#1: INSANE CLOWN POSSE, BIZZAR/BIZAAR
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 at 5:00pm by Anton OyVey
We recently polled a wide array of musicians, managers, publicists, label reps, and writers from within the world of metal to find out what they thought the 21 Best Metal Albums of the 21st Century So Far have been. Eligible albums were released between January 1, 2000 and April 1, 2009. Each panelist turned in a ballot, with their #1 album worth 21 points, their #2 album worth 20 points, and so on and so forth. The ballots are now in and we’ll be counting down one album a day until we reach #1. Today we present the #1 album, coming in with a total of 420 points…
Insane Clown Posse, Bizzar/Bizaar (Island, 2000)
Violent J — Vocals
Shaggy 2 Dope — Vocals
Produced by Mike E. Clark and ICP
Twenty albums down and the anticipation has built for the #1 record. It looks like the panel pulled one out of left field here, as most of you probably forgot about this sleeper record that made such a big impact on metal for this new millennium. And the catch here is that it wasn’t just one record, but a DOUBLE album that takes the spot. Those records being Insane Clown Posse’s 2000 releases of Bizzar and Bizaar. Most of you have been fans of this duo since their major label debut in the mid-90s. Before there was Slipknot, before there was Mudvayne, and before there was the greatness that is Mushroomhead – there was ICP and their legion of “Juggalos.” Forget “maggots” – these fans connected with their band unlike anyone has since. Hell, what other band has had the balls to feud with Eminem, especially in such a “safe”city like Detroit?
Even with their success in the 90’s, it wasn’t until the 2000 release of Bizzar and Bizaar that ICP truly showed what innovative metal is. Fresh off their performance at Woodstock in 1999 and millions of records sold, they chose the date of Halloween 2000 to unleash what was to be TWO of them most influential records in heavy metal (up there with Guns N’ Roses’ Chinese Democracy and, dare I say, Spineshank’s The Height Of Callousness). The records debuted #20 and #21 on the Billboard charts – a feat that has yet to be matched in metal since. The albums had two hit MTV videos with “Tilt-A-Whirl” and “Let’s Go All The Way” and caused more controversy than any Cannibal Corpse artwork ever did.
These guys took metal to a new level, and gave birth to amazing followers such as Twiztid and newer bands such as Hollywood Undead and Brokencyde. Everyone should raise their cup of Faygo and salute ICP (as well as the panelists for voting on such greatness).
-AO
THE REST OF THE LIST:
#2 – Lamb of God, As the Palaces Burn
#4 – Killswitch Engage, Alive or Just Breathing
#6 – Killswitch Engage, The End of Heartache
#7 – Lamb of God, Ashes of the Wake
#9 – Gojira, From Mars to Sirius
#13 – Mastodon, Blood Mountain
#14 – System of a Down, Toxicity
#15 – Nachtmystium, Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1
#16 – Machine Head, The Blackening
#18 – Lamb of God, New American Gospel
#20 – Shadows Fall, The War Within
#21 – Slipknot, Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses
THE PANEL OF VOTERS
Chris Adler, Lamb of God
Dan And, Bison B.C.
Ben Apatoff, Apatoff for Destruction/Metal Injection
Jason Bittner, Shadows Fall
Tim Brennan, Ferret Music/Channel Zero Entertainment
Freddy Cai, Painkiller Magazine
Ian Christe, Bazillion Points
Reverend David J. Ciancio, Yeah! Management
Betsey Cichoracki, Relapse Records
Paul Conroy, Ferret Music/Channel Zero Entertainment
J. Costa, Thy Will Be Done
Dallas Coyle, ex-God Forbid/Coyle Media
Doc Coyle, God Forbid
CT, Rwake
Anso DF, MetalSucks/Hipsters Out of Metal!
