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| == Fan base and criticism == | |||
| Fans of ICP are called ]s (although Juggalo is not a gender based word, female fans are sometimes called Juggalettes to avoid some confusion, i.e. Two juggalos got married) and a ''Juggaho'' or a ''Juffalo'' is a ] trying to act like a Juggalo. This derived from one of Violent J's habits, which is constantly inventing strange names and personas for himself in their songs. One of these personalities is "The Juggla", a psychotic carnival juggler, and somehow the fans came to be known as "Juggalos" in homage. Even more common is the sight of Juggalos painting their faces in clownface, the unofficial Juggalo badge. | |||
| ICP have been voted the worst band of any genre of music in various ] polls including ] and ]. This has not discouraged the group, and they repeatedly state they do not care what music critics think of their work. In return, Spin, Rolling Stone, and ] have been singled out for mockery in several ICP raps. | |||
| In an interview in PBS's Frontline documentary series, , ] stated: | |||
| :"Everybody that likes our music feels a super connection. they feel so connected to it because it's — it's exclusively theirs. See, when something's on the radio, it's for everybody, you know what I mean? It's everybody's song. 'Oh, this is my song.' That ain't your song. It's on the radio. It's everybody's song. But to listen to ICP, you feel like you're the only one that knows about it." " icp is the closest thing some of my friends have known to family, it's like a getaway from reality, whenever your feeling low just throw on your headphones and let the music take you.... it's not about all the killing and violence, that just makes them different from all the other mainstream groups." | |||
| On ], ], self-described Juggalo ] attacked people in a gay bar with a handgun and a ], a weapon featured on the logo of ICP's record label, Psychopathic Records. Mr. Robida wore a swastika tattoo and flaunted ] insignia and paraphernalia on his website, and was a former teen cadet in the Junior Police Academy. On ], he killed a traffic officer at a routine stop. When police stopped him, he killed the passenger in the car and opened fire on the police. He shot himself with the same gun used in the bar shooting during the standoff. | |||
| On ], ], Insane Clown Posse released a on the Robida attacks. Alex Abbiss, ICP's manager, extended ICP's condolences and prayers to the families of the victims. "This guy had problems," said Abbiss, and "anyone going into a bar swinging an axe and shooting a gun ... would clearly have to be insane and out of their mind to do this." He went on, "it's quite obvious that this guy had no clue what being a Juggalo is all about. If anyone knows anything at all about ICP, then you know that they have never, ever been down or will be down with any racist or bigotry bullshit." (This was in reference to ICP's long-standing mockery and contempt for racists in their song lyrics). Abbiss claimed ICP was being scapegoated by the media. | |||
| == Professional wrestling == | == Professional wrestling == | ||
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| Years active | c. 1990–present |
| Members | Violent J (Joe Bruce) Shaggy 2 Dope (Joey Utsler) |
The Insane Clown Posse (ICP) are a horrorcore rap / rapcore group originally from Wayne, Michigan, consisting of Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler). They almost always professionally display themselves in full black and white "evil clown" makeup that could be compared to the corpse paint of black metal musicians or the makeup of the rock group KISS. Violent J's makeup is usually drawn as a smiling face, while Shaggy's is an angry face. While never achieving full mainstream success, the group has nevertheless obtained an impressive collection of platinum and gold albums and legions of loyal fans, known affectionately as Juggalos.
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Professional wrestling
The Insane Clown Posse have long been involved in professional wrestling. In 1997 they were assaulted by Rob Van Dam and Sabu after running them down on the mic at Hardcore Heaven '97. In 1998 they were brought in by the then World Wrestling Federation, now known as WWE, in a musical role for the stable The Oddities, a group of freak wrestlers led by Golga, a masked John Tenta. ICP entered WCW in 1999 and teamed with wrestler Vampiro, forming the group the Dead pool along with Raven. It was the first time fans saw ICP in a nationwide wrestling role, making their debut with a run-in on Rey Mysterio and Konnan. One of their more infamous moments in WCW was a handicap hardcore match against Mike Awesome (using the That 70s Guy moniker) where in a spot gone wrong Shaggy 2 Dope was powerbombed on top of the "70's Bus" and slid off the side falling to the ground below. They also run their own independent promotion, JCW or Juggalo Championshit Wrestling. JCW was modeled after the backyard wrestling of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope's youth, as well as the Japanese hardcore wrestling matches featured in bootleg-style videos released by ICP. They are also main characters in the video game series Backyard Wrestling by Eidos for the Xbox and PlayStation 2. ICP was also in Extreme Championship Wrestling, Xtreme Pro Wrestling, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The ICP were also involved in TNA's first-ever house show in Plymouth, Michigan, where they wrestled in and helped promote the event.
Signature moves
- Shaggy 2 Dope - Top Rope Leg Drop
- Violent J - Moonsault
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Chart positions
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Singles
- 1997: "Santa's a Fat Bitch" 67
External links and references
- Insane Clown Posse official site
- Psychopathic Records official site (portal)
- An Intelligent Look at the Insane Clown Posse
- HatchetRadio.com
- Behind the Paint, Violent J with Hobey Echlin. (ISBN 09741846083)