Insane Clown Posse Makes Far More Money Than Your Favorite Band

Insane Clown Posse - how truthful is the cover to the book?  Insane?  Not really.  Most professionals in the fields of mental health and the law now consider insanity to be a clinical condition, typically due to neurological imbalances.  Would our health care system allow a truly insane 37-year-old man spend twenty years pretending to be a character from Twisted Metal while screaming verses of something called Bang! Pow! Boom!…?  (That argument brought to you by citizens for the public option.)  Posse?  Well there are just the two guys.  So not really a posse.  Insane Clown Duo, more like.  Clowns?  Sure, we can agree on that assessment.  But are they true clowns, or are they clowns… like a fox?  Because this so-called posse of so-called insane clowns (so-called) are netting $10 million every year from their act for, I don’t know, 401Ks or scholarship funds for their children or whatever insane clowns put their savings toward.

How do ICP continue to profit as the rest of the music industry walks the plank?  Well, according to the Detroit Free Press, when the face paint comes off, these guys are more like the Completely Sane Serious Posse of their business model…  

Amid a crummy Michigan economy and a crumbling music industry, ICP’s achievement stands out. Enjoying the top revenues of its career, the group now commands an entertainment empire that pulls in up to $10 million annually: Wrestling exhibitions. An annual 20,000-person festival called the Gathering. Comic books. DVDs. A second feature film, “Big Money Rustlas,” due in January. A twice-weekly Web radio show.

And there’s a dizzying array of branded collectibles — from apparel to action figures.

So the short answer is, children.  Specifically, the children who are unable to gain access to other, more mainstream posses.  ”Unfortunately, Ted, we both received rejection notices from the jazz band posse, the crab soccer posse, and the cigarettes posse.  There is, however, another posse…  Look, it wasn’t my first choice either, but do you want to grow up to be fifteen years old with no posse?  Now put on this WWE shirt; we’re going to go slap lunch meats on the teachers’ cars.”

Source: DFP via Idolator.