Bang! Pow! Boom!
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{{Infobox album
| name = Bang! Pow! Boom!
| type = studio
| artist = Insane Clown Posse
| cover = Bang! Pow! Boom!.jpg|border=yes
| alt = The cover is a stylized dragon mask.
| released = {{start date|2009|9|1}}
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| genre = Horrorcore
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| label = Psychopathic
| producer = Mike E. Clark
| prev_title = The Tempest
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = The Mighty Death Pop!
| next_year = 2012
}}
Bang! Pow! Boom! is the eleventh studio album by the American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse. Released on September 1, 2009, by Psychopathic Records, it was the group's second album with producer Mike E. Clark since his return to Psychopathic Records, and the first album to focus on the Dark Carnival since the conclusion of the group's original "Joker's Cards" series. The character is the first of a set of six new Joker's Cards.
The album's title refers to a character within the Dark Carnival described as a large, continuing explosion that clears evil souls from the carnival grounds. Bang! Pow! Boom! peaked at number four in the Billboard Top 200. Critics praised Clark's production and the return to the Dark Carnival concept. In 2010, Psychopathic Records released a "Nuclear Edition" of the album, which featured previously unreleased material. The music video for the song "Miracles", produced for the reissue became popular and was the subject of a Saturday Night Live parody, called "Magical Mysteries", which was praised by the group. It is the group's 26th overall release.
Production
Mike E. Clark produced much of Insane Clown Posse's discography until the group's sixth and seventh albums, Bizzar and Bizaar. After Clark nearly died from a collapsed lung, he became less active in the music industry, his studio not being used for much of the early decade,{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Graham |title=Insane Clown Posse takes on busiest year yet |work=The Detroit News |date=May 11, 2009 }} and the group worked with Mike Puwal on their eighth and ninth albums, The Wraith: Shangri-La and Hell's Pit.{{cite book |last=Bruce |first=Joseph |author-link=Violent J|author2=Hobey Echlin |editor=Nathan Fostey |title=ICP: Behind the Paint |url=https://archive.org/details/icpbehindpaint00viol |url-access=registration |edition=2nd |publisher=Psychopathic Records |location=Royal Oak, Michigan |isbn=0-9741846-0-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/icpbehindpaint00viol/page/470 470–496] |chapter=Hatchet Rising|date=August 2003 }} In 2006, Clark returned to Psychopathic Records and produced the group's tenth studio album, The Tempest in 2007, but did not work with the group directly. Bang! Pow! Boom! was the first album which Clark worked on directly with Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler since Bizaar. Bang! Pow! Boom! was recorded between September 2008 and July 2009 at Clark's Fun House Studio.{{cite AV media notes |title=Bang! Pow! Boom! |others=Insane Clown Posse |year=1998 |type=liner |publisher=Psychopathic |location=Farmington Hills, Michigan |url=http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/18764156-74a5-4b69-9353-c5e01dacc457.html |access-date=September 27, 2010 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506050439/https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/18764156-74a5-4b69-9353-c5e01dacc457 |url-status=live }} Bruce listened to music by the progressive rock band Gong for inspiration. In order to ensure the quality of their vocal recordings, Bruce and Utsler drank tea before every take and didn't smoke cannabis while recording.{{cite web |last=Willschick |first=Aaron |title=Insane Clown Posse: Interview with vocalist Violent J |url=http://www.puregrainaudio.com/interviews/insane-clown-posse |date=September 23, 2009 |publisher=Pure Grain Audio |access-date=September 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928093141/http://www.puregrainaudio.com/interviews/insane-clown-posse |archive-date=September 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} Much material was recorded for the album; some songs left off the initial release appeared on the "Nuclear Edition" reissue, while another song intended for Bang! Pow! Boom!, "If I Ate Your Brains", was released as part of a single for the 2009 Hallowicked concert.{{cite web |url=http://www.adultswim.com/blog/interviews/time-to-waste-time-insane-clown-posse.html |title=Time To Waste Time With Insane Clown Posse |author=Wolinsky, David |publisher=Adult Swim |access-date=August 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717010602/http://www.adultswim.com/blog/interviews/time-to-waste-time-insane-clown-posse.html |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Music and lyrics
