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Biography

Robert Bruce is a former American rapper, Psychopathic Records don, and Professional wrestling|professional wrestler , and currently works as a paramedic in Detroit, Michigan .

Bruce is most commonly known by his stage name Jumpsteady . He is the older brother of Joseph Bruce|Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse , and has been featured on many of their releases, both directly and indirectly, since his debut on their 1992 album Carnival of Carnage . Jumpsteady released the Extended Play|EP The Chaos Theory , and the LP album|LP Master of the Flying Guillotine (album)|Master of the Flying Guillotine before retiring from rapping in 2006.

Early life

Robert Bruce was the second born of three children. His father, Richard Bruce, stole all the family's money and left when Bruce was young. Rob's mother, Linda, was forced to care for him and his siblings, Joseph Bruce|Joe and Theresa, off the income she made as a janitor. One day as a kid, Rob and his brother caught a butterfly , and both were fascinated by the vibrant colors and overall peacefulness of the creature. They kept the butterfly in a jar overnight, and intended to free it the following morning. When they awoke, the brothers found the butterfly had died, and felt as if they had committed a murder. The brothers made a vow that "one day, will make it to heaven, so that can apologize to that Butterfly face-to-face." On every Insane Clown Posse album and EP it reads "Dedicated to the Butterfly" because of this vow. Bruce received all of his clothes from rummage sales, and his food from canned food drives held at his very own school.

When he became of age, Bruce signed up to join the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Bragg (North Carolina)|Fort Bragg . At home, Rob's brother Joe had started a gang known as Inner City Posse . Rob sent him Army-issued tear gas for the gang to use. After a rival gang attacked his mother's house, Joe fled to Bonnie Doone, North Carolina , a trailer park town just outside of Fort Bragg. It was there that both Rob and his brother witnessed the open racism which would later emerge as the hate for Bigotry|bigots referenced in their lyrics. Rob went on to fight in the Gulf War as part of the 1st Corps Support Command , better known as COSCOM. Upon returning home, Rob became very vocal against the actions which the government had taken in Gulf_War#Air_campaign|Desert Storm .

Psychopathic Records

Psychopathic Records Don

Rob's brother formed a rap group, then known as Inner City Posse , in 1990. As the group began recording music, they sent their tracks to Rob, who was stationed in Saudi Arabia at the time. Upon hearing the music, Rob recommended that the group hire his friend and record store owner Alex Abbiss as their manager. Following a meeting with the group, Abbiss established the Psychopathic Records record label with them in 1991.

After returning home, Rob began working behind the scenes at Psychopathic Records. In 2000, he was largely responsible for planning and putting together the first annual Gathering of the Juggalos . He continued to help organize the event every year until he left the label.

On September 11, 2000, Rob, N-Cubed, and Tall Jess formed the organization Dark Carnival Games, L.L.C. Under the organization, the three created and released the game "Morton's List: The End to Boredom" on July 13, 2001. Through the game, players are sent on "360 unique, real-life Quests that can be taken as far the player's are morally comfortable. At its simplest, it is an hour of totally random entertainment." Examples of quests include playing old childhood games, finding an old friend, trespassing, petty theft, and stealing a roommate’s clothing while they are in the shower.

In 2004, Rob wrote and created the Pendulum's Promise Roleplaying Game, which uses the D20 system . It is based on an earlier version played at the first two Gathering of the Juggalos events. The storyline revolves around Insane Clown Posse's comic book series The Pendulum , as well as ideas from the Dark Carnival (Insane Clown Posse)|Dark Carnival .

Rob also helped to create the board game "The Quest for Shangri-La", based on Insane Clown Posse's album The Wraith: Shangri-La . Released on February 16, 2007, the game pits 2-6 players against each other as they journey "through Detroit , the Nethervoid, and the Dark Carnival ... on an epic Quest to cross The Bridge to Shangri-La." The game features 36 playable characters, all based on Psychopathic Records artists and album, and ends in one of ten different scenarios. Shortly after the release, Rob quietly walked away from Psychopathic Records.

Musical career

Solo (1992-2006)

Bruce was included in Insane Clown Posse 's debut album Carnival of Carnage in 1992. Taking the name Jumpsteady, he performed on the final track "Taste". He rapped about political and economical problems he had experienced first hand, such as the government's lack of consideration of the problems facing the ghetto, and their actions taken during Desert Storm. Soon after his appearance on the duo's next studio album Ringmaster (album)|Ringmaster , Jumpsteady took a leave from rapping.

In 1996 an ad for his debut Extended Play|EP The Chaos Theory was featured in Insane Clown Posse's EP Tunnel of Love (EP)|Tunnel of Love . After another long absence, Jumpsteady released the EP on July 23, 2002 at that year's Gathering of the Juggalos. He went on to do several dates in 2002 with Insane Clown Posse on their "Diamonds Raining Pre Tour," with original interchangeable hype-men Tom Dub and PsychoPatrick. In 2003, Jumpsteady called on long-time friend and Gathering of the Juggalos co-worker Delusional to become his hype-man and their first shows took place on Esham 's "Acid Rain" tour. That same year, Jumpsteady and Delusional took the stage and performed Jumpsteady's first full set at the Gathering of the Juggalos 2003. Jumpsteady and Delusional performed many spot dates and every Gathering of the Juggalos from 2003 to 2006.

He released his debut full length album Master of the Flying Guillotine (album)|Master of the Flying Guillotine on February 22, 2005 which featured his brother Violent J, brother-in-law Myzery, and hype-man Delusional. That spring, Jumpsteady took part in the "Psychopathic All-Stars Tour" with Lavel and Delusional as his hype-men. His last performance occurred at the 2006 Gathering of the Juggalos. He later announced that he would be retiring from rapping and resigned as vice president of Psychopathic Records to pursue a life-long personal dream of becoming a paramedic.

