His mother briefly marries an abusive man that molests Joe and his older siblings Robert and Theresa.

[1] Joe later meets John and Joey Utsler, and the group's backyard wrestling, musical, and gang activities are chronicled.

[2] Bruce recalls briefly living in Bonnie Doone, North Carolina at the age of 17, and cites the open racism that he witnessed there as a source of the hatred for bigots referenced in future Insane Clown Posse's lyrics.

[4] The book also discusses the beginnings of what would become Insane Clown Posse and the origins of the group's Dark Carnival mythology, and the albums inspired by it.

Wired magazine writer Brian Raftery commented on the candid manner of Bruce's writing, calling the book a "soul-baring memoir filled with unpleasant details.