...Please excuse the horribly bad edits towards the end...And now I wish to elaborate a little on this.
Ahhh...yes...ICP. I'm technically just a little bit afraid of clowns. But these, including the Joker and Harley Quinn, strangely, don't scare me at all. In fact, I love these guys. ICP have a bad reputation, if that isn't obvious, but they've been at the top of my favorite band/artist list since I discovered them...and...don't look like they'll be going anywhere anytime soon.
Personally, I don't understand why, generally, Juggalos give themselves such a bad name. I can barely stand it myself, being a fellow fan of ICP (and slowly getting into Twiztid as well). Now, not all Juggalos are as bad as the media say they are, and I am proof of such. The most violence you'll ever see come out of me is when I'm provoked, and for me to take out my pocketknife on you...well, that would take a lot of provoking than the type you hear in their songs. Not that their songs usually bother me at all (if anything, I find them inspiring for stories or hysterically entertaining...like the Chop Chop Slide)...And a song like the Neden Game? While some of their songs are funny, and some have deeper meanings behind them, to quote another fan, "I think this one is just a product of boredom". And that...I can do with that...Boredom does horrible things to all of us...You wouldn't believe the sick, psychotic things I've written out of boredom...
Yes, they have a very disturbing and blunt way of talking about things no one wants to hear. One of my most favorite songs with such a message is Halls of Illusions. That was when I started respecting them, even if I don't agree with everything they do. Watch some of their interviews. Personally, I see those I've listened to and know of under Psychopathic records, in a way, like the Marilyn Manson of the hip hop world: it seems as if "everybody" dislikes them and their imagery, etc...but they come across as intelligent, legitimate people!
And yes, I have started designing my own face paint clown mask. I don't know when I'll ever be able to test it out, but designing it makes me feel...happy. Psychotically happy!
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| Laughter...OF DOOOM! |
Now off to see if any of these Beetlejuice fanfiction I'm watching have been updated...
Personally, I can't stand ICP, but everyone has their own tastes in music. What I've heard of sections of their fan-base does sound disturbing, and has to some extent clouded my perceptions of their fans in general. I don't think it helps that they have become popular amongst people who do not see a deeper meaning and read it as a glorification of psychotic violence. To see someone who does not seem a violent person, and who would only use violence under extreme provocation, being a fan does remind me not to become prejudiced towards the fanbase of a band. While I think there are more documented crimes committed by Juggalos than Goths, I think there is a certain media bias against both, and I know how much it bugs me when people believe that Goths are all into sacrificing cats, drinking blood, attacking people and being sexually promiscuous, so from now on, I will try not to make similar misjudgements of ICP fans.
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