Soundcloud (Artists) Playlists. Musical Wisdom. The Origins of Band Names. Insane Clown Posse After moving from the quiet suburb of Oak Park to the mean streets of Detroit, Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler started a rapping street gang with several other wannabee gang members called "Inner City Posse.
" However, minor success in the local music scene made the "gang" the target of violence from Southwest Detroit's very dangerous and very real gangs. Amid concerns for their lives all other members except Bruce and Utsler abandoned the group and Bruce and Utsler abandoned gang life altogether. Wanting a way to keep their former gang's initials they changed the band's name to Insane Clown Posse after Bruce remembered a vague dream about chasing a clown. Spotify. Konserter i Oslo.