Twiztid
Comrades of the
Insane Clown Posse, this Michigan rap-duo
Twiztid (Previously House of Krazees) base their act on a somewhat similar makeup image and what might be considered an obsession with serial-killer horror films. Jamie Madrox (
James Spanolio) and Monoxide Child (Paul Methric) cast themselves as the duo of Twiztid - and act as psychotic axe murderers on their 1998 debut album,
Mostasteless (a portmanteu of the words "Most" and "Tasteless") which was reissued with new artwork and extra tracks a year later in the wake of ICP's rise to national notoriety. Twiztid's second album,
Freek Show, was released on Halloween 2000 in conjunction with ICP's Bizzar/Bizaar Sets; Mirror Mirror followed two years later.
The Green Book hit the shelves in 2003 with Man's Myth Vol. 1 and Mutant Vol. 2 both landing within a month of each other in 2005. The duo began dropping a bit of the more heavy makeup, but still toured extensively throughout the United States in the early 2000's, developing some degree of a cult following throughout the Midwest in particular.
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