Vince Edwards, Metal Blade Records
Charles Elliott, Abysmal Dawn/Nuclear Blast Records
Brian Fair, Shadows Fall
Leo Ferrante, Warner Music Group
D.X. Ferris, author 33 1/3: Reign in Blood/Freelance Journalist
Mike Gitter, Roadrunner Records
Nick Green, Decibel
Matt Grenier, August Burns Red
Anthony Guzzardo, Earache Records
Kevin Hufnagel, Dysrhythmia
Mark Hunter, Chimaira
Steve Joh, Century Media
EJ Johantgen, Prosthetic Records
Kim Kelly, Metal Injection/Hails & Horns/Freelance Journalist
Josh “The J” Key, Psychostick
Jason Lekberg, Epic Records
Eyal Levi, Daath
Bob Lugowe, Relapse Records
Matt McChesney, The Autumn Offering
Jake McReynolds, Psychostick
Marc Meltzer, The Syndicate
Josh Middleton, Sylosis
Matt Moore, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder
Vince Neilstein, MetalSucks
Sammy O’Hagar, MetalSucks
Anton OyVey, MetalSucks/Bacon Jew
Rob Pasbani, Metal Injection
Alex Preiss, Psychostick
Carlos Ramirez, NoiseCreep/Universal Music Group
Brian Rocha, Fresno Media USA
Jeremy Rosen, Roadrunner Records
Axl Rosenberg, MetalSucks
Satan Rosenbloom, MetalSucks/Cerebral Metalhead
David Bee Roth, MetalSucks
Jason Rudolph, Heavy Hitter, Inc.
Amy Sciarretto, Roadrunner Records/NoiseCreep
Carl Severson, Ferret Music/Channel Zero Entertainment
Gary Suarez, MetalSucks/No Yoko No/Brainwashed
Geoff Summers, The End Records/Crustcake
Bram Teitelman, The Syndicate/Metal Insider
Alisha Turull, Heavy Hitter, Inc.
Christopher R. Weingarten, 1000TimesYes/Freelance Journalist
I’m gonna have nightmares about this now. BRILLIANT !
Don’t you ever doubt the double release that gave birth to the aural sex that is wigger slam.
you mean anal sex
FAYGO FTW!!!
Fuck Shasta, Fresca, and all that other shit!
FUCK YA ICP
wow it looks like metalsucks failed their mission statement not breaking the stereotype that metalheads are a bunch of ignorant Neanderthals. in fact setting us back years and comparing us to the bling bling era of hip hop crap. and i thought glam was the worst thing to happen to music ever(next to disco), i guess i was wrong. to bad many lost the true meaning of metal, brutal, blood, rape, murder, necrophilia, hate, mythology, blaspheme, and destroying the “man” to bad for metalsucks and metalsucks followers are only allowed to see the money intake and not the true evil of what is true metal. FUCKN SLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you’re so fuckin’ stupid.
FUCK YES!!!!!!!! AMAZING CHOICE!!!
I agree
What the fuck. ICP is not considered music by anyone other than their sick little cult of rejects. With very good reason, too. How the fuck are they metal?
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOP WOOP JUGGALO
hahahahahahaahhaha im dying over here!!! lets see the humorless self serious dickheads fight again and hopefully kill themselves over a bloggwriters list
HAHAHAH
YES! EVEN BETTER THAN ST.ANGER BEING #1!
so you can take a joke. good fa you
It was obvious that a joke had to happen sometime, so I did expected something like this.
This has to be a joke
I really hope so
Ahhhhhh, sweet, sweet justice.
Oh, fuck you guys.
Hahahahahhahahahahhahahahahha……………..
hahahahhahahhahahahhahahahaha……………..
Now THAT’s funny!
Did I call this shit or what?
HA! That’s pretty fucking funny. Watch everyone freak out despite the fact its clearly a joke.
IN B4 ALL THE WTF!
lol is this a fucking joke? i was kinda expecting a joke for #1 but i totally thought it would be limp bizkit.
I had this one earmarked from the start, phenomenal record, great musicianship, crystal clear production, a truly jaw-dropping, genre defying piece of art – Masters of their craft, I bow to thee Insane Clown Posseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Well done Mastodon on getting No 1
I have to admit, I can’t stop laughing, but . . .
*just died from laughing*
I take back every bad thing I’ve said about the list.
