Insane clown posse

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Insane clown posse
Band logo from album The Wraith: Shangri-La

Band logo from album The Wraith: Shangri-La
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General information
origin Detroit
Genre (s) Horrorcore - Rap
founding 1986
Website www.insaneclownposse.com
Founding members
Violent J (Joseph Bruce)
Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
The Great Milenko
  US 63 07/12/1997 (88 weeks)
Forgotten Freshness Volumes 1 & 2
  US 46 09/05/1998 (5 weeks)
The Amazing Jeckel Brothers
  UK 99 06/05/1999 (1 week)
  US 4th 06/12/1999 (18 weeks)
Bizzar [1]
  US 20th 11/18/2000 (6 weeks)
Bizzar [2]
  US 21st 11/18/2000 (5 weeks)
The Wraith: Shangri-La
  US 15th 11/23/2002 (5 weeks)
Hell's Pit
  US 12 09/18/2004 (5 weeks)
The Calm (EP)
  US 32 06/04/2005 (3 weeks)
Forgotten Freshness: Volume 4
  US 88 12/03/2005 (1 week)
The Tempest
  US 20th 04/07/2007 (4 weeks)
Jugganauts: The Best of ICP
  US 124 11/17/2007 (1 week)
Bang! Pow! Boom!
  US 4th 09/19/2009 (8 weeks)
Featuring freshness
  US 193 11/19/2011 (1 week)
Mighty Death Pop
  US 4th 09/01/2012 (5 weeks)
The Wraith: Remix Albums
  US 158 02/26/2013 (1 week)
Marvelous Missing Link (Lost)
  US 17th 05/16/2015 (2 weeks)
Marvelous Missing Link (Found)
  US 136 08/22/2015 (1 week)
Fearless Fred Fury
  US 44 02.03.2019 (1 week)
Singles
Santa's A Fat Bitch
  US 67 12/27/1997 (5 weeks)
Halls Of Illusion
  UK 56 January 17, 1998 (2 weeks)
Hocus pocus
  UK 53 06/06/1998 (2 weeks)

The Insane Clown Posse ( ICP ) is a horror Core - rap duo from Detroit , consisting of Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler). They usually show themselves with black and white made-up clown faces . Followers of the band are called juggalos.

Band history

The group from Detroit was formed in 1986 under the name "Inner City Posse", a trio that consisted of Joseph "Joe" Bruce, Joseph "Joey" Utsler and his brother John. After the band was able to record a long time unsuccessful, claimed Joe, in a dream, a vision to have had: He is to the spirit of the "Dark Carnival" have appeared. Subsequently, Joe "Violent J", Joey "Shaggy 2 Dope" and the group called Insane Clown Posse. According to them, it is their job to send the world six messages in the form of so-called “Joker's Cards” ( concept albums ). Then the world should end. ICP founded the music label Psychopathic Records together with their manager Alex Abbiss . Before "Carnival of Carnage" (the first of the six Joker's Cards, 1992) was released, John left the group.

The next Joker's Card was "The Ringmaster" (1994) followed by "Riddle Box" (1995). In between they released several EPs , including Shaggy's first solo EP called "Fuck Off !!". The fourth card "The Great Milenko" (1997) is one of the most successful records from ICP and was awarded platinum . ICP took more and more time between the Joker's Cards, devoting themselves to other projects and taking on a new group called Twiztid , consisting of Jamie Madrox and Monoxide (formerly known as Mr. Bonez and Hectic from the band House Of Krazees) her wing. In 1999 the fifth Joker's Card was released: The "Amazing Jeckel Brothers", which was among the top 5 of the US album charts. Intermediate projects by ICP included Dark Lotus , a band consisting of ICP, Twiztid, Blaze Ya Dead Homie and, at the beginning, Marz. Marz later fell out with the Insane Clown Posse and was replaced by Anybody Killa . The first album "Tales From The Lotus Pod" was then re-released with Anybody Killa instead of March. ICP continued to release a double album called "Bizzar / Bizaar" before parting ways with longtime producer Mike E. Clark. The sixth Joker's Card was produced by Mike P. and appeared in two 2 album versions: "Shangri La" (2002) (after the paradise-like place Shangri-La ) and "Hell's Pit" (2004). At first it was unclear whether ICP's career ended with the completion of the cycle.

