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Originally Posted by floatingslowly
listening to a band and wearing their shirt around are two different things.
on one hand, I'm not so shallow that I would care what she listens to, and on the other, I think it would be difficult to overcome my perception that people who wear ICP shirts, and model themselves as "insane clowns" are fucking stupid.
I'd be too paranoid that the moron might steal my genejuice and get pregnant.  |
I've often thought of just how nervous ICP must've been when they held their first performance as the Insane Clown Posse, rather than the Inner City Posse. The 90's Detroit underground hip-hop scene definitely attracted a rough crowd. I would've been scared shitless to come out on stage, honking my nose.
The thing is though, they BLEW UP. Attracting the attentions of legendary local emcees, Esham, and Awesome Dre; and making other local, and still unknown artists, like Eminem, and Kid Rock, extremely jealous. Soon enough, they toured the country in a van, promoting the shit out of their own records, until eventually having their 5th LP debut at #4 on the Billboard charts without any help from radio, or MTV. That is, unless you count the whole
controversy with Disney in 1997.
They're certainly doing something right. Especially since it seems that there are Juggalos all over the world.
Sorry for the rant.
I just haven't been this excited about posting something here since the KoRn threads.
But yeah, they have released some utter shit (see The Wraith: Shangi-La). But there's something that can be said about 2 guys who can be so successful painting their faces, and singing songs about eating dead bodies, drinking Faygo, and fucking fat chicks with hunchbacks.