It’s that time of the week again, Metro Times Detroit has released their latest “Ask a Juggalo” column. This week’s column question is being answered by Vinnie Monaster.
In this column, Vinnie answers the question, Is there a specific age when people become interested in the Insane Clown Posse?
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From Metro Times Detroit:
Q: Is there a specific age when people generally become interested in Psychopathic and ICP?
A: A: Oh, hell no. Absolutely not, my friend. Since the first gathering of the Juggalos back in 2000 all the way until present day, I personally witnessed newborns all the way up to legitimate, full-blown senior citizens. You have all ages present. And that’s such a super-cool thing. Some Juggalos found it at 40 years old, and never heard anything, though ICP had already been out for 10 years, you know? You also have Juggalos that literally just got down with the clown last year, and they’re 10 years old! Or you might have a cat who had a lot of issues later in life; they could be going through a midlife crisis or be ready to literally call it quits, throw in the towel — I’ve seen this happen multiple times, brother — and just say, “That’s it,” and have a mental fucking breakdown and end up in a nursing home or be extremely selfish and commit suicide, or just become a complete fucking whack job. And they happened to have somebody introduce them to the music and, all of a sudden, they pick up on ICP and get passionate about it. Once you hit it, no matter what your age is, you can keep going. There’s stuff for everybody. I know a professional lawyer who is huge into ICP. I know cats in the medical field. I know cats who are police officers. It’s men, women, kids, teenyboppers. It’s for everybody, brother. And at the gathering, especially, that’s where you see it at its best. It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen. No one else is in that category, whether it be KISS or the Grateful Dead or Lady Gaga and her Little Monsters … all those cats have 90 percent of their fans in the same age bracket. Juggalos? Aw, man, you name it, dude. You got skinny ones, you got ugly ones, you got fat ones, you got fresh ones, you got cool ones, you got dorky ones. I mean, Juggalos, it’s amazing. Kids under 10, kids in their teens, kids in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60, 70s — I have yet to meet a Juggalo that’s 80 years old or older, but for the love of God, if there is a Juggalo on this planet who is 80 years old or older, please find me at some show and make sure to come up, ’cause I would love, love, love to talk with you for a moment.
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Last week in “Ask a Juggalo” we asked Vinnie the Clown about the religious aspects of the Dark Carnival. Apparently, many Juggalos also feel deep religious connections to ICP’s mythos.
Reader the Captain says: I’ve always seen the way that ICP portrays their music as a part of the religions that aren’t talked about as much. The devil (if he’s real) is basically a crying little kid having a tantrum, using us to get to God because he won’t acknowledge him. But during the silence the devil’s put in a lot of work molding mankind for the return. There’s a little talk in all the religious books about it, the kings of the king. They say when the time comes the devil will have a great influence over the majority and they’ll fight against the crown believing they’re not. The wicked shit, as I like to see it, is the representation of the second king, and kings that fight against it, all that needed to be said was said thousands of years ago. Now anyone who is truly close to God would be under constant attack by damn near everyone in a way that would be insane. They would hear and see shit that shouldn’t be happening, but is. There’s nothing more scary or wicked than a holy vengeance to those who fought against, that’s how I see the religious aspect of Psychopathic and what made me love that shit. The devil will be a bringer of care and peace to trick, the king will be a crazy fuck that talks to himself. Hold your hatchet high when the fire’s in the sky, together we shall die.
Reader Lily Blum says: I will never forget hearing those lyrics as a kid, well early 20s. I’m Pagan myself, but hearing ICP saying that there was spirituality behind the Dark Carnival mythos — and it was hard not to see it even before they said it — meant the world to me. My concept of deity and that of the Dark Carnival, it turned out, really wasn’t so different.
Faygoluvers Comments
JiffyLong
Comment posted on Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 08:00 pm GMT -5 at 8:00 pm
Newborn would be me. My parents listened to them when I was born. Listened to ICP all my life.
prosinz
Comment posted on Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 10:05 pm GMT -5 at 10:05 pm
Feel sorry for you
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