Nights and Days in a Dark Carnival

Craven Rock€s curiosity with the Juggalos (the fan base of the Insane Clown Posse, a white rap duo from Detroit) began when he noticed kids in Seattle painting themselves up as wicked clowns.

For the next few years, Rock delved into Juggalo culture: researching ICP€s music, underground fame, and their philosophies, to help understand what compelled people to identify with ICP with almost religious fervor.

Craven Rock€s research cumulates in attending the Gathering of the Juggalos, and through interviews, inquiry and analysis, Craven Rock offers us his theories on Juggalo attraction, Faygo soda, classism, oil-wrestling, ICP€s marketing strategies, People of Color within the Juggalo Family, horror-core rap, and the underlying religious motivations of the Dark Carnival, as well as many other subjects.

Nights and Days in A Dark Carnival is Craven Rock€s debut full-length book, and is told in the same casual yet explorative way that gained this mid-west taxi-driver turned unconventional punk journalist followers of his long running zine Eaves of Ass.