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Merch masters ICP cash in on Detroit music culture
In 1994, a New York record executive caught a glimpse of a Detroit music kingdom in the making. Jeff Fenster, a vice president with Jive Records, had jetted into town for a show by Insane Clown Posse, a hometown rap duo with a fetish for Faygo and painted faces. He was struck by the sight: ...
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The Daily Swarm — ... Detroit Free Press: [Jeff Fenster, of Jive Records:] “We just watched these kids at the merch table, buying multiple T-shirts for a band most of us had never heard of,” he recounts. “They were ponying up to buy into this culture.” “ICP created this vibrant business outside the mainstream, and they’ve managed to keep it going,” says Fenster. “You look at the longevity of it, and it’s quite amazing, actually.” Amid a crummy Michigan economy and a crumbling music industry, ...

The Insane Clown Posse Are Laughing All The Way To The Bank
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip — ... Gifts and Hot Topic, while staffers process Web-order sales. Overhead is a new embroidery shop, where machinists stitch ICP’s distinct hatchet-man logo onto jackets, shirts and hats, all made in-house. Most acts farm out merch duties to specialty firms, who take a cut of revenue. Keeping it in-house likely saves ICP up to 20%, estimates merch industry veteran Bill Blackwell. Which means: More Faygo for everyone. Merch masters ICP cash in on Detroit music culture [Detroit Free Press via The Daily ...

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Vulture — The Insane Clown Posse, perhaps the most reviled band in the minds of the music-gentsia, make north of $10 million a year. Proving, once again, that Americans love terrible things. [Detroit Free Press via Idolator] Read more posts by Adam K. Raymond Filed Under: insane clown posse, juggalos, music ...

Insane Clown Posse prove an old adage true
No Rock And Roll Fun — Scientific evidence from the Detroit Free Press that you can't go bankrupt underestimating the public: 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. Ten million dollars every year. The ...

Insane Clown Posse: Insane Clown Posse: Unlikely millionaires
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EAR FARM :: music information helps grow ears — ... , includes Sonic Youth, Lady Gaga, and others The two bozos from Insane Clown Posse pull in over $10 million per year in revenue EACH? An American record dealer has discovered ...

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AbsolutePunk.net - News — ... Insane Clown Posse make $10 million in merchandise each year.

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