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According to Bruce, the goal was to produce an album that was "very much a part of the Dark Carnival, without it being the seventh Joker's Card". Bang! Pow! Boom! was the first album to focus on this concept since Hell's Pit.{{cite web |last=Buchanan |first=David |title=Review of Bang! Pow! Boom! |url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/09/09/album-review-insane-clown-posse-bang-pow-boom/ |date=September 9, 2009 |publisher=Consequence of Sound |access-date=September 10, 2009 |archive-date=September 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911121601/http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/09/09/album-review-insane-clown-posse-bang-pow-boom/ |url-status=live }} The album was later revealed to be the first Joker's Card of a "second deck."{{cite AV media|people=Insane Clown Posse (Presenters) |title=ICP Seminar – Friday, August 13th – Gathering 2010 |url=http://www.megavideo.com/?v=Y08S7K40 |medium=Videotape |access-date=August 20, 2010 |minutes=18:05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716173313/http://www.megavideo.com/?v=Y08S7K40 |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }} Bang! Pow! Boom! is a character within the Dark Carnival{{cite web |last=Molgaard |first=Matt |title=Exclusive: One-on-one with Violent J of Insane Clown Posse! |url=http://www.fangoria.com/musick/musick-news/3729-exclusive-one-on-one-with-violent-j-of-insane-clown-posse.html#tb |date=August 27, 2009 |work=Fangoria |access-date=August 28, 2009 |archive-date=August 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829083439/http://www.fangoria.com/musick/musick-news/3729-exclusive-one-on-one-with-violent-j-of-insane-clown-posse.html#tb |url-status=live }} which Bruce describes as a "continuous explosion that stomps his way through the crowd blowing [...] evil souls [...] to Hell".{{cite web |last=Bruce |first=Joseph |title=Violent J's Personal Review of Bang Pow Boom! |url=http://www.insaneclownposse.com/icp2010/?p=191 |date=September 4, 2009 |publisher=Psychopathic Records |access-date=September 5, 2009 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928143637/http://www.insaneclownposse.com/icp2010/?p=191 |url-status=live }} The album features a series of skits in which rednecks, pedophiles, and husbands who abuse their wives receive phone calls inviting them to the Dark Carnival, where they are promised US$100,000 for arriving.
According to Bruce, "In Yo Face" was originally titled "Pie in Yo Face", but it was decided that the final title sounded better. "The Bone" features surf rock-influenced guitars. According to Bruce, "Mike's beat for this was so fuckin' crazy sounding I had no idea what the fuck to do with it." "To Catch a Predator" was written during the mixing process, when the group realized that the album needed a song "that attacks an evil". Inspired by the television series To Catch a Predator, the song's lyrics describe Violent J luring pedophiles into his house to violently murder them. According to Bruce, "I could easily see myself killing pedophiles in real life and having no guilt. The only reason I don’t do it is because I'd probably get caught. So its nice to live it out through my music." "Boing Boing", a comedic sex-oriented rap, samples audio from a pornographic film which had previously been sampled by the group on their Tunnel of Love EP. Bruce says that the song was intended as a joke.{{Cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/violent-j-of-insane-clown-posse-1798227342 |title=Violent J of Insane Clown Posse |website=The A.V. Club |access-date=August 14, 2011 |archive-date=September 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911224217/http://www.avclub.com/articles/violent-j-of-insane-clown-posse,60282/ |url-status=live }} Some fans interpreted the song as Bruce and Utsler calling themselves ugly, while others believed that they were bragging about how many women they have sex with. Bruce commented "We're not sex symbols, especially not me. If there are girls, they’re there to see Shaggy."
