Well, ICP has about as much knowledge of the bible as your garden variety Christian so whoop whoop etc

SO GOOD, KELLY O!!!

Love it. Great dialogue! The best interview with Violent J. Not surprised it was done by you, Kelly O.

I, Cookie, am in favor of this article.

*sigh* Why must you encourage them?

Well played Miss O.

Sounds like a pretty down to earth guy. Okay, he believes in God or at least a great spirit, but not being into an organized religion is a good thing in my book.

Kelly OOO please be my Duchess Of The Wicked. Keep it cool Juggalos.

Collecting empty bottles (Michigan has a *10 cent* deposit on every can or bottle) to get new a new 2-liter of pop is so fricking Classic Michigan.

We used to throw parties, just to collect all the empties, to help pay our rent when I was in college...

HIDE YOUR WIFE! HIDE YOUR KIDS! I'll be deadbolting my apartment this weekend. Thanks for flooding my neighborhood with streetkids, ICP!

A few years ago, Twiztid (sp?), an ICP offshoot group, played at El Corazon and on my bus ride home from work I saw a few Juggalos in full face paint sitting together at the back of the bus, whispering to each other and looking SUPER lost. I eavesdropped a little, and it turns out they were concerned that they had missed their stop, and the more I listened the nicer they seemed - just a few kids from wayyyyy out in the burbs/sticks, lost in the city in demon clown makeup. I interrupted them and told them that they hadn't missed their stop, and that it was my stop too so I could show them which way to walk when they got off. They were so, so grateful and sweet about it, and we chatted for a minute or two before we went our separate ways, and I'll be damned if they weren't pretty smart and well-spoken, for teenagers. I don't know. It kind of blew my mind.

I'm surprised they're not playing Showbox Market or maybe even something bigger.

Built backyard wrestling rings and spray painted ICP around the city...

My band crashed with two Juggalo girls once while on tour. They put two bands (11 people) up in their house. We got stoned, danced to the Beastie Boys, and hung out in their hot tub. It was surprisingly awesome. True story.

I think they're awesome. I hope I never hear a second more of their music than I already have, so I can't really claim to be down with the clown, but the Juggalo vibe -- which is friendly and empowering or at least comforting to people who are constantly told by the rest of the world that they are worthless -- gets the Fnarf seal of approval.

Huh. That was surprisingly pleasant.

There's never any danger at the Gathering—nobody's on any negativity shit, everybody's on one big family trip. If you're a Juggalo, everyone treats everyone, even strangers, like you would treat a family member. Nobody's there to fight or hurt anyone.

So which member of the family was Tila Tequila treated like?

GREAT INTERVIEW, KO!!

I've never been able to convince myself that this is a real band.

Hooray for Kelly O!

@19, if Tila Tequila was in my family, she'd get about the same.

Cool interview. I was expecting mountains of snark, but instead get a bit of humanity.

Yeah, it's real awesome to see the most disgusting forms of humanity - racism, misogyny,and homophobia - rolled into one package. Fuck them and fuck this interview. Trying to show ICP and their cult-like followers in a glamorous light is disgusting bullshit.

Truth is, if they weren't from Detroit, Kelly O wouldn't give a shit about them. Way to show your hometown pride though!

Nice,I really think ICP should be more original in their works though...as a old school juggalo myself,I remember back in the 90s when SLAM TV! was popular and many artists and songwriters related to ICP were original,loud and crazy,and boy,did the public loved it and ate it up...nowadays,they make occasional appearances on the media,but they are not as "insane" as they used to be...the bands related to ICP stopped making records and ICP toned down the craziness...WTF happened? Where is the dark carnival,psychopathic killer clowns anymore? Twiztid is doing good,but what about the other bands?

@25, Kelly O pays The Stranger good money to publish her articles and photos, please show a little more respect.

@25: How are ICP racist? Their "shock" niche is misogynistic, but aside from drawing a fanbase from lower-classed Americans, I don't see how all those things are true.

Horrible excuse for "music". Do the people who listen to this shit also like cotton mouth kings?

@S T - yes, they do.

long time comin, this was

I expected a review of one of the shows. I feel like you guys really dropped the ball on this!