I was listening to a user run web radio station. I can’t remember exactly, I think it was a channel on IRC. I know I was listening to it on winamp. I heard “My Axe” and fell in love. I understood immediately they didn’t take themselves seriously and were playing a bit
I do not like the blind hate they get. A lot of the music is objectively not good but that wasn’t the point. They had a message that clicked with me. I liked how they spoke out against bigotry and the “richies”; they speak about pastors taking their parishioners money to live the good life. And they hate cops
The biggest message though was inclusion. I think icp resounded with people who had no one else. I’ve wanted to go to a Gathering for a long time because for a long time those were my people
You didn’t ask me, but I’d like to answer.
I’ve unironically loved ICP for 20+ years
I was listening to a user run web radio station. I can’t remember exactly, I think it was a channel on IRC. I know I was listening to it on winamp. I heard “My Axe” and fell in love. I understood immediately they didn’t take themselves seriously and were playing a bit
I do not like the blind hate they get. A lot of the music is objectively not good but that wasn’t the point. They had a message that clicked with me. I liked how they spoke out against bigotry and the “richies”; they speak about pastors taking their parishioners money to live the good life. And they hate cops
The biggest message though was inclusion. I think icp resounded with people who had no one else. I’ve wanted to go to a Gathering for a long time because for a long time those were my people
tldr; I’d go to a gwar show