Golden Goldies (1995)

Golden Goldies was a comical group whose lyrics focused solely on gold . The group consisted of Psychopathic Record's employees and friends; Joseph Bruce (Golden Jelly), Joseph Utsler (Gold D), Robert Bruce (Golden Gram), Billy Bill (Gold Double B), Alex Abbiss (Gold Rocks), Mike E. Clark (Gold Digger), Rich Murrell (Golden Warrior), Frank G (Golden Frank), Keith (Gold Teeth), Josh (Rold Gold), Kelly Eubanks (Gold Spud), Fink the East Side G (Golden Toby), and Matt Mackalantie (Gold Spakalantie). Their only LP, ''Gimme Them Fuckin' Nuggets Bitch, Or I'll Punch Your Fuckin' Face'', was recorded in 1995 in a span of one week, and was not publicly released. Golden Goldies was a project put together by Insane Clown Posse for entertainment purposes only. To add more humor to the album, each artist was given only five minutes to write their verses, and had only one take to record them, which resulted in some artists messing up their lines, and lyrics containing "some very strange things." The group held only one live performance, which occurred at the gold record certification party for Insane Clown Posse's Riddle Box .

Wrestling career

Origin

Evil Dead's gimmick originally appeared as an on-stage extra to Insane Clown Posse concerts. Dressed as a decaying zombie, he would stumble around in the background while Insane Clown Posse performed. Several times during the show he would fall down dead on the stage, including off speaker stacks, off stage props, and off the stage itself. The gimmick eventually became popular enough that he was asked to wrestle in JCW. While wrestling, Evil Dead makes minimal movements, but, because he is dead, he also doesn't feel pain.

Juggalo Championshit Wrestling (1999-2005)

Evil Dead made his professional wrestling debut at Juggalo Championship Wrestling|Juggalo Championshit Wrestling's first show on December 19, 1999. He was managed by Insane Clown Posse, and fought his first match against Red Neck Devil Without a Cause. Later that night Evil Dead won a Battle royal (professional wrestling)|Battle Royal to become the first JCW Heavyweight Championship . Both matches were released on Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 1 in 2000. He was later featured on Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 2 , released in 2001, for his match with Insane Clown Posse against the Rainbow Coalition.

In 2003, Bruce made a one time appearance as The Masked Negotiator, Manager (professional wrestling)|managing Jim Harris (wrestler)|Kamala in his match against Tom Dubb. The match was featured on Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 3 . Bruce continued to wrestle as Evil Dead, competing every year for JCW at the Gathering of the Juggalos , until he retired in 2005.

Retirement

Since his retirement as a rapper, Bruce has also retired the Evil Dead character. But he had never said that a return would be impossible. As stated by JCW:
"Evil Dead's last JCW appearance was at the Gathering 2005 during the JCW vs TNA 3 Day War He hasn't been seen or heard from since, but never count Evil Dead out, just respect that he's dead. So it's only natural that he spends a lot of time just chillin' at his home in the Napp Cemetery." http://juggalowrestling.com/iframe.php? page_id=fmq_06

In wrestling

Finishing moves

* DDT (professional wrestling)#Implant DDT|Implant DDT

Manager (professional wrestling)|Managers

* As Evil Dead

** Insane Clown Posse

Wrestlers Manager (professional wrestling)|managed

* As The Masked Negotiator

** Jim Harris (wrestler)|Kamala

Music in professional wrestling|Theme Music

*" Ringmaster (album)#Track listing|The Dead One " by Insane Clown Posse (JCW)

Championships and accomplishments

Juggalo Championship Wrestling

* JCW Heavyweight Championship ( JCW Heavyweight Championship#Title history|1 time )

Personal life

Rob has a daughter named Samantha. She has made two songs: "Sammy Song" (from Chaos Theory ) and "Battlefield" ( from Master of the Flying Guillotine ), and has also been featured on the hidden track on Insane Clown Posse 's Forgotten Freshness Vol. 3 album. At the 2003 Gathering of the Juggalos, Bruce brought his daughter onstage to perform "Sammy Song" with him. Bruce is a playable character in Eidos Interactive 's video game Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home as Evil Dead.

According to his brother, Rob currently works as a paramedic in Detroit and is fully retired from music.

Discography

Solo

The Chaos Theory (EP, 2002)

Master of the Flying Guillotine (album)|Master of the Flying Guillotine (LP, 2005)

With Golden Goldies

''Gimme Them Fuckin' Nuggets Bitch, Or I'll Punch Your Fuckin' Face (1995)

Appearances on albums by other artists

Insane Clown Posse : Carnival of Carnage (1992)

Insane Clown Posse : Ringmaster (album)|Ringmaster (1994)

Joseph Bruce|Violent J : Wizard of the Hood (2003)

Insane Clown Posse : The Wraith: Shangri-La (2002)

Delusional: The Preparation (2006)

Durty White Boyz: Unoriginal & Lyrically Offensive: The Mixtape - Hosted by Paul Methric|Monoxide of Twiztid (2008)

Appearances on albums by multiple artists

Forgotten Freshness Volume 3 (2001)

Hatchet History: Ten Years of Terror (2002)

Psychopathics from Outer Space 2 (2003)

Written Works

''Morton's List: The End to Boredom (2001) with Nathan Andren and R. Jesse Deneaux

''Pendulum's Promise: A Roleplaying Game for Juggalos (2003)

The Quest For Shangri-La" A Boardgame (2007)

Filmography

Big Money Hustlas (2000) - Hack Benjamin/Preacherman/Multiple Background Characters

Big Money Rustlas (2010) - Hack Benjamin

Copyright Citations

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