Insane Clown Posse finally admit it . . .

Daisy Steiner

After 20 years, Insane Clown Posse have revealed that they are in fact Christians despite their violent overtones and provocotive lyrics . . .

I won't quote the whole thing as it's quite long and some of the lyrics are definitely NSFW.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/09/insane-clown-posse-christians-god

ICP have been going for 20 years, always wearing clown make-up, which looks slightly lumpy because it's painted over their goatees. They've been banned from performing in various cities where juggalos have been implicated in murders and gang violence. ICP have a fearsome reputation, fostered by news reports showing teenagers in juggalo T-shirts arrested for stabbing strangers and lyrics like "Barrels in your mouth/bullets to your head/The back of your neck's all over the shed/Boomshacka boom chop chop bang."
All of which makes Violent J's recent announcement really quite astonishing: Insane Clown Posse have this entire time secretly been evangelical Christians. They've only been pretending to be brutal and sadistic to trick their fans into believing in God. They released a song, Thy Unveiling, that spelt out the revelation beyond all doubt:
**** it, we got to tell.
All secrets will now be told
No more hidden messages
…Truth is we follow GOD!!!
We've always been behind him
The carnival is GOD
And may all juggalos find him
We're not sorry if we tricked you.
The news shook the juggalo community to its core. While some fans claimed they'd actually had an inkling, having deciphered some of the hidden messages in several songs, others said they felt deeply betrayed and outraged: they'd been innocently enjoying all those songs about chopping people up and shooting women, and it was Christian rock?
Violent J explained himself unapologetically to a New Jersey newspaper: "You have to speak their language. You have to interest them, gain their trust, talk to them and show you're one of them. You're a person from the street and you speak of your experiences. Then at the end you can tell them: God has helped me."
Of course, one might argue that 20 years was, under the circumstances, an incredibly long time for them to have pretended to be unholy, and that, from a Christian perspective, the harm they did while feigning unholiness may even have outweighed the greater good.

tman

Thought they were going to admit that they're utterly shíte!:(

Pookah

It'd be a little more interesting than having the Mormons call to your door.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

they admitted that ages ago, when their last album came out

scientific1982

The worst group in the history of recorded music.

holystungun9

"God"........ they sound like a bunch of insane clowns to me. You die, you rot, there is no more, delude yourself for comfort if you like.

krudler

god, he makes miracles and sh1t yo.

Angron

ICP announce something.. Not many really care.

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Flippin' magnets, how do they work?

Daisy Steiner

Sorry guys, didn't realise it was old news . . . was just reading the paper .

There are some amazing quotes in fairness though . . .

Nodin

While I always thought they were crap, I could never understand the hostility they generated (in America)....then again, I suppose I've never been stuck listening to their crap...

dr.bollocko

Moved from after hours.

Chaotic_Forces

What exactly is the problem? It's music; not a lifestyle.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Chaotic_Forces wrote: »

What exactly is the problem? It's music; not a lifestyle.

lol

tell that to one of their 'juggalos'