Hey homies, ICP’s Violent J was recently interviewed by Kelly O from thestranger.com! This Interview was done to promote their Two upcoming Mighty Death Pop Tour Dates on Friday and Saturday in Seattle, WA . They cover a wide variety of topics in this interview like, why they are playing a small venue, if their born again Christians, When did they first put on the clown makeup? and more. Be sure to check out the full interview, the link is at the bottom of the page.

Here is a few of the questions:

You’re playing El Corazón May 24 and 25. Why the two ICP Seattle shows?

Well, it’s a small club, and it’s been YEARS. No one would book us in Seattle for many, many years. Juggalos have a bad reputation, so for a long time, the closest we could come was Portland.

I have to ask. Your songs mention it, your fans guzzle it… why Faygo?

You gotta remember, we started out way back in the early ’90s, comin’ off the heels of the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC. DMC rapped about Adidas, and that was kinda like their thing, and the Beasties, at least back on their first album, used to mention White Castle hamburgers. Those things would link you to a group back then. When we were sitting around working on our very first songs, we wanted to incorporate who we were. We always drank Faygo.

Why not Vernors? That’s from Detroit.

Vernors was expensive! Faygo Cola was only 69 cents for a two-liter. We used to leave the house and walk to the store with no money, and by the time we walked through the alley to get there, we would find at least seven empty bottles on the ground—then we’d walk away with a new ice-cold two-liter of Faygo, for free.

History lesson: Talk about Inner City Posse, as you were originally known, and the wrestling days.

Well, like all kids, we wanted to be “a gang” [laughs], so we formed Inner City Posse—we’d spray-paint “ICP” all over the neighborhood. We were really into watching wrestling, so we wanted to DO it. We built a ring in Shaggy’s backyard and became backyard-wrestling promoters. We’d make flyers, get everyone to come, give ’em free hot dogs, and then put on a wrestling show.

 

To read the rest of this interview click the link below.

Kelly O Gets Down with the Clown

Websites:

• Thestranger.com
• Insaneclownposse.com