Insane Clown Posse

Ten rockers who found religion

We all dream of finding fame and fortune in our chosen fields, but when people actually do get rich and famous, they often discover that money can't buy happiness, or love, or whatever it is the Beatles were singing about. What's the answer, then? God? Meditation? E-meter auditing? When musicians ge ... More >>

Where's God: Insane Clown Posse's Violent J speaks frankly about God and religion

Since the early '90s, Insane Clown Posse has built itself into arguably the most successful independent band of all time. The cult of fandom surrounding ICP is unprecedented and notorious (the FBI considers Juggalos to be a gang). Outside of its home state of Michigan, the polarizing act has develop ... More >>

The 50 worst rap lyrics: The complete list

We've finally arrived: The The best of the worst. The creme de la crap. The unholy of unholies. If you thought 50-11 were bad, you ain't seen nothin' yet. These are the lyrics that can turn a good album sour, and make a bad album laughable. Included are quotes from Eminem, Lil B, J. Cole, 2 Chainz, ... More >>

The complete Denver music fan field guide

Denver is known for its various species of beer geeks, outdoor enthusiasts and sports fans. More and more it's becoming known for its music, and the varied climate of the scene cultivates a diverse cluster of fans, from metal heads to hippies to Juggalos. Here we have the complete Denver music fan f ... More >>

Inside the Insane Clown Posse iPhone App

By David Thorpe While perusing Insane Clown Posse's Twitter timeline, like a person does, I came across something interesting: our favorite rap clowns announced a new update to their official smartphone app, which I didn't even know existed. For the advancement of pop journalism and human knowledge ... More >>

Ten tunes to play to when you're getting laid

Like attack ads during election season, the jewelry commercials are set to overdrive. Rose prices have gone up, like, one billion percent. Every you look, it's all pink and red and hearts. Yep, V-Day is upon us. You know what that means, right? It means that after you get all that sappy sentimental ... More >>

Reader: Juggalos need to ignore attention seekers hating on them

Our post about Juggalos Fight Back, a website designed to fight negative perceptions of Insane Clown Posse fans, attracted plenty of negative posts about ICP loyalists. In response, a Juggalette shared advice about such feedback.

Juggalos Fight Back: Insane Clown Posse fans in Colorado and beyond claim discrimination

Juggalos -- fans of the band Insane Clown Posse -- have an image problem. They see themselves as peaceful, music-loving members of the extended ICP family, but plenty of cops and the like think they're part of a potentially dangerous quasi-gang. Juggalo Nation is now countering this perception with ... More >>

Reader: Think the Quixote's mural is bad? Murder is worse.

Denver music field guide, chapter one: Five kinds of music fans and how to spot them

The city of Denver is known for its various species of beer geeks, outdoor enthusiasts and sports fans, but the varied climate of the Denver music scene cultivates a diverse cluster of fans, from metal heads to hippies to Juggalos. Here, in the first of several chapters in our handy field guide, you ... More >>

"Joey Terrofyn" McDougal talks Lucha Libre and Primos wrestling

Primos Hardcore & Wrestling has spent the better half of a decade making a name for itself as a premiere independent promotor and cultivator of extreme wrestling entertainment in Colorado. Tonight, Primos expands it's no-holds-barred throwdowns with REVoLUCHA, its own addition to the international L ... More >>

Gang's All Here: I'm just a juggalo, everywhere I go, the FBI knows the part I'm playing

Courtesy of the FBI​If you consider the Sharks and the Jets to be gangs in the same way the Bloods and the Crips fit that selective bill, you might also be willing to consider juggalos one. The FBI does, at least: According to the bureau's most recent National Gang Threat Assessment, the face- ... More >>

A dozen cost-effective (read: cheap) music-related costume ideas for Halloween

​Sometimes, you just don't have the cash lying around to splurge on that expensive Halloween costume. Fear not, young heathens! We have compiled a list of costumes for you that cost nearly nothing. In fact, you probably have the materials lying around the house. Click through for some ideas. A ... More >>

Review: Insane Clown Posse at the Ogden Theater, 9/29/11

INSANE CLOWN POSSE at the OGDEN | 9/29/11Somewhere between the moment someone threw up on me and the moment I realized it had happened, I received first-hand evidence that membership in the juggalo family comes with a small price. Last night's Insane Clown Posse show began and ended with liberty, fr ... More >>

Denver's six best juggalo-related Craigslist posts

Last night's Insane Clown Posse show and the previous night's Dark Lotus show, both at the Ogden, have left a generous amount of weed in the air, to be sure, but they also came with a circus-sized serving of juggalo love. While we were searching Craigslist for the ninja we thought we gazed meaningfu ... More >>

Insane Clown Posse

Thursday, September 29, Ogden Theatre, 303-832-1874.