On the EP “The Calm EP” (2005) by ICP member Violent J, he said: “Violent J and Shaggy muthafuckin '2 Dope forever makin music for the Juggalo nation serial killas world wide world wide baby and we will never ever never ever ever stop bitch! ". In addition, ICP have since worked again with producer Mike E. Clark. In 2007 they released the album "The Tempest". In 2009 the album “Bang! Pow! Boom ”entered the Billboard charts at number 4, making it ICP's most successful album commercially.

style

The texts of the ICP are usually strongly influenced by violence. The band also often uses sarcastic and self-deprecating elements in their lyrics . Musically speaking, ICP often use rock and metal elements and mix them with rap. To achieve this, they work time and again with musicians from the rock scene, such as Slash , Alice Cooper , (hed) pe or Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols .

Feud with Eminem

The Insane Clown Posse has a long-running feud with Eminem that dates back to before Eminem's career. Back then, Eminem was throwing parties in Detroit. On a flyer he printed ICP Might Appear .. Maybe . The ICP didn't want Eminem to advertise their name. This led to various verbal and physical confrontations between the two parties. ICP recorded the Disstrack Nothing but a bitch thang . Eminem countered repeatedly. Among other things, he raps in his song "Marshall Mathers": Plus I was put here to put fear in fagots who spray Faygo Root Beer; and call themselves 'clowns' cause they look queer; Fagot2Dope and Silent Gay; Claim in Detroit, when y'all live twenty miles away (fuckin punks) .

Discography

Albums

  • 1991: Dog Beats (EP)
  • 1991: Basement Cuts
  • 1992: Carnival of Carnage
  • 1993: Beverly Kills 50187 (EP)
  • 1994: The Ringmaster
  • 1994: Shaggy 2 Dope - Fuck Off!
  • 1994: The Terror Wheel (EP)
  • 1994: Carnival Christmas (EP)
  • 1995: The Riddle Box
  • 1996: Tunnel of Love (EP)
  • 1997: Mutilation Mix
  • 1997: The Great Milenko
  • 1998: Forgotten Freshness Volumes 1 & 2 (double album)
  • 1999: The Amazing Jeckel Brothers
  • 2000: Bizaar [1]
  • 2000: Bizzar [2]
  • 2001: Forgotten Freshness Volume 3
  • 2002: The Wraith: Shangri-La
  • 2003: Violent J - Wizard of the Hood
  • 2003: Hallowicked
  • 2004: Hell's Pit
  • 2005: The Calm (EP)
  • 2005: Forgotten Freshness Volume 4 / Hallowicked Compilation
  • 2006: Shaggy 2 Dope - Fuck The Fuck Off
  • 2006: The Wraith: Remix Albums
  • 2007: The Tempest
  • 2007: The Eye of the Storm (EP)
  • 2009: Bang! Pow! Boom!
  • 2009: Bang! Pow! Boom! Nuclear Edition
  • 2011: Featuring Freshness
  • 2012: The Mighty Death Pop!
  • 2013: The Wraith: Remix Albums
  • 2015: Marvelous Missing Link (Lost)
  • 2015: Marvelous Missing Link (Found)
  • 2019: Fearless Fred Fury

Movies

  • Shockumentary (1998)
  • Big Money Hu $ tla $ (2000)
  • Bootlegged in LA (2004)
  • Death Race 3000 (2008)
  • Big Money Rustlas (2010)

Wrestling

Both musicians in the duo have also competed in various wrestling leagues. For example for the ECW , the WWE , the WCW and most recently at TNA . In 1999 they founded their own wrestling league called Juggalo Championship Wrestling (formerly Champions Hit).

Web links

Commons : Insane Clown Posse  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US
  2. ↑ a b Insane Clown Posse. In: laut.de . Retrieved September 18, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Nick Murray: Violent J Breaks Down Insane Clown Posse's 'Joker's Card' Box Set. In: Rolling Stone . February 13, 2015, accessed September 18, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Report on the feud ( memento of the original from October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trshady.com