Really? i don’t know what to say
I just did one of those “Are they serious? Wait, no what?” and then I laughed as soon as it set. Classic guys, just classic haha
aww man, THAT was funny. If anyone can’t take it as a joke right now, they’re beyond redemption.
Win
Hahahaha thats funny shit!
After I was so sad on this day of Michael Jackson’s funeral…It still made me smile. kidding….
Laughing sometimes makes me pee a bit…..i just did…………..
Does this mean the entire list was a joke?
Once the #21 was revealed, that was pretty obvious.
that is exactly what i’m wondering
Yes, this list was a joke.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I thought this was a serious list?
well with a Slipknot, Converge, Tool, Deftones, 3 LoG albums and 2 KSE, it was pretty obvious.
Aww come on, it was a pretty huge poll and I think we ALL got fooled. Also, the rest of the list seemed like a pretty legit list of the top 21 metal albums KNOWN BY EVERYONE, right?
To be fair, the only thing I knew where the bands themselves. I never listened to any of the albums on the list in their entirety, if I listened to them. I knew it was at least somewhat of a joke, but you never know based on how MS leans at times. I wouldn’t be surprised at all that there’s more metalheads who don’t listen to LoG than those who listen to them. Though that doesn’t mean they can’t be more popular. And it was supposed to be a list of the best of the century, so it was supposed to cover a lot more genres.
hahahahahaha this is great
even know i dont why this 1st release album what
What?
Pardon?
Was that even English?
so YOU made the list…i get it now…
Hahahahahahah………..
This is gold!!!
Are you guys planning to release a real #1?
I kidnapped one of the mS guys and got out of him that The World Needs a Hero will be #1
This probably isn’t even a joke.
I did´t saw that coming.
Maybe a Celine Dion album… but not this.. JAJAJAJAJAJ
YEAHH! See, this is funny! Fuck seriousness! But even though we all have had unkind words to say about the albums chosen thus far, we can all rejoice and say: At least Atreyu wasn’t on the list!
Please for the love of god make this a joke… this list has almost been my life for the past couple weeks… please don’t make me listen to this album!!!
Really?!
no you never had a life if youre serious
That’s pitiful.
I weep for you
ICP is way better than a job for a cowboy.
Sadly this is true.
hmm a joke perhaps?
In the immortal words of Toki Wartooth, “It’s metal to like clown.”
HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA TOKI FTW!
icp does cocaine. seriously, a lot of cocaine.
I’m speachless and confused
I can’t believe I stopped fightting the lake monster on resident evil 4 for this
I can’t believe I followed this list for weeks just for it to come down to this(nothing against ICP but # 1?!)
metalsucks just sodomised me
This is clearly a joke
Nothing against ICP ???? Huh ?
You have nothing against ICP?
…
I can only hope that this isn’t a joke, just to annoy the retards.
Hahaha
lol you guys are such dicks.
except for Ziltoid. He’s a cunt
Anyone else notice the total points? 420
yeah I noticed, I still can’t stop laughing at it though
I noticed as well.
Man, fuck these wankstas, Brokencyde should have been #1. BC134LYFE, BITCHES!
i remember back during my freshman year of high-school, a whole bunch of slipknot fans decided to go verbally attack icp’s myspace comment board and they(icp) ended up deleting their whole myspace. i don’t know if they have it back up yet and i don’t care.
awsome
Wait, what??? I don’t understand. NOT FUNNY! I feel like I just stepped into a episode of “Sliders;” or, worse, that a rip in the space-time continuum has created a vacuum in which MetalSucks has….
You know what? Nevermind, I’ll stop there. It’s just too easy. Let me just say that, up until this point, I commended you guys for such a valiant effort.
And like Mom and Dad, I love you guys no matter what. Even when you shame me.
Revisited: Why do I feel like I’ve just been had? Like someone’s gonna call “CHUMPS” at any minute?
Sliders was an awesome show.
You mean Sliders, the porn series?
You mean the commercial for those tiny hamburgers from burger king?
halls of illusion > lets go all the way
HAHAHAH, Fucking gold.
