About a year passed, and HOK ran upon a man named Walter Stepananko. Walter said
he knew a lot about the recording business. HOK hooked up with him.
Stepananko always complained about how he was never making enough money, and
then said HOK was a "bad investment." Even through all of his bitching,
he continued to finance HOK, and ended up not paying them a fuckin
dime. Also in '95, Jamie released his second (and last) solo LP in the early
Spring under the name Mr. Bones, which was entitled "Sacrifice", which
was put out under Spring on Dead Brain records. HOK also released their
first EP the same year entitled "Outbreed".
In '96, House of Krazees released an LP entitled "Head Trauma" under Latnem
Entertainment. Also this year, the third member of HOK, R.O.C. joined the
Omen tour w/ Insane Clown Posse and convinced them to let HOK perform on the
following tour, which was called "All Up in Yo Face". HOK then released
a greatest hits album entitled "Remix and Rewind" a.k.a. "Collector's
Edition '97". After this release, HOK parted ways.
Mr. Bones and Hektik changed their names to Jamie Madrox and Monoxide Child, and
formed the group Twiztid. They released an album entitled "Mostasteless".
Twiztid then hooked up with Psychopathic Records and Insane
Clown Posse. Alongside with ICP, & Myzery, Twiztid made a guest
appearance on the Psychopathic 1998 Sampler. Juggalos craved the song
entitled "WHATTHEFUCK?" and wanted more of the serial killaz. So
Psychopathic released "Mostasteless" with a less controversial cover. One
year later due to illegal sampling, Twiztid was forced to re-release
Mostasteless in '99 under Psychopathic Records that included new tracks.
They toured with ICP on the Amazing Jeckel Brothers and Wicked Clowns From Outer
Space tours, making juggalos aware of who they were. In late 1999 they
released "Cryptic Collection Volume 1" which was an underground hit.
Much like ICP's "Forgotten Freshness" CC held many rare/cut tracks by the
dynamic duo that was hard to come across.
After being locked away in a studio for a few months, it was time, time for
what? The 1st annual "Gathering of the Juggalos" that's what! Those serial
killaz were hyped as ever could be to perform in front of over 7,000
juggalos. This was one of the biggest steps for Twiztid; they put on
one of their best performances in front of the huge face painted crowd.
By the end of 99', Twiztid was ready to get out of ICP's shadow and become
bigger then they were. With the small venues "Rock The Dead" tour, audiences
grew immensely. With there 2nd release "Freek Show", the group had already
established a name for themselves, with coverage in magazines such as A.P.
and Murder Dog, and their Mockumentory video Born Twiztid: Beyond The Freek
Show. Twiztid's first video "We don't die" was aired on The Box Music
Network.
Twiztid hit the road fall of 2000 in support of their successful album, and the
juggalos rushed on in. Ticket sales for Freek Show tour were more successful
than "Rock The Dead Tour" proving once again that Twiztid can do
it on their own. After six months of touring, Twiztid settled back for a
while releasing another Cryptic Collection Volume this time with a sample of
Dark Lotus. The super group of ICP, Twiztid, Blaze, & Marz (now replaced by
Anybody Killa).
Once again it was that time for the annual "Gathering of the Juggalos". This
time in front of almost 10,000 juggalos. Madrox & Monoxide put on many
autograph sessions, chilled and smoked with juggalos and put on an amazing
performance. Showing how much the juggalos mean to them.
After the gathering was time for an all out psychopathic tour, Hatchet Rising
Tour proved to be a fan favorite, including Twiztid! Twiztid rocked venues
with their fellow homies from Dark Lotus/Psychopathic Records all
over the country. Then the tour ended and those two serial killaz had
vanished.
Many people didn't know what was happening with Twiztid, such samples of a side
project entitled "Black Magic" were speculated to be released. The project
fell through with one song "Wrong With Me" which was released on the
band's website, Twiztid.com. The song was an amazing hit with the juggalos, and
they wanted more. But at the same time, wanted new Twiztid.
So Mono n' Madrox decided to scrape Black Magic and create a new CD. The era of
"Mirror/Mirror" had arrived. Along with the arrival was the goodbye to
Twiztid's bizarre hairstyles, they cut their warlocks off. Many juggalos
couldn't wait for the album to drop so Twiztid went on tour supporting their
upcoming release. Twiztid hit the road for the next several months, giving
out the flavor and giving juggalos what they wanted, the wicked shit! Once
Mirror/Mirror hit shelves, juggalos craved it more. The sound of House of
Krazees and Twiztid had mixed together to make an immediate fan favorite
album.
Twiztid finished up the Mirror/Mirror tour and put on an amazing show at the
annual Gathering of the Juggalos in Peoria IL. Monoxide was missing for a
few weeks so Madrox released a project called "The Purple Show" which is an
online web show. Full of skits, backstage footage, cartoons, horror footage,
and much more. Once Monoxide got back in the game, Sam Haine Witch
Killas were in the house. On Twiztid.com a free mp3 of the classic
"Nosferatu" was released. It was an updated version with a much cleaner
sound than the original version released back in the House of Krazees days.
In January 2003, Twiztid toured with a big name in the rap game Bone Thugs N'
Harmony. The tour was a success to an extent. Problems that occurred were
the fact that Bone Thugs fans and Juggalos just didn't get along and
some people were hurt during the tour. After the tour Twiztid hit the Lotus
Pod studio and locked they away from the world to record the long
awaited "Green Book".
Well, the "Green Book" has been recorded and is set to be released July 1st,
2003 everywhere. A sampler for the album has been posted on Twiztid.com. This is set to be
Twiztid's biggest release. Look for them at this year's Gathering of the
Juggalos as well as their Green Book tour starting on July 31st!
Props to Faygo Luvers for this!