Insane Clown Posse vs Odd Future: Without Google, can you pick who's who from the lyrics?

​If you look at both Insane Clown Posse (due at the Ogden on September 29) and Odd Future (due in Denver/Boulder next month), you could easily mistake them for being on the same label. Besides the face paint, they have so much else in common: Both groups are loved/hated and take their lyrics a ... More >>

Regarding juggalos, we should all be down with the clown

Five bizarre comics found at the Denver ComicFest

​While the Denver ComicFest this weekend wasn't as full of crazy costumes as it's counterpart, StarFest, it was full of ridiculous comics. We sifted through the bins to find these five bizarre comic book covers.

Reader: Denver Police Department or Insane Clown Posse?

​It wasn't quite Law & Order, but the release of the Denver Police Department's first promotional video -- made by former Westword staff writer Frank Hogan, who now runs Let's Be Frank Productions -- prompted plenty of entertaining responses, including this from Spleen:

10 weirdest music news stories of 2010

​2010 has been an aggressively weird year in music news. It seemed like no matter where we turned musicians were saying and doing the strangest damn things. From decrying the most popular thing in the world to talking people off of buildings, it was a wacky year to report. There was so much we ... More >>

Here's a Juggalo Christmas card

​Juggalos celebrate just like the rest of us, only Insane Clown Posse Santa Clauses wield meat cleavers, just because, really. Backbeat received this holiday greeting from the folks at Pscyhopathic Records and we're sharing it with you. This card could be a collector's item one day. If you w ... More >>

The 20 bands that inspire tattoos like no other

An average Misfits fan.​Personally, it's been the "One Bad Album" rule. That's all it takes for a band's musical reputation to be asterisked forever, which makes getting a tattoo of that band, well, risky. You have to wonder how often thirty-somethings across the land hear "Nice Chi' Pep's tat ... More >>

They raping everybody out here! 20 best viral videos of 2010

​People are hilarious, and can be incredibly stupid. Thanks to the internetz, we now can watch this hilarity and stupidity unfold in myriad ways throughout the year. We've got rappers of all shapes and sizes, people getting hurt and basically being the complete morons we've come to expect from ... More >>

Tonight: Tech N9ne at the Boulder Theater

​At this point in his career, Tech N9ne needs no introduction to Colorado. The independent and highly successful Kansas City rapper -- who makes his fourth and final stop in the state tonight for this round of his tour -- found a niche for his bizarre hip-hop style in and around the Mile High ... More >>

Hard-Core for the Whole Family

Baby juggalo and ICP progeny Violent JJ breaks our brains and hearts

It has been a while since we've seen a new genre on the music scene, but thankfully miniature-juggalo Violent JJ, who is the son of adult juggalo and Insane Clown Posse member Violent J has given us baby-wrestling-rap, or BWR for short. It's a new form of music that melds the trials and tribulatio ... More >>

The 11th Annual Gathering of the Juggalos is just a month away: Here's a handy infographic history lesson

It's that time of year again, time for the annual Gathering of the Juggalos. Just in case you were getting worried that you might not have anything to do this summer, this year's Gathering (held in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois), the eleventh annual edition, will offer endless entertainment in the form o ... More >>

Insane Clown Posse stabbings: Are some fans too stupid to understand irony?

Are you down with the Clown?​Update, 9:32 a.m.: Denver Police Department spokesman Detective John White declines to identify the stabbing victims in the incident described below, but he says the name of the man arrested in the case may be available as soon as this afternoon. For more informati ... More >>

Insane Clown Posse stabbings: Are some fans too stupid to understand irony?

