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    Insane Clown Posse “Train of Terror Tour” with guests at Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville 23/10/202

    Photography and review by Ray McClure

    Insane Clown Posse played their first show of the SOLD OUT Train of Terror Tour
    in Nashville, TN at Brooklyn Bowl on October 23,  2024


    The night kicked off with an hour and a half of Juggalo Championship Wrestling or
    JCW for short. The center of the venue’s floor was converted into a wrestling ring
    and the stage became the announcer’s booth and DJ station. Wrestlers like Pink
    Kane, Neon Ninja, The Superbeast, and many others went head to head in comical
    wrestling matches.
    Notable moments of the matches included an entire pizza being thrown at Pink
    Kane, fights starting before the bell rang, and a triple takedown performed by an
    old man.

    The first music act of the night was the band Monsterwolf, hailing from Tijuana,
    Baja California, Mexico. Led by NWA wrestler Mecha Wolf, this horror metal
    band of werewolves comes to spread the gospel of “Sex, Wolves, and Rock n’
    Roll”. Despite the small stage, Mecha Wolf’s commanding stage presence kept all
    eyes on him. Special appearances by a ripped lady werewolf and a wolf priest kept
    things fun for their short set. I enjoyed their strange breed of campy werewolf
    antics and would definitely make my way out to another show.

    Shaggy The Airhead is a producer, rapper, and fashion designer. He has previously
    previously produced beats for ICP. He was my favorite of the openers. His final
    song of the set had lyrics about hugging the people around you and making friends
    with everyone around you. His last request of the crowd was to say hi to his
    daughter on FaceTime.

    Ouija Macc is a “eerie-trap” rapper from Las Vegas, Nevada. Growing up, he
    loved ICP and is now apart of their record company Psychopathic Records. He had
    a fun stage presence but his music wasn’t really my cup of tea, but i can really
    appreciate an energetic performance.

    Insane Clown Posse is a horrorcore rap group from Detroit, Michigan; consisting
    of Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope and DJ Clay. The group’s music contains shocking
    and obscene lyrics about murder, necrophillia and other crimes. Despite all that,
    they have a stark distaste for racists, bigots, child abusers and domestic violence.
    ICP’s fanbase is referred to as Juggalos and Juggalettes. Juggalos have an entire
    lifestyle based on ICP’s music. Juggalo culture is based on not caring what others
    think and seeing everyone as equal.
    Juggalos showed up and showed out for the first night of the “Train of Terror” tour.
    I had to run a few errands before the show and ran into many clown faced juggalos
    throughout Nashville. I arrived later for the show than usual and there was still
    quite the line of juggalos and juggalettes waiting to get in.
    Insane Clown Posse went on at 11:20 pm which was pretty unprecedented for this
    venue. After speaking to a few fans, I found out that’s pretty commonplace for ICP.
    The show started with “The Show Must Go On” as Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope
    stepped onto the stage from opposite sides. DJ Clay made his way to his kit, which
    was surrounded in plexiglass. Seated in the center of the stage, two carts full of
    Diet Faygo.
    During the chorus of the every song, about eight clowns took the stages and began
    shaking up Faygo bottles and spraying them into the audience. Thankfully most of
    the sound and lighting equipment was covered with plastic, although allegedly a
    few power outlets were casualties in the faygo frenzy. Between every couple songs,
    there would also be a Faygo break. More clowns would come out with buckets of
    Faygo to fling at the audience.


    My favorite song of the night was “Your Rebel Flag” which is about usage of the
    confederate flag as a hate symbol and killing those who use it by burning them
    alive. In 2020, they released a shirt with a clown burning a rebel flag which led to
    controversy across social media.
    This was the most energetic crowd i’ve ever seen. It felt like the entire crowd knew
    every word to every song. I was frankly embarrassed that I only knew the hits.
    The end of the show incited fans to hop the barricade and climb onstage, security
    tried to stop them. Keyword is tried. It was a sight to behold. Total chaos.
    Despite losing a contact due to a Faygo blast and leaving the venue sopping wet
    with Faygo, I had a fantastic time. It was wetter than a GWAR show. I would love
    to go to another ICP show soon, and if you’re cool with getting wet, you should
    too!

    Setlist:
    The Show Must Go On
    Hokus Pokus (Headhunta’z Remix)
    Your Rebel Flag
    Birthday Bitches
    The Neden Game
    My Axe
    Hey Vato
    Crossing Thy Bridge
    Fuck the World
    Fuck Off!
    In My Room
    Chicken Huntin’ (Slaughter House Mix)
    Down With the Clown
    Pass Me By

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