006.
Freakshow Vol. 1: Tales of The Travelling Tunes Pop Shuvit recently released their fourth Studio Album,
Freakshow Vol. 1: Tales of the Travelling Tunes with the first single of the album being, Freakshow which featured Dandee from Silksounds. "Marabahaya" was from this album which is the 1st single from the
Impak Maksima soundtrack. "Marabahaya" has received very high rotation on both
hitz.fm and
Fly FM and it is one of the crowds favourite.
My Chemical Romance Asian tour Pop Shuvit was the official opening act for
My Chemical Romance on their Asian tour.
Gerard Way was impressed after Pop Shuvit opened for them in
Kuala Lumpur so MCR offered Pop Shuvit the opportunity to be their opening act for their five remaining shows. However Pop Shuvit had other commitments so they only accepted two.
Project E.A.R. Pop Shuvit, together with
Ahli Fiqir (Singapore), Saint Loco (
Indonesia),
Slapshock (
Philippines), Silksounds and
Thaitanium (
Thailand), formed a supergroup called
Project E.A.R. (East Asian Revolution), which made their debut in the
2008 MTV Asia Awards in Malaysia.
MTV World Stage Live 2011 At the MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2011 that took place at
I-City, Shah Alam, Pop Shuvit shared the stage with
Kpop sensation,
Beast,
alternative rock band
Neon Trees, and multiple MTV award-winning
Thirty Seconds to Mars. Pop Shuvit kick-off the show with "Old Skool Rocka". Performing "Oh! Sizuka" as the second song and followed by "Running Away," a new song from the new album
Cherry Blossom Love Affair. Malaysian legend Man Bai then joined Pop Shuvit on stage for the first-ever live performance of "Seperti Syurgamu", another new song from the new album. Next, Project E.A.R. (East Asian Revolution) also came on the stage for "Mantera/Marabahaya" and the band wrapped up with lead singer Moots stage diving into the mosh pit.
Marabahaya XV On 21 April 2024, Pop Shuvit released a trailer for 'Marabahaya XV' on their official YouTube account. On 26 April 2024, the music video for 'Marabahaya XV' was released on Pop Shuvit's official YouTube account which was directed by longtime Project E.A.R. collaborator, Dandee. Featured Artists' included
Shigga Shay,
SonaOne &
Tarvethz. ==Band members==