"I Found a Body" features lyrics similar to the plot of Weekend at Bernie's, and incorporates Bruce's singing, concluding with a "Pearl Jam style yell". "Fonz Pond" was inspired by a series of bicycle trails and paths leading to what had once been a pond, but had dried out, and was filled with garbage and rusted junk. Rumors spread about kids that died trying to pass the curve surrounding the area. Clark created a beat which sounded unlike what Bruce had initially expected, leading him to write a song about a haunted pond hidden in the woods. Bruce describes the production of "Imma Kill U" as similar to that of early albums by Ice Cube and Public Enemy. Bruce states that Utsler initially hated "Juggalo Island" when they began recording it, and said that it was "too soft" for Insane Clown Posse. Bruce maintained his confidence in the song, but promised Utsler that if he still felt the same way after the song was completed, it would be left off the album. As the recording continued, Utsler began to like the track more, and later praised the song in a phone conversation.
The lyrics of "Miracles" focus on the extraordinary events humans experience in life which often go unacknowledged, and encourages listeners to take time to look at the world and reevaluate their life. The song's music is built around an ascending synthesizer melody, and climaxes with an electric guitar solo performed by Mike E. Clark, and beatboxing by Joseph Utsler.{{cite journal |last1=Weiner |first1=Jonah |date=April 13, 2010 |title=Do You Believe in Miracles? The wild, weird world of Insane Clown Posse. |journal=Slate |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2250217/pagenum/all/ |access-date=April 20, 2010 |archive-date=April 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416174056/http://www.slate.com/id/2250217/pagenum/all |url-status=live }} "Chop Chop Slide" was inspired by the "Cha Cha Slide".
Release and promotion
The album's title was first announced in the liner notes of Bruce's solo album The Shining.{{cite AV media notes |title=The Shining |title-link=The Shining (Violent J album) |others=Violent J |year=2009 |first=Joseph |last=Bruce |author-link=Violent J|pages=3–4 |type= CD booklet|publisher=Psychopathic Records |location=Detroit, Michigan }} Bang! Pow! Boom! was initially announced as having an April release.{{cite journal|url=http://www.psychopathicrecords.com/hatchetherald/081229/index.html |title=Insane Clown Posse |journal=Hatchet Herald |volume=1 |issue=4 |access-date=January 1, 2009 |date=December 29, 2008 |publisher=Psychopathic Records |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505022452/http://www.psychopathicrecords.com/hatchetherald/081229/index.html |archive-date=May 5, 2009 }} Bruce and Utsler participated in a three-day photo shoot for the album's promotional images. The album's release was preceded with a nationwide in-store tour beginning in August, and followed by a 64-day tour, including the group's annual Halloween performance in Detroit. The album was released in three different color variations of the cover: red, blue, and green. Each version features its own unique introduction and hidden track.{{cite AV media |people =Insane Clown Posse |date= 2009 |title = Bang! Pow! Boom! |url = http://www.insaneclownposse.com/music/bangpowboom_sampler.mp3 |format = Sampler |medium = MP3 |publisher = Psychopathic Records }} A sampler for the album was released, featuring a decoder piece for finding hidden messages in the album's artwork.