ICP = NONE MORE METAL!!!!!!!!
Why am I surprised? Seriously, I should have seen this coming. Great finale.
This post made me laugh WAYY too much at my desk. the joke really is on all the readers
Fuck yeah! Perfect choice. No album or albums have pushed metal further than ICP!!!! Best metal album ever!!!! Black Sabbath who?
o_O
Oh, this is up there with the last Seinfeld. Which is a good thing.
We all know it’s really the new Job For A Cowboy.
Nope, it’s Wrath
They totally accepted the Heavy Music crown from Kottonmouth Kings. The rad torch passed from 90’s to 00’s. Where you at Eminem?! Thought so!
I thought this was best “metal” albums….
This was the first time I actually laughed out loud at this website. Good work boys. You managed to do something truly frunny.
*Funny.
you were right the first time.
I came on here and saw the headline, “#1: Insane Clown Posse, Bizzar/Bizaar” and I immediately had to take a shit. I sat there thinking to myself, “You’ve got to be fucking kidding me, you’ve got to be fucking kidding me, you’ve got to be fucking kidding me” lol
Then I came and read the review and laughed. Clearly this is a joke, if you can’t see that by reading the write up then I really do feel bad for you. Cheers!
lmao
This is too obvious of a joke. You should Dragonforce or Disturbed album instead.
Then we would see some great comment wars going on.
Ooo wa ha ha ha
What? Why are you all looking at me like that? Someone had to do it.
Agreed. Should’ve been Dragonforce. Everyone knows them now thanks to Guitar Hero 3, so it would’ve been a funnier thread.
Yep, Dragonforce would have been better. ICP has way too much universal hate to make this serious, but Dragonforce would be mildly believable due to GH, and thus funnier.
ahhh that was great, i was expecting something like this but ICP hadn’t crossed my mind
Wait a minute….NOW I know why the cut off was April 1st….
why was the cutoff april 1st
*facepalm*
oooh… that one hadn’t even crossed my mind…
genious
After all the time I spent.
I got to 40 and had to work my ass off. Then when I hit 60 I had to do dailies for like 7 hours a day just to get the damn riding skill.
And now you pull this shit!?
I think it’s only fair if those of us who have been with this from the beginning are compensated for our time and effort and for all the nerfs you bastards have done to make this list better for the n00bs.
I CAN HAZ REFUND?!
WHAT?!
L2P Q_Q
nub
OH GOD, I GOT SO PWNED BY YOUR L33TNESS!!!!!!!!!!
You getz 1 interwebz
FOR THE HORDE!
Back in the late 90s I worked security for one of their concerts at a local university. Pretty interesting show. Not that I like them, but the concert was fun, and their fans were intense to say the least.
Somewhere, someone is reading the write-up and is genuinly happier than a pig in shit that his favorite band, ICP, made #1 on MS List of 21 Best Metal Ablbums of the 21st Century . . . So Far
Was the inclusion of the Deftones also a joke? This calls the whole list into question.
I don’t think there was ever a question as to the validity of this list. It’s always been a joke.
Might I point out: Anton “OyVey” – LOL
at least its not Mastodon!! *does dance*
Yeah, it’s a joke, and it’s funny, but this is also an example of truly bad music. Can you all stop ripping on Tool and LoG now?? I mean, I love Maiden, Priest, Death, and Emperor as much as the next guy, but those two bands are great, too. Go listen to fuckin’ Atreyu and then tell me how much LoG suck. Last time I checked, LoG doesn’t use any Blink 182 vocals like atreyu.
Now that’s just fucking funny. Well done, sirs.
Does this one count in the discounted albums sale? I need to order a few thousand copies
Hahaha. Do they even carry ICP?
Of course, it’s right next to the PCP
Surrrrprise…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha….
wow.
Shit the Faygo I was drinking while reading this squirted out of my nose. Well played gentlemen.
lol, great way to end this list
ICP 4ever
re-bookmarked.
win
Not even Dr. Rockzo the rock-n-roll clown is as metal as ICP!!!!!!!!!!
