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The Gathering of the Juggalos is the music festival centered around the rap duo Insane Clown Posse. Their songs are hyper-violent and profane; their stage show features grotesque clown makeup and blasting the audience with their favorite drink, Faygo soda; and their fandom has even been designated by the FBI as a loosely organized gang. Musically, they\u2019ve historically been rejected by critics: The Guardian has called them \u201ca magnet for ignorance;\u201d Allmusic has called them a \u201cthird rate Beastie Boys,\u201d and Blender called them \u201cthe worst band in music.\u201d Nate became fascinated with them after watching the 2011 documentary American Juggalo \u2014\xa0that\u2019s when he realized that there\u2019s more to Insane Clown Posse and its fans than he previously thought.\xa0\n\nFor the second episode of our summer festival series, we dig into the sound of Insane Clown Posse to ask: Is their music really as bad and offensive as all the critics say? What is the general public missing that ICP\u2019s fans are hearing? To answer these questions, we talk to Nathan Rabin, the author of You Don't Know Me but You Don't Like Me: Phish, Insane Clown Posse, and My Misadventures with Two of Music's Most Maligned Tribes, and 7 Days In Ohio: Trump, the Gathering of the Juggalos and The Summer Everything Went Insane.\n\nSongs Discussed\n\nInsane Clown Posse - House of Horrors, Hokus Pokus, My Axes, F*** the World, Miracles, Down with the Clown\n\nEsham - The Wicketshit Will Never Die\n\nEminem - Stay Wide Awake\n\n\nMore\nCheck out more of Nathan Rabin's writing \n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices