Celebrating his rise from the Australian underground to the thrones of international horrorcore stardom, KidCrusher’s “Back to the KidCrusher” music video styled documentary that he released in October marked the artist’s decade anniversary in the industry.
For the video, which opens with the the year stamp ‘2005,’ KidCrusher remixed his song “A Dirty Fuckin’ Murder,” a song that put him on everyone’s radar when it was included on the 2010 episode “Steel-Eyed Death” of the six-time Golden Globe nominated TV series “Law and Order.”
The original music video for the song, which KidCrusher released back in 2005, garnered nearly 300,000 views on YouTube. Much shorter in length and significantly less blood than what viewers will find in “Back to the KidCrusher,” a comparison of the two videos quickly show just how far the artist has come since he first broke on to the scene over a decade ago.
“Back the the KidCrusher” gives audiences a solid dose of hardcore head banging entertainment that comes across like a well thought out horror film with KidCrusher taking on the role of a blood soaked ring leader guiding his fans on a Juggalo’s dream journey to the dark side.
About the video, which was produced by Strongman Pictures, a company KidCrusher has worked with extensively over the years, the artist explains, “It happened to synchronize with ‘Back To The Future Day’ October 21, 2015. ‘Back to the Future’ is my all-time favorite movie so I wanted to theme a music video towards the film and time travelling back to ‘2005’ when I started KidCrusher to remix my first single ‘A Dirty F**kin Murder.’”
Driving home the “Back to the Future” theme, KidCrusher adds, “We also had a DeLorean in the video and special effects. After the music video features a 30 minute documentary entitled ‘Ten Years Of KidCrusher’ which highlights the albums and moments in my career.”
As for highlights, the internationally recognized artist has had many over the course of his career to date, and “Back to the KidCrusher” does a phenomenal job of taking us through the glistening timeline.
Back in 2008 his song “F**ked Up” was featured on the Tunnel Runners Compilation album, which debuted at number 21 on the Billboard Rap Charts; and in 2013 he was the headliner for the Australian release of EB Games Grand Theft Auto V.
With an astonishing capacity for producing and performing a diverse range of music, each of the 12 albums that KidCrusher has released over the years show a clear progression and his aptitude for the kind of innovation that keeps his audience engaged, no matter where they are in the world. Aside from touring Australia, his home country, with leading artists in the horrorcore genre from other parts of the world including Insane Clown Posse, Tech N9ne, Hed(pe) and Mushroomhead, KidCrusher has become the cornerstone of what it means to be a horrorcore artist in Australia.
Just do a quick Google search of ‘Australian Horrorcore artists’ and you’ll quickly see that 40 percent of the first page that comes up is filled with KidCrusher’s music, videos and references. In fact, his are the ONLY music videos that come up as well– on the first page that is; but, the first page of Google will tell you a lot about who is a fan favorite and who is not, and KidCrusher clearly IS.
Whether you’re one of KidCrusher’s die hard fans or not, it’s an unquestionable fact that the musician is a genius entertainer. His ability to create stories with his music, and take those stories even further with the music videos he creates has definitely set him apart from other musicians.
In addition to the extreme horror and shock factor that unfolds over the first few minutes of “Back to the KidCrusher,” the 40 minute documentary allows audiences to get up close and personal with KidCrusher with a brief Q & A section that reveals information about where the artist got his name, how the juggalo era influenced the persona he created for himself early on in his career, and many more insights into his development as an artist.
One of the coolest parts of the release is the fact that it portraits the dynamic and contrasting nature of KidCrusher as a human, and the outward character we perceive him to be when he takes the stage. The honest answers he gives during the Q & A session peels back the veil in a way that allows us to see beyond all the crazy makeup, special effects and the macabre that is often present in his music.
All in all “Back to the KidCrusher” is not only a well-produced, highly entertaining recap of the artist’s work and accomplishments to date, but it is a rare opportunity for KidCrusher’s fans to get a bit closer to the artist on the human level, and see how he got to where he is today.