Bands whose fans were their own subculture

intersting, wonder if theyre in any relation to the insane clown posse (ICP)

i've been racking my brain on this for the longest time and i just can't think of one

Just breaking.

My only more personal interaction with a Juggalo was with a Juggalette in a small town in mountainous northern California.

We'd hopped off a boxcar the evening before, grabbed beers and food, and found a good place to camp by the river. But later that night, it began to rain, so we had to pack up all our shit and hike in pouring rain to an overpass, where we slept in dust for a few hours.

Eventually we wandered back into town, ending up at an oddly placed gazebo along the main street. It was still pouring, and we were exhausted, and then this young woman came up to us and asked us if she could help us in any way. She also asked whether we had gotten in on a freight train and we said yes. We were a little suspicious, but we followed her when she said we could dry off and cook food at her house.

Which was a small, bleak apartment in an old apartment building that used to be a whorehouse, in sight of the river and the train tracks. We were hanging out with her, she kept packing bowls of ditch weed and talking about how her kid got taken from her. There were lots of legal papers scattered about, and she had two very young kittens living with her. We had our stuff in her dryer and cooker up some chili ramen.

Then, she answered her phone with a "whoop whoop" and we knew immediately that we were in the presence of a Juggalette.

Her mom came over and asked us why we were trying to get her daughter to run away from the small town. We told her we were doing nothing of the sort.

Eventually, it cleared up and our stuff got dry, and we cleared out. We talked about her sometimes, the kindly Juggalette.

Two years later, we're at the hobo museum where we eventually lived for a while, but that's besides the point. She was there! It was near the town where we'd first met her and during a party weekend, and I recognized her immediately. She had a hatchetman tattoo on her foot. She didn't recognize me at all but kept hitting on me all weekend even when my now-husband showed up and we were being all gross and queer hobo.

Anyway, when we moved to the area for a bit and I worked in the grocery store in town, she came in while I was cashiering, and my co-worker watched her try to steal a bunch of supplements. So, the last time I saw her, she was telling me that I was cute but that my co-worker was a terrible cunt who could get fucked. Never saw her again, a lost soul in northern California mountain towns.

lock thread

i have to break character here for a second and say what a beautiful tale that was; and articulated just as beautifully.

lock thread indeed.

yeah, that was a wonderful post. reads like a great short story.

wow. thank you table.

Good stuff table.

Thanks for reading it. All true! Apologies for misspellings, I was a little drunk and typing on my phone.

That was a great story, thanks, but I went to look up the Hobo Museum and saw that it was in Iowa so I got a little confused.

https://www.bbcrc.org/

My husband and I were winter caretakers here, 2015-2016

Fine tale, table. But

winter caretakers

Puts one in mind of

https://i.imgflip.com/2/4gtxd8.jpg

This was the place where the two other people on the property were right drug addicts and one of them threatened to kill us. We were fine and having a great time up until that point

marilynne robinson - 'juggling'

Do we have an 'excelsior'-like thread for booming posts?

Yes, and this was already posted there by Elvis Telecom. ilx posts with striking imagery

Also this, but not really for recent posts, according to thread title: Old ILX Posts Which Continue To Haunt Your Thoughts

Presidetn Donald John Trump

The Corona Virus

Insane Clown's Posse

Donald J. Trump

COVID-19

I.C.P.

Mr. Don Trump, U.S. President

SARS-CoV-2

Juggalo Family Gang

Hello Im Barron Trumpe and I've got the Corona Virus. I enjoy listening to music of Insane Clowns Possee on my Apple iPod portable music listening device. My father is President Donald J. Trump and we have the COVID-19 virus inside of us. Thank for reading my message, good day, I am Barron Trumpe

https://voca.ro/1oCsBKWgfg9Z

a recent revive has me thinking that a good example of this phenomenon might be Insane Clown Posse

Beat me to it!

Okay, the downside of this thread hijacking is that we have nowhere to discuss this topic.

So, in an attempt to get this thread back on the rails, I'll offer a non-jokey answer to the question (and frankly, I can't believe I'm the first to mention them): the Juggalos! (fans of Insane Clown Posse)

I understand juggalo, but then they do boogaloos?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXg1AxBXN5g

Ringo's response to "Honky Cat"

Have we talked about GWAR in this thread? A bunch of friends from elementary and middle school go to the Gwar-B-Que every year. It seems linked to Warped Tour and festival culture generally, but more bro-ey and also, Gwar.

GWAR fans are called "bohabs"

I seem to recall GWAR have played at the Gathering Of The Juggalos - which, for those of you not 'in the know', is a festival to celebrate the music and personal grooming style of clown-based US rap act Insane Clown Posse, aka "ICP".

never heard of them

Insane Clown Posse

From time to time, I drive past a business which uses its initials ICP on the sign. I amuse myself more than I should by imagining an office filled with Juggalos working in cubicles.

I recently found myself (sort of) explaining to a kid how magnets work, and had to spray out some imaginary Faygo.

never did learn how they work tbh

you want to talk to a scientist

Yeah, but the metaphysics of it all.

great revive

ffs

i keep meaning to come back here and revive the thread for icp

What’s icp

Indochinese Communist Party, 1930–1945, a predecessor of the Communist Party of Vietnam

and i scream at the top of my lungs
"what's ICP"

xp
bingo

I believe the fans are called buffalo's, because the band is from upstate NY

Not to be confused with Ruffalos, who pay tribute to their idol by wearing rumpled T-shirts and jeans and rubbing the back of their necks while smiling nervously.

simply cannot comprehend that nobody's mentioned the Jimstein Clowman Posse

is the kiss army boomer juggalos?

this meme on fb says so

lol accurate