Aaron ThackerayThe scene last night near the Fillmore.​ Most attempts by the media and authorities to blame music for violence are patently ridiculous. Take those early attempts to pin the Columbine massacre on Marilyn Manson, a performer the shooters didn't even like. But the mayhem-happy ... More >>

Making a scene at Insane Clown Possee, Bisco Inferno, Burlesque at Lannie's and Alice In Wonderland at Rockbar

​ It was yet another glorious and glamorous weekend in the Mile High City, and we've got pictures to prove it. Lots of 'em. We sent our boy Aaron Thackeray out armed with his fancy, schmancy soul-stealing machinery to capture the various nightlife scenery, and he sent back flix of Insane Clow ... More >>

Jeremy McKim, Insane Clown Posse stabbing suspect: "I'll rape your dog"

Jeremy McKim, from the Luitenant Fetus MySpace page.​The Denver Police Department has now identified a suspect in the stabbings of two people prior to an Insane Clown Posse concert last night. He's Jeremy McKim, age twenty. But that's not how he's known on his ICP-loving MySpace page. There, ... More >>

Insane Clown Posse show moved to Fillmore

​Good news for those Juggalos dreading the hike up the brutal stairs of Red Rocks: Live Nation just issued word that Insane Clown Posse's show originally slated for the Rocks this Monday, May 31 has been moved to the Fillmore Auditorium. Kottonmouth Kings, Coolio, Kittie and Necro still open t ... More >>

Tess Damm, teen killer and Juggalette, accused of plot to murder guard with shoelace

Tess Damm, Insane Clown Posse fan and convicted slayer.​Right now, Tess Damm, eighteen, is a resident of a state youth facility, having been convicted of helping boyfriend Bryan Groves murder her mom three years earlier. Linda was stabbed eighteen times. But officials went to court yesterday ... More >>

Moving Pictures: Is "Miracles" paving the way for ICP's full-blown Christian cult?

Insane Clown Posse's new video for "Miracles" (see above) has been blowing up the Internet for a few days now. The ridiculous, syrupy rap song about the many "miracles" of existence, and more especially, the jaw-droppingly stupid video that accompanies it, lead to one, inescapable conclusion: the ... More >>

Eight acts we'd pay to not release a new record

The music industry has fallen upon hard times, and hard times call for innovation. Now, we don't know enough about the licensing difficulties behind streaming music, or the revenue share of digital downloads or any of that to suggest a business model based on how people want to listen to music these ... More >>

Steely Dan, Mark Knopfler, Rob Zombie, Puscifer shows announced

​It's been an insanely busy week of concert announcements that run the gamut from King Kahn & BBQ Show and Melt-Banana, Wolfmother and Ghostland Observatory to Stone Temple Pilots, Insane Clown Posse and Kevin Smith (yep, Silent Bob himself will speak). Steely Dan fans might get a bit giddy to ... More >>

Jay-Z grabs top spot at Independent Records

​Blueprint 3, Jay-Z's highly anticipated follow-up to his two previous Blueprint albums, grabbed the top spot at Independent Records while Raekwon's latest effort, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 came in second for the week ending September 13. Insane Clown Posse's Bang! Pow! Boom!, which was the top se ... More >>

Insane Clown Posse top seller at Independent Records

​Insane Clown Posse's Bang! Pow! Boom!, released last week on Psychopath, grabbed the top spot on Independent's charts while new releases from Trey Songz and Whitney Houston came in second and third for the week ending September 6. Twista's Category F5 was knocked down to the fourth slot after han ... More >>

Over the weekend: Trouble Andrew at the Bluebird

Trouble Andrew, Natural Selection, Boyhollow Monday, May 25, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better than: Celebrating Memorial Day outside in the rain. Talk about having the odds stacked against you. In addition to playing on a holiday, the acts at the Bluebird on Monday night had to compete with the Nuggets ... More >>

The Dutch Mill's Juggalo History

Hatchet Job

You can buy ICP shirts at Colorado Mills – just don’t wear one there.

Juggalos Band Together at Primos

Meet the Insane fans who united Denver's hatchet-wielding, Faygo-loving family.

Spice Girls' Box Set and Other Assorted Goodies

A Run for the Border

We spend a day on Denver's dividing line: Sheridan Boulevard.

Media Insanity

Insane Clown Posse

Thursday, October 5, and Friday, October 6, Ogden Theatre, 1-866-468-7621.

Dance, Dance, Revolution

Hip-hop, clowns, and war dances meet on the street in Rize.

Tech N9ne

Thursday, April 29, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-2525.

The Jeers of a Clown

A major label tried to muzzle Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse. Here's why.