The Misfits were such a great band. They always put me in a good mood.

i love all misfits

i think g.g. allin might be closest thing to a "punk" icp...

Ha, hardly. ICP seems to be all about talking it up. GG was the real deal. It is one thing to talk about how you are insane and another to quite likely be insane.

The Misfits are awesome. I saw them on their 25th anniversary tour in 07. At the end of the show, my mom came inside the venue to look for me and Jerry Only recognized her from high school. That was pretty wild. Too bad she didn't remember him haha.

while that's certainly true, here's why i say that...

1. much like juggalo's, the scumfucks who really truely love g.g. are insane
2. both icp and gg are known more their assorted antics (to varying degrees) than any sort of musical output

your mom probably tugged him back in the day and she'd rather not bring that up in front of you

fuck ICP bring back Jud Jud..

Ah, sweet, sweet WIN.

AAAWWWWWWW DANG

Nah, my mom was a cheerleader. She probably was too cool for him.

Maybe that's why she's lying about sleeping with him!

Check out this 2009 Juggalo Gathering photo set and cringe, cringe, cringe along with me:

http://www.derekerdman.com/ilovemilkshakes/august2009/DRK_CRNVL/juggalo_gathering_2009.htm

And don't miss the companion video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V-4jbto2C8

from listening to the "best show on wmfu" (highly recommended podcast) and hearing paul f. tompkins get way too excited about the gathering, i am pretty stoked on juggalos right now. the infomercials for the gathering are the best though...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb98CcOY758&feature=fvw

HELICOPTER RIDES

jay from lemuria wants to make exclusive Fest lemuria juggalo t-shirts. i think it's a great idea and would wear one proudly...sometimes.

You wanna talk about insane punk rockers, look up some info on John Macias, of the band Circle One. I'm not familiar enough with his story to do it justice, but it's fuckin' crazy.

Comparisons of the Misfits and the Insane Clown Posse are often fraught with emotion, as most who would be familiar with both bands are passionate about one or both of them. We might surmise the average juggalo to say, "well, the Misfits, they're ok, but they're no ICP." Likewise, we can see from the responses on this board the average punk's reaction to even suggesting this comparison. Finally, we can certainly imagine a third camp of mixed-up 21st century adolescents who might say "Fuck yeah, they both rule. Let's go put on some face paint, huff some butane, and set the cat on fire."

However, I would argue that, all emotion aside, the comparison is rather apt, for the folliwng reasons:
-Neither demonstrate particularly high levels of musical skill.
-Both involve campy horror/retro imagery which one would have be a douchebag to take too seriously, but which various fans have, nonetheless.
-Both nominally hail from genres which usually include very personal expressions of angst and alienation, and both eschew this type of songwriting. (e.g., compare "astro zombies" with "what I see")
-Both have gone out of their way to signify how completely "hardcore" they are, in an utterly showmanlike fashion (I am reminded of various snippets from live misfits recordings, e.g:"One more fucking time, asshole, you die." or "We gotta tune up- we're pounding our fucking guitars like jackhammers... what do you think we are, lightweights?")
-Both have captivated multiple generations of fans with their dress-up antics and iconic imagery.
-I would never pay to see either one live, although I wouldn't have minded going to either one's VERY early shows.

For me, however, there still remains a crucial difference: I have always enjoyed listening to the misfits, while I studiously avoid listening to ICP on the off chance that I might have to deal with the consequences of actually kind of liking them.