It was a real fancy hotel, there was a chandelier in the lobby, and they didn’t know what we were doing there or what to expect or anything. [5] He is a playable character in Eidos Interactive's video game Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home as Jamie Madrox.

There was people under beds, laying on countertops. Twiztid enters one of its seminars at the Gathering of the Juggalos festival at the Novi Expo Center. It was like everything a family would be, with Faygo and makeup and the music to connect them.

With that size of an event, we didn’t have enough people to set up and we didn’t have enough time. The trio continued to commentate on JCW Vol. Psychopathic Rydas formed in 1999, and consists of Psychopathic Records-associated rappers performing under alternate stage names in the style of mainstream gangsta rap. I'M A VERY LUCKY MAN.

Spaniolo describes the work of Twiztid "as if there was a Halloween or Friday the 13th on wax and Jason and Michael Myers could actually rap. Not everything went as planned.

Spaniolo's stage name is a reference to Marvel Comics's character Multiple Man. I was clearly trying to show this beautiful woman around, and they just were merciless!

But I was wrong!

Nobody really knew quite what to expect. It wasn’t that at all. It’s right there, it’s right across the street from 12 Oaks Mall, this is insane! I sort of left it on my brother. The trio continued to commentate on JCW Vol. We are here."[5].

The dude behind me was leaning on me, I’m sure he didn’t mean to, but I remember being literally folded in half and I couldn’t breathe. Bolts started popping out of the sides, like holy (expletive), man. I've eaten dog.

There were thousands of people there, and I remember getting ready in the back of a semi, because there were two semis that were pulled up in the back.

It turned out to be great, it was the the start of something beautiful, obviously. I went to a few of the seminars, which were absolutely awesome. That year, we were just trying to get through it. It was bad.

They had booths with memorabilia, they had convention rooms where you could go and talk to people. I will always cherish that! And that’s just typical insanity of the Juggalos. Loving mother to Deanna (Jason) Maffetone and Janice (Tony) Pilafjian. SHAGGY: I was able to get out right before the ring collapsed, I could feel it going. I was like Mom, look at this, I have to get tickets to this. It presented a Juggalo paradise. There’s lots of sketchy characters on there, especially in the middle of the night in like Memphis or whatever. ALEX CHRISTODOULOU, a fan who, at 12, traveled to the festival from Long Island, New York: We got there the day before the Gathering opened up. I remember thinking, who wants to walk around our old stage sets? All the license plates were from all over! Psychopathic Rydas reuses the beats of popular rappers within the genre without paying to license the original songs or requesting permission from copyright owners to use the music, effectively making their albums bootlegs[11] and resulting in the releases becoming difficult to find in some markets. It was probably two of the hardest days of my life when the events were going on, and probably the hardest four days of my life when you count set-up days.

BLAZE YA DEAD HOMIE, an ICP protégé who made his official debut at the Gathering: It was my first official performance as Blaze. [5] In 1997, Twiztid's debut album, Mostasteless, was released. It shows that [we're] not just a sideshow act. [6] The following year, the duo went back to Psychopathic Records and released Freek Show.

It shows that we're not just protoges, we're not just coattail riders. I have like 24 pictures, not all of them came out great.

That was just a concept we didn’t really understand back then. I am so sorry for your loss! It was like a trail bike. Every time we step into the ring, something bad happens.

One of the items was “get a menu from a Canadian restaurant.” So we were hanging out with a couple of Juggalos that lived in Detroit, and we headed to Canada. Every T-shirt available, I bought. Help us build our profile of Paul Methric! [6][8] Twiztid has remained with Psychopathic Records until 2012 with the formation of Majik Ninja Entertainment.

I take comfort in knowing Karen has a great husband and friend in you. There were definitely some Juggalos already staying there. We had a guy that looked like Howie Long and he was trying to get somewhere because he wanted to kill someone and he was telling us the story and we were like, “Hmm, sounds interesting.” And then one morning at a diner he bought us pancakes, so I guess he wasn’t that bad of a guy. Every time we step into the ring, something bad happens. [17], He is also an avid fan of comic books, and has attended multiple conventions such as Wizard World Chicago. They opened the doors without us knowing, all kinds of things they did that were really stupid. Shortly after his parents adopted Zachary Potter making him Jamie's brother and only sibling. [1] Problems with the group's label, Latnem Entertainment, led House of Krazees to leave the label, and the group disbanded after its 1996 album Head Trauma. People sprayed Faygo on everybody, everybody was sticky. The last thing I needed was to be in a hospital 1,000 miles away from home.

Not so much the artists but the people that we brought in were gamers. We didn’t have anyone to talk to about how to do it.

Visitation Saturday, February 11, 2017 from 12pm until time of Funeral Service at 5pm at Kaul Funeral Home 35201 Garfield, Clinton Township. It was Woodstock, and that was it. It’s the Juggalos having company with each other. The Greyhound lost our luggage on the way there, too, so that was also fun. No one‘s not gonna come because ICP isn’t there. It was summer 2000, and Detroit’s music scene was scorching. DONIHOO: I remember standing outside of the Expo Center. [3] The group's lineup consisted of Bruce (Bullet),[3] Utsler (Full Clip),[3] Methric (Foe Foe),[3] Spaniolo (Lil' Shank),[3] Rouleau (Cell Block)[10] and David Hutto (Yung Dirt). It was kind of that magical feeling of getting able to experience that. DONIHOO: I have a picture of Jamie and Paul (Methric, Twiztid’s other half) randomly walking through the crowd, and their eyes were all lit up, they were super excited about it.