A special edition of the album, dubbed the "Nuclear Edition", was released on April 6, 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.insaneclownposse.com/icp2010/?p=680 |title=Bang! Pow! Boom! Nuclear Edition Out NOW! |publisher=Psychopathic Records |access-date=April 7, 2010 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928143645/http://www.insaneclownposse.com/icp2010/?p=680 |url-status=live }} It features a gold cover and bonus material from each version of the album, three previously unreleased tracks, the sampler, two music videos and the documentary A Family Underground. The first music video from the album, "In Yo Face", was released on December 18, 2009.{{cite AV media |people = Insane Clown Posse |date = December 18, 2009 |title = Insane Clown Posse – In Yo Face (Juggalo Edition) |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMUknpEJdl4 |format = music video |publisher = Psychopathic Video }} The second music video from the album, "Miracles", premiered as part of the "Nuclear Edition" reissue. A third music video from the album, "Juggalo Island", was filmed at the 2008 Gathering of the Juggalos.{{cite web |title= Violent J's Gathering Report |url= http://www.insaneclownposse.com/icp2010/?p=1050 |publisher= Psychopathic Records |date= May 22, 2008 |access-date= May 23, 2009 |archive-date= April 24, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110424051557/http://www.insaneclownposse.com/icp2010/?p=1050 |url-status= live }} A fourth music video from the album, "Fonz Pond", has also been released.{{cite journal|url=http://psychopathicrecords.com/hatchetherald/101008/index.html |title=Random Notes |journal=Hatchet Herald |volume=13 |issue=13 |access-date=October 8, 2010 |date=October 9, 2010 |publisher=Psychopathic Records |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010160105/http://psychopathicrecords.com/hatchetherald/101008/index.html |archive-date=October 10, 2010 |url-status=dead }} A fifth music video, "It's All Over" was released in December 2011.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = Consequence of Sound
| rev2Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
| rev3 = The Detroit News
| rev4 = Kik Axe Music
| rev4Score = Original:
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Nuclear Edition:
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| rev5 = Metro Times
| rev5Score = favorable{{cite news |first=Serene |last=Dominic |title=Kinder and gentler Posse? |url=http://www.metrotimes.com/music/review.asp?rid=25560 |newspaper=Metro Times |date=September 9, 2009 |access-date=September 10, 2009 |archive-date=September 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917010849/http://www.metrotimes.com/music/review.asp?rid=25560 |url-status=live }}
| rev6 = Washington City Paper
}}
Bang! Pow! Boom! received positive reviews. Allmusic reviewer David Jeffries gave the album three out of five stars, calling it "a formulaic album from the kings of slaughterhouse rap-rock, but fans will appreciate the extra enthusiasm from the duo, the bounty of filth, and maybe most of all, the reviving of the Dark Carnival mythos."{{cite web |last=Jeffries |first=David |title=Review of Bang! Pow! Boom! |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1626607|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=September 1, 2009}} The Detroit News music critic Adam Graham gave the album a B rating, describing it as "the best material the Clowns have touched since 1999's The Amazing Jeckel Brothers."{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Graham |title=Pow! ICP revisits the Dark Carnival |newspaper=The Detroit News |date=September 1, 2009 }}
Kik Axe Music reviewer Matt Molgaard gave the album a four out of five rating, writing that "even if you’re not a huge fan of the 'commercial' sound [...] there's plenty of grim tracks to appease the appetite of new and old fans alike." Another writer for the website, James Zahn, gave the "Nuclear Edition" reissue 4.5 out of 5.
Washington City Paper writer Andrew Noz gave the album "three and a half 20 oz. Faygo bottles out of five".{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Noz |title=Posse On Clownway: ICP Reviewed |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/2009/09/03/posse-on-clownway-icp-reviewed/ |newspaper=Washington City Paper |date=September 3, 2009 |access-date=September 9, 2009 |archive-date=September 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906161227/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/2009/09/03/posse-on-clownway-icp-reviewed/ |url-status=live }} Consequence of Sound reviewer David Buchanan notes the change to a more positive sound as universally appealing while also noting the comeback of Dark Carnival references as a selling point for long-time fans, giving the album 3.5 stars out of 5. Mike E. Clark received praise for the album's production, which David Jeffries described as "inventive", and Adam Graham described as being "packed with enough hooks, chants and stellar riffs to tide the Juggalo Nation over through a year's supply of Faygo."
