Insane Clown Posse Fans Get Gang Classification

Posted on Sep 21st 2009 2:00PM by Bram Teitelman Comments
Following the murder last week of a Hazleton, Pa. man by four devotees of rap metal duo Insane Clown Posse, authorities in neighboring Monroe County have classified fans of the band as a gang. The Allentown Morning Call reports that Monroe County joins police in Arizona and Utah as recognizing devotees of the group, or Juggalos as they're referred to, as gang members. The band themselves are labeled a security threat in Wisconsin

Last Monday, Anthony Locascio, 21, was lured to the woods by four acquaintances and struck with metal baseball bats 60 to 80 times, allegedly for ratting on a friend. Jeffrey A. Gombert, 19 and Curtis T. Foose, 25 of Hazleton; Andrew A. Tutko, 19 of McAdoo and Shane D. Roof, 20, formerly of Palmerton, were all charged with homicide, conspiracy, and aggravated assault. Locascio, Gombert and Foose refer to Insane Clown Posse on their MySpace pages, while the paper cites a source close to the investigation as saying that all five involved were Juggalos.

Monroe County detective Emmanuel Varkanis has been tracking Juggalos for about two years now. He and other authorities say they've identified 1,000 Insane Clown Posse fans in the county. He says they are mostly white, range in age from 10 to 35, and speak their own language. Earlier this year, two ICP fans from Monroe allegedly lured Stroudsburg man Michael S. Goucher, 21, into the woods where they stabbed him 45-50 times with knives and metal cleavers. Both men arrested in the murder, Ian Seagraves, 17 and Sean Freemore, 18, were Insane Clown Posse fans, and Seagraves has a tattoo of the band's mascot.

Insane Clown Posse have been releasing albums since 1992. The duo of Violent J (Joseph Bruce) and Shaggy 2 Dope (Joseph Utsler) perform shows in clown makeup and describe their sound as 'horrorcore.' Many of the duo's lyrics advocate violence in an over-the-top tongue-in-cheek style, and the band's mascot is a cartoonish silhouette of a man carrying a hatchet.

Morning Call ties the lyrics of ''Imma Kill You,' a song taken from the duo's latest album, 'Bang! Pow! Boom!,' to the murder. "First I smack your head with a bat. The bloody splat, crack with impact," the song's lyrics say. The album recently debuted at number 4 on the Billboard charts, selling about 50,000 copies. The duo are popular enough to have their own yearly weekend festival, The Gathering of the Juggalos. The 10th annual gathering recently took place at Cave-In-Rock, Ill. without incident.

Many Juggalos find it preposterous to find themselves classified as gang members. "To consider Juggalos as gang members blatantly shows the ignorant and out-of-touch approach that parents and authority figures have been using to justify society's problems for decades," Haddon Township, N.J. Insane Clown Posse fan Bob Lugowe says. "These stories you read in the media are pure sensationalism, as they always choose to ignore the underlying positive message found throught ICP's lyrics, which promote brotherhood and acceptance of all walks of life."

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Fucker

*Sigh* These Juggalos wasted it.. Now more soldiers are stuck in jail because they couldn't wait it out. I'm a Juggalo, one of the few that understand, and is not retarded. I love the hate, haters keep on hating, it fuels me. Wait for the black rain, we'll see who's the pussy then...

The Tempest is comming, call upon your gods...

June 10 2010 at 9:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Remy

I think it's stupid how the dumb asses just straight up classified themselves as Juggalos. That's like classifying yourself as a maggot(slipknot), Dead head(grateful dead), Or a spud(DEVO) when getting caught. Getting caught as a Juggalos is FUCKING RETARDED! "Ok son, you're being charged for murder. Anything else we should know?" "YEAH BITCH, MY NAME IS BUBBA AND I BE A JUGGALO" "What the fuck is that?" "WE BE FAMILY! MY SISTER BILLY JOE FUCKED MY WHITE BUTT!" "Huh?" "THAT'S RIGHT BITCH!"

Shit, the next story that's gonna pop up is a bunch of kids killing because they said they're VAMPIRES FROM TWILIGHT!!

And most of all, why the hell is this happening in 2009? ICP is so 1999! So if you're offended by this, that means it's a miracle you can afford internet, your fingers still smell like your sisters pussy, you're trailer park white trash, you're fucking retards, and your momma dresses you funny because she's blowing you with her eyes closed.

So do yourself a favor and look up BETTER MUSIC! It's out there! Listen to either Metal, Punk, Ska, or Psychobilly (Don't listen to Rockabilly. Bunch of douche bags)
If you continue to listen to shitty music, be Juggalo and kill yourself with a hatchet.

If you read this far, you're smart and you CAN read.

September 24 2009 at 5:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
pizzariffic825

To all you who have a problem with Juggalos realize one thing... We are people too. It is a mistake to classify us as "gang related". This will only aggravate us and cause problems. And Gotenpwns? Aggravate most of us and find out exactly how pussy we are.

September 22 2009 at 7:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
joe

this is ridiculous people are just trying to blame something? just because a group of friends have common interest? what the fuck. most criminals like rap so wgat the hell rap makes crime? this is just like trying to blame video games people need to realize that this is bullshit.

September 22 2009 at 4:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Remy

I like how Juggalos have shitty white trash grammar.

September 22 2009 at 2:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
michael

hey we didnt do nuffin to fuck wit u people y u gotta start shit juss cuz were fuckin difrent man fuck off all of u ass holes i hope u burn in hell wit a hatchet stuck in ur 4head assholes

September 21 2009 at 10:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gotenpwns

To further make the point. Check out these kids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OiWThWQzHs

Little ass kids talking about murdering people and stuff. What the fuck is that?

September 21 2009 at 4:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gotenpwns

Good, classify it as a gang. Maybe that will prevent people from dressing up and going out in public to annoy the shit about of everybody around them.

It's odd though, since 99% of the people that do it are massive pussies that can't do shit.. But eh, I know that I, and many others, are sick and tired of people doing that shit.

Grow the fuck up and develop a decent taste in music.

September 21 2009 at 4:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
gotenpwns

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September 21 2009 at 4:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
david

these old men in make up need to get a life. they are so desparate to remain relevent they have to stir up chaos to get attention. get a job.

September 21 2009 at 4:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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