Dark Lotus, the ultra Psychopathic line up… The story behind Dark Lotus is just as complicated as any other. Back in 1998 when Twiztid signed with Psychopathic Records, the word of a Dark Lotus group emerged. The group was Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, Monoxide Child, and Jamie Madrox. The devastating group was set to release the album “Tales From the Lotus Pod” in late 2000.

In 1999, Insane Clown Posse released their album, The Amazing Jeckel Brothers. Track sixteen was the door-opener for Dark Lotus. The song was “Echo Side” and it was Dark Lotus’s first appearance and single. The next year, a single CD was pressed and released for a day locally in Detroit. This CD single was the same that debuted on the Amazing Jeckel Brothers album.

The word of Dark Lotus grew more and more and the line up fell more into play. There was expected to be six pedals (members) to the lotus. In 2000, Blaze was announced to be the fifth member. The sixth member was yet to be released. In late 2000 or early 2001, Blaze left Psychopathic due to money issues. Esham the Unholy was to replace Blaze on Dark Lotus.

Later in 2001, Blaze came back to Psychopathic and Esham was booted. Some new tracks were created and Anybody Killa was speculated to be the sixth member due to his appearance in the Dark Lotus song “Drunken Ninja Master” which can be found on Twiztid’s Cryptic Collection 2 CD. Most of the recorded tracks were scrapped.

In 2001, ICP kicked off their Bizzar Bizaar Tour with opening act, Marz. Once J heard him, he knew Marz had to be in Dark Lotus. Right then and there, Marz was announced to be the sixth member of Dark Lotus. This was a big surprise to the Juggalos because no one knew who the fuck Marz was. Regardless, they released “Tales From the Lotus Pod” at the 2001 Gathering of the Juggalos.

In 2002, Anybody Killa was signed to Psychopathic Records (finally). Psychopathic said “Let’s revise Tales From the Lotus Pod and put Anybody Killa in instead of Marz.” With this quickness, this was done and released at the 2002 Gathering of the Juggalos. So all in all, the Lotus pedals are Violent J, Shaggy 2 Dope, Monoxide Child, Jamie Madrox, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, and Anybody fuckin’ Killa!