Chart performance
Bang! Pow! Boom! debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart and number 4 on the Billboard 200 selling 50,000 copies in its first week.{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Graham |title=Insane Clown Posse's 'Bang Pow Boom' debuts at No. 4 on Billboard chart |url=http://www.detnews.com/article/20090909/ENT04/909090405/Insane-Clown-Posse-s--Bang-Pow-Boom--debuts-at-No.-4-on-Billboard-chart |newspaper=The Detroit News |date=September 9, 2009 |access-date=September 9, 2009 }} {{Dead link|date=April 2012|bot=H3llBot}}{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |author2=Herrera, Monica |date=September 9, 2009 |title=Whitney Houston Debuts At No. 1 On Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267451/whitney-houston-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200 |access-date=September 9, 2009 |archive-date=May 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523054949/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267451/whitney-houston-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200 |url-status=live }} In 2010, the "Nuclear Edition" charted at No. 55 on the Billboard 200, following the release of the "Miracles" music video.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1636088/20100414/bieber_justin.jhtml |title=Justin Bieber Back On Top Of Billboard Albums Chart |author=Kaufman, Gil |date=April 14, 2010 |publisher=MTV News |access-date=April 14, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100416044910/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1636088/20100414/bieber_justin.jhtml| archive-date= April 16, 2010 | url-status= dead}} By February 2010, the album had sold over 100,000 copies.{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fontana-partners-with-psychopathic-records-84586717.html |title=Fontana Partners With Psychopathic Records |publisher=PR Newswire Association LLC |access-date=February 20, 2010 |archive-date=May 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522063346/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fontana-partners-with-psychopathic-records-84586717.html |url-status=live }} By October 8, 2010, the album had surpassed the group's previous release, The Tempest, in sales by almost 50,000 copies.
Legacy
The music video for "Miracles" has become viral.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/aug/18/insane-clown-posse | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=Insane Clown Posse: a magnet for ignorance | first=Louis | last=Pattison | date=August 18, 2010 | access-date=December 14, 2016 | archive-date=January 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129224016/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/aug/18/insane-clown-posse | url-status=live }}{{cite news | url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/04/27/insane-clown-posse-violent-j-miracles/ | title=Insane Clown Posse's Violent J Weighs In On The Cult Of 'Miracles' | author=Anderson, Kyle | date=April 27, 2010 | access-date=May 5, 2010 | archive-date=May 3, 2010 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20100503030522/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/04/27/insane-clown-posse-violent-j-miracles/ | url-status=dead }} On April 17, 2010 Saturday Night Live aired a sketch which parodied the video.{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/04/18/saturday-night-live-miracles-parody/ |title='Saturday Night Live' Takes Down Insane Clown Posse With 'Miracles' Parody |author=Anderson, Kyle |date=April 18, 2010 |publisher=MTV News |access-date=April 20, 2010 |archive-date=April 20, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100420090005/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/04/18/saturday-night-live-miracles-parody/ |url-status=dead }} In the sketch, fictional personalities DJ Supersoak and Lil' Blaster debuted a fictional music video by the Thrilla Killa Klownz called "Magical Mysteries" as part of Under Underground Records' "Underground Rock Minute".{{cite web |url=http://www.insaneclownposse.com/icp2010/?p=694 |title=Saturday Night Live Parodies the "Miracles" Music Video! |publisher=Psychopathic Records |access-date=April 20, 2010 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928143700/http://www.insaneclownposse.com/icp2010/?p=694 |url-status=live }} The fictional video featured Ryan Phillippe and Bobby Moynihan rapping about things such as "where the sun hides at night" and blankets. Saturday Night Live had previously parodied Psychopathic Records in 2009.{{cite news |title=Detroit rappers ICP amused by recent SNL skit |first=B.J. |last=Hammerstein |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20091208/ENT04/91208066/1320/SNL-parodies-infomercial-by-Detroit-rappers-ICP- |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |date=December 8, 2009 |access-date=April 20, 2010 |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110185747/http://www.freep.com/article/20091208/ENT04/91208066/1320/SNL-parodies-infomercial-by-Detroit-rappers-ICP- |url-status=live }} Insane Clown Posse called the "Miracles" parody "a huge honor."
