Biography from Last.fm
Insane Clown Posse is an American hip hop duo from Detroit, Michigan. The group is composed of Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler, who perform under the respective personas of the “wicked clowns” Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope. Insane Clown Posse perform a style of hardcore hip hop known as horrorcore and is known for its elaborate live performances. The duo has earned two platinum and three gold albums. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the entire catalog of the group has sold 6.5 million units in the United States and Canada as of April 2007. Read more on Last.fm
Insane Clown Posse have a TV programme. Insane Clown Posse Theater is starting on American cable TV channel, Fuse tomorrow, 24 July 2013. Previously a series of popular webisodes on Fuse’s site, the new 30-minute episodes will feature Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope giving their unique and apparently unscripted insight on new music videos and other viral videos.
Okay, so neither Jack White nor the Insane Clown Posse are strictly within the Thrash Hits remit, but given that both parties have mucked about with guitars at the heavier end of the scale at some point, we’re considering them acceptable subjects for us to blog about for the time being. Specifically because they’ve teamed up to collaborate on a reworking of a little-known piece of Mozart called – and we kid you not – ‘Leck Mich Im Arsch’.
Fucking hell. The endtimes truly have begun.