The Juggalog: Tales of Misery & Depravity From the ICP Merch Table
The allure of being “Down with the Clown” can be a powerful fantasy for some… enough so, that you forget that spending even a short period of time within the Dark Carnival can leave you twisted beyond repair.
Enter Dustin Derosier. For the past few months Dustin has been on tour with ICP working their merch table. Upon joining the tour Dustin created a blog to document his time spent with the family. Unfortunately a bunch of earlier posts documenting the tour had to be taken down, however there is still a wealth of pics and a few thoughts remaining about what the tour has done to Dustin’s psyche.
Being on tour with ICP has completely lost it’s novelty. This is a dark, lost sub-culture. I never knew that it was possible for so many people across the country to collectively subject themselves to, and then proceed to justify such a lower standard of living. This is obviously a massive generalization, I know not every Juggalo is a uneducated, drug addicted, close-minded degenerate; but it sure is a lot of them.
I’ve said before that these people stress things such as “family” and “brotherhood.” It turns out that they also dabble in such things as assault and battery, theft, and harassment quite often. These are things I have witnessed just at these shows, it’s hard to imagine every day life for these people. Im disappointed. ICP makes thousands and thousands of dollars every night, on merchandise alone. Instead of buying a $120 hockey jersey, a dental plan may be a more productive route for a lot Juggalos. Just a thought.
Some of the now deleted entries mostly conveyed how miserable the tour has left Dustin and pondering why he ever agreed to do this. One interesting anecdote in particular was about just how skeeved out he was by the Juggalos that he refused to shake hands and would only fist bump them. Night after night of doing this then made the habit hard to break when greeting people outside of the tour.
Here is another great entry:
“No soda, no show!”
The ICP camp is in crisis this afternoon. The fact that a multi-million dollar tour relies day-to-day on the supply of a shitty off-brand soda, is mind staggering. Luckily some people know some people and the Faygo made it. PTL.
FACT: ICP goes through an average of 1,400 bottles of Faygo every night.
I feel for Dustin and am looking forward to his full recap and write up about his time spent on tour once it ends (which I believe is very shortly, if not already). I truly hope the wise and compassionate Milenko has mercy on his soul.
December 4th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
A friend of mine did basically the same thing for ICP years ago and came out of it feeling exactly the same way, if not worse.
December 4th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
So were you ever able to read this in it’s unedited version? Either way, this is a great find.
December 4th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
I have always been fascinated with the merch guys who go on the road and observe the whole shebang from the humblest vantage point. There is a great book or documentary in this if someone can figure out how to coordinate it.
This is a stretch but does anyone remember the merch guy for Conflict circa 2001? He is the most terrifying looking human being I have ever seen. Equal parts circus strongman and British anarcho-punk facial tattoo nightmares. The band invited him onstage to stand with his arms crossed and fucking glower at everyone for a couple of songs because he was way more compelling than anything they could pull off musically.
December 5th, 2009 at 9:49 am
I randomly found this and read the entire thing before realizing you’d posted about it. Amazing. I can’t wait to read more.
December 5th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Sitting with Dustin after a show earlier into the tour was really just a huge loss of words when describing how to feel when being around Juggalos. I myself could not even wrap my mind around these people, or their customs in a 2 hour conversation. Dustin is truly an intelligent man, and I know the short posts he published were not enough to justify how unhealthy it is emotionally, mentally and I’m sure physically for a common man to be submerged into such a lifestyle. I give Dustin kudos everyday for being as smart, and strong for as long as he lasted on that tour. I knew from the minute I knew he started that tour it was going to be rough.
December 6th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Oh please. D-Murder A.K.A. Dustin doesn’t need your damn pity. We were cracking up everyday on this tour and having a blast. He can’t be THAT damaged from it, I mean there are idiots at every show, just cause they have face paint on, doesn’t make it worse. Either way, it is a funny post and D-Murder, I hope we can tour together again, you’re fun dude. Maybe I’ll use my Judo-Like skills and catch you’re puke in mid air with a trash bag again!! Don’t get too faded son! Talk to you soon.
April 11th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Juggalo’s are more proof that a man once copulated with a chimpanzee.
Dustin to this day gets physically ill thinking about his days on the road with ICP. Violent Jay apparently has a penchant
for little boys.
He bangs broads for appearance sakes only. He is a degenerate gay pedo in real life. Word on the street is that he regular visits SE Asia where he indulges in the scumbag world of pedophilia.
These CLOWNS should be in PRISON!!