JagBytes

Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: Entertainment

ICP's Violent J gets the crowd worked up at VWMC before soaking them with Faygo.Sagamore Photo: Lindsey Taylor

On Oct. 27 Verizon Wireless Music Center was soaked in Faygo and people were dressed in rainbow wigs and face paint. But this wasn't a Halloween party or some clown cult meeting-the Insane Clown Posse [ICP] was in Indy to put another crazy show under their belts.

The opening acts were merely a tease for the main event. Motown Rage, Boondox, and Necro were first on the bill for the Hallowicked Tour 2007 before ICP finally hit the stage for a show that was the embodiment of Halloween.

ICP and the Dark Carnival came to the stage, spraying enough Faygo to soak people in the mosh pit. ICP's accomplices, monsters and other evil clowns, were there to help refill their barrels with two-liters when they were low.

The crowd was doused with buckets of confetti and Faygo, which made them go crazy.

This show was limited to the pavilion area only, but the smaller space did not stop the die-hard fans from jumping around like the "jugalos" and "jugalettes" (that's what ICP fans call themselves) they claim to be. Even children were there, fists pumping in the air as Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J put on their psycho circus concert.

The main stage at the Music Center was decorated as a scary cemetery, a setting fitting for ICP. Streamers were flying in the crowd and empty Faygo bottles were held close by fans who caught them as souvenirs from their idols.

The singing audience sang back-up on every song ICP performed, and old favorites like "The Dating Game" and "Chicken Hunting" were well received.

This concert swept through Indy, leaving behind a trail of Faygo-drenched hip-hop that only ICP could bring.

Contact Lindsey Taylor at linjtayl@iupui.edu

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