Track listing
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| writer1 = Jumpsteady
| extra1 = Andrew Montesi
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| title2 = Beautiful Doom
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| title3 = In Yo Face
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| music3 = Mike E. Clark
| extra3 = ICP
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| title4 = The Bone
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| music4 = Mike E. Clark
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| title5 = Zombie Slide
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| extra5 = ICP
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| title6 = To Catch a Predator
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| lyrics6 = ICP
| music6 = Mike E. Clark
| extra6 = ICP
| length6 = 5:21
| title7 = Boing Boing
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| lyrics7 = ICP
| music7 = Mike E. Clark
| extra7 = ICP
| length7 = 4:46
| title8 = I Found a Body
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| lyrics8 = ICP
| music8 = Mike E. Clark
| extra8 = ICP
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| title9 = Love
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| extra9 = ICP
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| title10 = Fonz Pond
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| music10 = Mike E. Clark
| extra10 = ICP
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| title11 = Imma Kill U
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| title12 = Juggalo Island
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| music12 = Mike E. Clark
| extra12 = ICP
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| title13 = Vultures
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| lyrics13 = ICP
| music13 = Mike E. Clark
| extra13 = ICP
| length13 = 4:51
| title14 = Vera Lee
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| lyrics14 = ICP
| music14 = Mike E. Clark
| extra14 = ICP
| length14 = 5:17
| title15 = Miracles
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| lyrics15 = ICP
| music15 = Mike E. Clark
| extra15 = ICP
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| title16 = Bang! Pow! Boom!
| note16 = Contains the hidden track "Over a Bitch"
| writer16 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics16 = ICP
| music16 = Mike E. Clark
| extra16 = ICP
| length16 = 11:42
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| music3 = Mike E. Clark
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| length3 = 4:07
| title4 = The Bone
| writer4 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics4 = ICP
| music4 = Mike E. Clark
| extra4 = ICP
| length4 = 3:54
| title5 = Zombie Slide
| writer5 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics5 = ICP
| music5 = Mike E. Clark
| extra5 = ICP
| length5 = 3:27
| title6 = To Catch a Predator
| writer6 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics6 = ICP
| music6 = Mike E. Clark
| extra6 = ICP
| length6 = 5:21
| title7 = Boing Boing
| writer7 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics7 = ICP
| music7 = Mike E. Clark
| extra7 = ICP
| length7 = 4:46
| title8 = I Found a Body
| writer8 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics8 = ICP
| music8 = Mike E. Clark
| extra8 = ICP
| length8 = 5:46
| title9 = Love
| writer9 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics9 = ICP
| music9 = Mike E. Clark
| extra9 = ICP
| length9 = 3:16
| title10 = Fonz Pond
| writer10 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics10 = ICP
| music10 = Mike E. Clark
| extra10 = ICP
| length10 = 4:03
| title11 = Imma Kill U
| writer11 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics11 = ICP
| music11 = Mike E. Clark
| extra11 = ICP
| length11 = 4:31
| title12 = Juggalo Island
| writer12 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics12 = ICP
| music12 = Mike E. Clark
| extra12 = ICP
| length12 = 4:58
| title13 = Vultures
| writer13 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics13 = ICP
| music13 = Mike E. Clark
| extra13 = ICP
| length13 = 4:51
| title14 = Vera Lee
| writer14 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics14 = ICP
| music14 = Mike E. Clark
| extra14 = ICP
| length14 = 5:17
| title15 = Miracles
| writer15 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics15 = ICP
| music15 = Mike E. Clark
| extra15 = ICP
| length15 = 5:13
| title16 = Bang! Pow! Boom!