I’m still trying to figure out the link to faygo… I hate faygo.
icp stands for Icky Crab People.
Look like crab…taste like people.
j’adore south park.
Fuck It
#1 should have been Chef Aid!
Uh, guys…..This isn’t a joke.
BOOGEYWOOGEYWOOOGEY!!
Pretty damned funny. Although, it’s good they finally acknowledged that this was a joke. Christ ICP suck some major ass. They only thing worse than ICP are their ass-hat fans.
***that this LIST was a joke.****
okay, what the fuck just happened? this has left me confused in an almost sick manner…
so the hole list is a joke? cause i don’t know this band, brokencyde or any of those others… and i actually like most of the albums on the list…
nooooo, i’m just not metal enough!!
this has to be a fucking joke…
The store selling all the cd’s on the list is so fucking expensive. No wonder people steal music.
Wouldn’t it be great if ICP didn’t know they were being mocked and actually reissued this album with a big fat sticker claiming it recieved huge praises from MetalSucks.
Fucking gay. I used to beat those ‘jiggalos’ the fuck down.
You got me :(
please let it be a jokeoh please let it be a joke
Lame. Everyone knows ICP totally sold out after Riddle Box.
Finally, this list has paid off.
Where is the REAL #1. Come ON!!!
band sucks, label roster sucks, faygo sucks and most of all their moronic fans who actually pay money to willingly hear this god-awful wretchedness suck. I’m saying if someone on here actually tries to legitmately defend them as musical talent, we might have the biggest metalsucks.net hating session of all time. I hope it happens
don’t worry, ICP fans don’t even know that this CD is on the list… and it is a joke, cause the number of points on Ashes was like 247 and this album has 420… 4/20, marijuana? it’s all a big joke and we’ll have our number one tomorrow, hopefully
fuckers.
Even The Great Milenko didn’t see this one coming!
and you just had to rip on Spineshank :(
SHENANIGANS! SHENANIGANS!
masterfully done. lol
Its obviously a joke. Especially obvious when he said influential as chinese democracy.
Now I’m curious if they will post a real #1 tommorow, or if this whole list was a joke from the start. I mean the list sucks, but if the whole list was a joke thats hilarious…especially with all the people posting comments defending the list.
Its pretty sad that I can’t tell if this list is a joke or serious.
im not sure if i should be laugh hysterically or crying in a corner somewhere…
well, it is a good album….but it could be a joke….look at the points it got…”420″ hmm
This has to be a fucking Joke.
Good one Ha Ha lol,
Check yer Twitter. Is is a fucking joke.
Good joke.
That song is actually a cover of a horrible 80s synth-pop song, and it is the only ICP song I can stand, because the video is just ridiculous.
I’m drinking a Squirt right now. I wish my homies in ICP used Squirt instead of Faygo. A nice citrus burst dominates the grapesand strawberry!!!
I just attempted to watch the youtube video link and I have to wonder…”how did they actually convince the extras to appear in this video? Do they put ICP on their resumes and expect bigger things like Madonna?”
Oh please. This is an obvious joke. Anyone who thinks MetalSucks and the panel of voters were being serious in putting this as #1 is an idiot. The real #1 will follow shortly.
I would like to take this opportunity to say that this whole list is a total farce. Most people involved in this list are involved in the mainstream metal industry in some way: bands, labels, etc. All albums mentioned in this list are all pretty much commercialised pieces of crap created to appease the trends currently running at their time of release. There are so many better albums in the underground scene. Why aren’t they being mentioned in this list? Because the list contributors just want to plug their old albums in the same way they did back when the albums first came out. The sole reason mainstream magazines give major label releases such high recognition is because the labels give them shedloads of money to advertise their bands; the magazines and other media depend on this money to stay afloat, they don’t wanna lose it, so they give favourable objective reviews to whatever is being advertised on their pages. The major label money also get these bands onto popular tours and festivals, giving them more exposure in the public light.
Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against the bands themselves, I’m voicing my total disapproval of the industry that supports these bands, and the applicable trends that record companies constantly try to keep in line with. I would much prefer it if the list was filled with albums that deserve their popularity on the band’s musical merit, and not purely because of commercial influence. I have very little reason to believe that the albums listed are here purely on their own qualities – there’s an intent to sell more units.
I don’t hate all records that are plugged by major labels: Amon Amarth are (or were) a solid band that wrote very good material up until their newest album, which was created solely for selling records. I also quite like Goatwhore at the moment. I like both these bands for their musical and songwriting ability alone. My advice is to listen to the music for what it is, and pay no attention to the hype. I can also tolerate people listening to commercial bands, just as long as they don’t start echoing any praise that the magazines have given under the influence of their lifeblood of advertising revenue.
I could go on and on, but I’ll leave it at that for now. I’m tired, I may have accidentally contradicted myself somewhere in this message, but I don’t care, as long as you understand I’m saying. I’ll be repeating this post when (and if) the real #1 album is revealed. Flame me all you want.
it must have taken you at least 22 minutes to write this entire thing, because the real one was posted at 6 pm. fun fun fun
Til his Daddy Takes His T-Bird Away…
the best part is all the comments from people who can reference other ICP cd’s. One time I’m glad I know nothing else about about a band really.
Well played.
what happened to Protest the Hero’s Fortress? I thought it’d be in the top 3, at least?
Agreed!
So Kvlt!
A great pick and considerably heavier than all the albums on the list.
Im glad this was a joke I hate this rapping clown bullshit
realllllllllllllllly milking it
Hahaha… the comments here are classic.
Lol, rap album reaches #1. We all know that it’s really Leviathan
HAHAHA! CLOWNS!!!!!
i just cant believe theres actually people on here that seem to like this clown crap
Even though I hoped Death Magnetic was going to win this is even better.
BORING!!!!!
Dysentary you’re an idiot, follow your own advice and base your opinion on musical merit, not whether a band is commercially successful. You ever think that these voters in the music industry actually do have taste and voted for unique underground albums? But since there are so many great underground albums they didn’t get the sheer number of votes as the more popular ones. I doubt Mastodon got alot of #1 votes (although they are an amazing band) but i bet every voter had them somewhere on their list, hence many points, hence #1. Go talk to some girls and stop worrying about the list
Yup…That’s some funny shit! Unfortunately, we really didn’t need any comic relief considering the list was pretty funny itself.
Anyways, I may not like ICP’s music but Strangle-Mania was the best fucking wrestling video I have ever watched. I cried, I laughed so hard…. “Fucking LamaNamaNumei”
Funny how people actually fell for this!!! I had a good chuckle
unparalleled hilarity.
i actually like these albums, this was the beginning of their decline actually…
Who couldn’t tell when the Deftones were on the list with 2 Kse, 3 LoG, and 2 Mastodon albums withno Trivium, Meshuggah, or even Avenged Sevenfold.
I like ICP but, Best Metal Album? Come On?
slipknot’s self-titled debut was out in ‘99.
i seen them with some lame band titled coal chamber.
represent.
God, I know all the albums till #2 and then,on #1I see something I never heard of.
So I think “Everyone here in Europe is so dumb and stupid and dosn;tknow a thing about modern metal. In the US guys vote #1to insane clone pose and I don’t even know these guys. I am probably F**king retard???”
I had to check the video….
whoop whoop!ICP 4 life its sad u had to make this a joke, its amusing to see how many ppl hate icp! thats great,!haha stupid ppl.
ICP isn’t metal, but ayy yayyy we at the top of the list fam!
Its funny as hell all these people that are calling ICP crap, there music might not be your cup of tea but they sure as hell make more money than anyone commenting on this lol. You gotta show respect to 2 high school drop outs that found a way to become millionaires running around stage doing half assed karaoke and squirting an audience with soda. I do like some of ICP’s music, its funny. But i dont think anyone here can really diss them, there marketing gods. Theres 2 chapters about ICP and psychopathic records you study in college if you go for marketing. None of you are studied in colleges.