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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Notorious to some, reviled by others, horrorcore rap-rock's Insane Clown Posse has defied its critics and prospered. Despite minimal radio or TV exposure, ICP has earned one platinum and four gold albums, and the allegiance of more than 1,000,000 fans called Juggalos, many of whom will witness the ICP experience on the Hallowicked 2007 Tour through the end of the year.
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It is only appropriate then that Jugganauts: The Best Of ICP (Island/UMe) available now, was released the day before Halloween. The first collection to feature tracks from the band's stay on Island, Jugganauts includes the most popular cuts from The Great Milenko, Forgotten Freshness Vols. 1& 2, The Amazing Jeckel Brothers, Bizzar and Bizaar. Each of the 18 selections has been digitally remastered.
Emerging from an inner-city street gang in downtown Detroit, ICP's Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope were controversial from the start. Dressed in evil clown makeup and celebrating the dark and ghoulish, ICP rose from underground sensations to become one of the most outrageous successes of the mid-'90s. When they were dropped from their record label under pressure from religious groups, ICP was picked up by Island, which released its fourth album, The Great Milenko, in 1997.
Culled from that platinum album for Jugganauts are "Great Milenko," "Hokus Pokus," "The Neden Game," "Halls Of Illusions" (with guest Slash), "Boogie Woogie Wu" and "What Is A Juggalo?" "Piggy Pie (Old School)," with guest guitar by ex-Sex Pistol Steve Jones, is a remix of another song from that album and appeared on Forgotten Freshness Vols. 1 & 2.
1999's The Amazing Jeckel Brothers, the band's biggest mainstream success, debuted at #4 on the charts. Currently near platinum, the album yielded the Jugganauts tracks "Mad Professor," "Another Love Song," "I Want My S***," "F*** The World" and "B******" (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard). Following in 2000 were the albums Bizaar and Bizzar, released simultaneously on Halloween and both cracking the Top 25. Bizaar contributes "Cherry Pie (I Need A Freak)," "My Axe" and "Let's Go All The Way" to Jugganauts while Bizzar offers "Rainbows & Stuff," "Tilt-A-Whirl" and "Please Don't Hate Me."
The band's most recent album, 2007's The Tempest, on its own Psychopathic Records, debuted Top 20. Adding feature films (Big Money Hustlas), Juggalo Championship Wrestling, online radio's WFKO and the annual festival called The Gathering, Insane Clown Posse has built a lifestyle community of rabid fans unlike any other.
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