| note16 = Contains the hidden track "Chop Chop Slide"
| writer16 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics16 = ICP
| music16 = Mike E. Clark
| extra16 = ICP
| length16 = 13:19
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{{tracklist
| total_length = 75:33
| title1 = Intro
| writer1 = Jumpsteady
| extra1 = Andrew Montesi
| length1 = 1:25
| title2 = Freaky Creep Show
| writer2 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics2 = ICP
| music2 = Mike E. Clark
| extra2 = ICP
| length2 = 2:56
| title3 = In Yo Face
| writer3 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics3 = ICP
| music3 = Mike E. Clark
| extra3 = ICP
| length3 = 4:07
| title4 = The Bone
| writer4 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics4 = ICP
| music4 = Mike E. Clark
| extra4 = ICP
| length4 = 3:54
| title5 = Zombie Slide
| writer5 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics5 = ICP
| music5 = Mike E. Clark
| extra5 = ICP
| length5 = 3:27
| title6 = To Catch a Predator
| writer6 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics6 = ICP
| music6 = Mike E. Clark
| extra6 = ICP
| length6 = 5:21
| title7 = Boing Boing
| writer7 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics7 = ICP
| music7 = Mike E. Clark
| extra7 = ICP
| length7 = 4:46
| title8 = I Found a Body
| writer8 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics8 = ICP
| music8 = Mike E. Clark
| extra8 = ICP
| length8 = 5:46
| title9 = Love
| writer9 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics9 = ICP
| music9 = Mike E. Clark
| extra9 = ICP
| length9 = 3:16
| title10 = Fonz Pond
| writer10 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics10 = ICP
| music10 = Mike E. Clark
| extra10 = ICP
| length10 = 4:03
| title11 = Imma Kill U
| writer11 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics11 = ICP
| music11 = Mike E. Clark
| extra11 = ICP
| length11 = 4:31
| title12 = Juggalo Island
| writer12 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics12 = ICP
| music12 = Mike E. Clark
| extra12 = ICP
| length12 = 4:58
| title13 = Vultures
| writer13 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics13 = ICP
| music13 = Mike E. Clark
| extra13 = ICP
| length13 = 4:51
| title14 = Vera Lee
| writer14 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics14 = ICP
| music14 = Mike E. Clark
| extra14 = ICP
| length14 = 5:17
| title15 = Miracles
| writer15 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics15 = ICP
| music15 = Mike E. Clark
| extra15 = ICP
| length15 = 5:13
| title16 = Bang! Pow! Boom!
| note16 = Contains the hidden track "Our Hero"
| writer16 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics16 = ICP
| music16 = Mike E. Clark
| extra16 = ICP
| length16 = 11:42
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{{tracklist
| headline = Nuclear Edition (Disc 1: Audio CD)
| total_length = 71:53
| title1 = Intro
| writer1 = Jumpsteady
| extra1 = Andrew Montesi
| length1 = 1:25
| title2 = Triple Threat Mix (Beautiful Doom, Freaky Creep Show, The Clowns are Back)
| writer2 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics2 = ICP
| music2 = Mike E. Clark
| extra2 = ICP
| length2 = 5:17
| title3 = In Yo Face
| writer3 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics3 = ICP
| music3 = Mike E. Clark
| extra3 = ICP
| length3 = 4:07
| title4 = The Bone
| writer4 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics4 = ICP
| music4 = Mike E. Clark
| extra4 = ICP
| length4 = 3:54
| title5 = Zombie Slide
| writer5 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics5 = ICP
| music5 = Mike E. Clark
| extra5 = ICP
| length5 = 3:27
| title6 = To Catch a Predator
| writer6 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics6 = ICP
| music6 = Mike E. Clark
| extra6 = ICP
| length6 = 5:21
| title7 = Boing Boing
| writer7 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics7 = ICP
| music7 = Mike E. Clark
| extra7 = ICP
| length7 = 4:46
| title8 = I Found a Body
| writer8 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics8 = ICP
| music8 = Mike E. Clark
| extra8 = ICP
| length8 = 5:46
| title9 = Love
| writer9 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics9 = ICP
| music9 = Mike E. Clark
| extra9 = ICP
| length9 = 3:16
| title10 = Fonz Pond
| writer10 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics10 = ICP
| music10 = Mike E. Clark
| extra10 = ICP
| length10 = 4:03
| title11 = Imma Kill U
| writer11 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics11 = ICP
| music11 = Mike E. Clark
| extra11 = ICP
| length11 = 4:31
| title12 = Juggalo Island
| writer12 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics12 = ICP
| music12 = Mike E. Clark
| extra12 = ICP
| length12 = 4:58
| title13 = Vultures
| writer13 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics13 = ICP
| music13 = Mike E. Clark
| extra13 = ICP
| length13 = 4:51
| title14 = Vera Lee
| writer14 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics14 = ICP
| music14 = Mike E. Clark
| extra14 = ICP
| length14 = 5:17
| title15 = Miracles
| writer15 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics15 = ICP
| music15 = Mike E. Clark
| extra15 = ICP
| length15 = 5:13
| title16 = Bang! Pow! Boom!
