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Rock band's image not reality
By BriAnne Hess writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Insane Clown Posse brought its clown makeup and explicit lyrics to a sold-out show last night at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., and will give a repeat performance there at 9 tonight.
Juggalos — ICP fans — stood outside of the club yesterday afternoon to wait for the doors to open at 7 p.m. and be sprayed with copious amounts of bright-nink Fyre sode.
ICP's two members are Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope.
The "They're Wicked Clowns from Outer Space" tour showcases the pair's latest CD, The Amazing Jeckel Brothers. The album has guest spots with Wu Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard on the track "Bithesh!," Snoop Doggy Dogg joined in on "The Shaggy Show," and the Jerky Boys made prank phone calls in the middle of some tracks.
Enright said his favorite song on the new CD was "Terrible" because of the rap and rock feel and powerful lyrics.
Ryan Enright, Shawnee junior,
became a Juggalo last summer when
he heard "Another Love Song" on
105.9 the LAZER. It was a love song
with an ICP twist: A love struck man
was planning to kill his girlfriend
because she had cheated on him.
"I think the message behind "Terrible" is that society and the media only care about issues that are comparable to ongoing soap operas and completely ignore issues that deal with human suffering, injustice and death," Enright said.
Enright said that he didn't take most of ICP's lyrics seriously and that he thought the music was
unsuitable for kids.
"Anybody who believes that they actually promote murder and violence needs to get out more," he said. "Their lyrics are nothing more than fantasy, but children should not be exposed to this or any other type of adult material until they can effectively determine the difference between fantasy and reality."
Enright said he thought the clown schtick was basically just a way to market the group.
"Their lyrics show that they are crazy and nontraditional, so the makeup just reinforces that attitude." Enright said. "People might not have paid as much attention to them if they didn't have a different edge in presenting themselves."
Michelle Dyer, employee at the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, said she heard about ICP a couple of years ago during the controversy about different states wanting to censor the group.
Dyer said she was happy to see that 90 percent of rappers had evolved into spreading a positive message. "We're not bitches and beans."
"They're nasty, but they shouldn't be censored." Dyer said.
"Tupac was the saving grace because he had a more positive image," Dyer said. "It wasn't so filled with hate and derogatory slams toward women and young black men."
She said that despite ICP's influence, rap had undergone an uphalvea because of rapper Tupac Shakur, who was killed in 1996.
Kari Ritter, Oklahoma City, Okla., sprays bright-pink Faygo soda on Josh Carleton, Shawnee resident, before the Insane Clown Posse show yesterday at the Granada. Ritter drove from Oklahoma last night to attend the sold-out show and waited on the sidewalk with other fans four hours before the concert started. Photo by Jay Sheerd/KANSAN
"We're not bitches and hoes," she said.
Jeremy Hugunin and Randi
Hewald, Burlington, waited
in front of the Granada yesterday
afternoon and said the concert
would be their 10th or 11th ICP
show. Huguin said that some ICP fans listened to the music just because of the explicit lyrics but that ICP's message was actually anti-hatred and anti-violence.
"If you skip the cuss words and
listen to the words, it actually has a meaning," Hegwald said.
As of last night, tickets still were available for tonight's show. They cost $20.
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