| writer16 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics16 = ICP
| music16 = Mike E. Clark
| extra16 = ICP
| length16 = 6:36
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Nuclear Edition (Disc 2: Audio CD)
| total_length = 36:56
| title1 = Over a Bitch
| writer1 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics1 = ICP
| music1 = Mike E. Clark
| extra1 = ICP
| length1 = 4:12
| title2 = Our Hero
| writer2 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics2 = ICP
| music2 = Mike E. Clark
| extra2 = ICP
| length2 = 4:07
| title3 = Chop Chop Slide
| writer3 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics3 = ICP
| music3 = Mike E. Clark
| extra3 = ICP
| length3 = 6:02
| title4 = Supernatural
| writer4 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics4 = ICP
| music4 = Mike E. Clark
| extra4 = ICP
| length4 = 3:39
| title5 = Tonight
| writer5 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics5 = ICP
| music5 = Mike E. Clark
| extra5 = ICP
| length5 = 3:27
| title6 = It's All Over
| writer6 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics6 = ICP
| music6 = Mike E. Clark
| extra6 = ICP
| length6 = 4:24
| title7 = Bang! Pow! Boom! Samplers
| writer7 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics7 = ICP
| music7 = Mike E. Clark
| extra7 = ICP
| length7 = 11:05
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{{tracklist
| headline = Nuclear Edition (Disc 3: Video DVD)
| title1 = In Yo Face
| note1 = music video
| writer1 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics1 = ICP
| music1 = Mike E. Clark
| extra1 = ICP
| length1 = 4:15
| title2 = Miracles
| note2 = music video
| writer2 = ICP and Mike E. Clark
| lyrics2 = ICP
| music2 = Mike E. Clark
| extra2 = ICP
| length2 = 4:21
| title3 = A Family Underground
| note3 = juggalo documentary
| writer3 = Paul Andresen
| length3 = 85:25
}}
Personnel
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- Violent J – vocals, skit vocals, lyrics
- Shaggy 2 Dope – vocals, skit vocals, lyrics
- Mike E. Clark – programming, skit vocals, producer, engineer, mixing
- Razor Ray – guitar on "Bang! Pow! Boom!"
- Rich "Legz Diamond" Murrel – skit vocals
- Michelle "Sugar Slam" Rapp – skit vocals
- Dan Diamond – skit vocals
- Martin Gross – skit vocals
- Carlos "Southwest Sol" Guadarrama – skit vocals
- Wako – skit vocals
- Awesome Dre – skit vocals
- Corporal Robinson – skit vocals
- Brian Kuma – skit vocals
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- Bill Kozy – mix engineer
- Eric Davie – skit vocals, assistant engineer
- Todd Fairall – assistant engineer
- Jim Kissling – mastering
- Gary Arnett – artwork, graphic design
- Dan Christie – artwork, graphic design
- Jon Bowling – artwork, graphic design
- John Eder – photography
- Charles Green – prop design
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Chart positions
=Original version=
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!align="center"|Chart (2009) !align="center"|Peak |
| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p165873|pure_url=yes}} | title=Insane Clown Posse Artist Chart History: Albums|magazine=Billboard| access-date=June 5, 2010}}
|align="center"|4 |
| US Billboard Independent Albums
|align="center"|1 |
| US Billboard Rap Albums
|align="center"|3 |
=Nuclear edition=
Bang! Pow! Boom! Tour
Insane Clown Posse promoted the tour for Bang! Pow! Boom! in the pamphlet of the album. The first part of the tour kicked off on September 15, 2009, and concluded on October 31, 2009, at ICP's annual Hallowicked Show. The second part of the tour kicked off on November 7, 2009, and concluded on December 18, 2009. Hed pe, The Dayton Family and Knotheads were the supporting artists on the tour.
The first leg featured performances by Chop Shop, The Dayton Family, Hed (pe) & Insane Clown Posse.
References
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External links
- [http://www.insaneclownposse.com Official website]
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Category:Albums produced by Mike E. Clark