A night when Band Kids beat up the Jocks! Crossmen 1984 (true story)

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[@bennettrobinson6201]

Imagine picking a fight with 100+ adrenaline jacked teens

[@ComradeXs]

with drumsticks and the ability to repetitively do ping shots in your ear...scary

[@bennettrobinson6201]

@@ComradeXs YIKES

[@artjock47]

I was in the Crossmen 1984 tenor line - this absolutely happened. Good times....

[@Allison_Chaynes]

I love it. Hahaha!

[@dick7powell]

I marched with Skee (bass) and Curtis (snare) in high school (Virginia Beach) and later with Lee in San Francisco Renegades. Heard the story right after 84 tour and decades later from Lee, lol.

[@MortonLuvz2drum]

I grew up in the 80's. So glad to have heard this story. Imagine the disgrace those jocks had keeping that one quiet.

[@mesirpez]

The guy who got me into drum corps marched mello that season. sounded like a wild day.

[@Rich_Larr]

I guess y’all beat their BONES 💀👀

[@tkvids1377]

Also in 1990 the Crossmen got bullied by some locals and the guys found out the hard way that most of Crossmen were inner city Philly kids :)

[@dmark2639]

Yep...I was there. Didn't end well for the "townies". We protected our family.

[@tkvids1377]

@@dmark2639 2001 alum :)

[@dmark2639]

@@tkvids1377 Good to meet you. I'm glad to hear that the Bones history is still alive and being passed down to future members. I marched Crossmen 1987 thru 1992.

[@quindumouchelle233]

@@dmark2639 I honestly didn’t know how much rich history the Crossmen had. I’m so glad I am apart of this family now after marching Euph for this past season. Go Bones!

[@themadkraken1912]

Honestly, never had this problem either. Our school’s football team is really chill and brought us gatorade after rehearsal one time :)

[@rishibaru2856]

Oh wow that’s dope

[@thezencaliff8891]

Same our football team thanked our band for helping them win the state championships in 2019

[@ThisisTechie]

Lucky. My high school football team at the time don’t like the band at all expect for a few peeps that were both in the football team and band at the same time that were non-varsity.

[@averybondeson3322]

When I was in high school our football team became extremely supportive of our band over the 4 years i was there

[@NikoFrederiko.]

Bandos were way rowdier and wild anyways

[@dmark2639]

In 1990 Crossmen, we were on tour and staying at Washington Twp NJ. I was a member of the pit and one night we found some local "townies" in our equipment truck, trying to steal our gear. Needless to say, they were quickly captured and corralled outside the truck, and the entire corps surrounded the perps. The corps director was called into the circle and he explained to the locals that they had 2 choices: we could call the police, or "let the corps handle it". Of course, they immediately said "no police"! The corps director just shook his head and said, "wrong choice", and walked away....the circle rapidly closed in and you can guess the rest....

[@EMCproductions]

I grew up in Washington Twp! I can confirm that I was not one of those townies (I was just 1 year old in 1990).

[@Que934]

The director:BRING ME THEIR SOULS

[@icsa]

@@EMCproductions Right next door to Westwood?

[@TsuruchiBrian]

We had a similar feud but with the cheerleaders. We got our revenge by changing the songs they would dance to to 15/16.

[@metalraccoon2259]

Perfect xD

[@ginger_alpha9430]

Peak of subtle cruelty

[@elansleazebaganno]

How did high schoolers know how to play 15/16

[@TsuruchiBrian]

@@elansleazebaganno It's not actually that hard. You are already splitting 4/4 into 4 beats of 4. You just split it into 4-4-4-3 instead. Most high school drumlines today are probably even way more talented than we were back then(1997), from what I've seen on youtube.

[@gaberobison680]

Once a year we would play our fight song at triple speed as a joke with the cheer/dance team

[@CrabSmokingACigarette]

Luckily my old high school resides in an area where marching band is taken pretty seriously and we get treated pretty well. The football team captains came out during our summer rehearsals to give a speech about how they appreciate our support during the season. Our cheerleaders and dance team even took the time out of their lives on a Saturday, making an hour long trip to support us at a marching competition. Hell, one of my buds was even dating a varsity cheerleader my senior year.

[@normotoryjazz6446]

Same here, we have a band kid who is in football and a lot of us are friends with the football team so we actually get asked to go to the game and we don't have to ask to go to the game.

[@EdHarrell1]

We, the 1990 Boston Crusaders, had an encounter with some local jocks when I marched. The local police were called and proceeded to make fun of the football players for getting beat up by the ‘band.’ It was awesome.

[@craigmoyer8552]

Proud 84 Crossmen member!!!

[@furnoproductions1314]

is this true?

[@artjock47]

@@furnoproductions1314 Yes....absolutely. I was there.

[@furnoproductions1314]

@@artjock47 😂😂 that's hilarious

[@trap4dafu2k0fit]

I was there. Back in the day, when a well framed coresman could lift one of those smaller import cars on jackstands without a carjack. Used to call it a Star of Indiana oil change, lifting all day, everyday, even a chevy or two. All on the side of some highway, right outside of Indianapolis. Star 90-93, recent and new timers couldn't comprehend it. Modern equivalent? I guess it would be them twisting the cap off the ol coke zero on the first try.

[@jonshannon7096]

Hey Craig! This is hilarious retelling!

[@t.lidard1868]

6’5” 250 power lifter who marched 4th and 5th Bass many years...some of us band dorks don’t fit the stereotype!

[@johns3106]

Yep…at my high school (35 years ago) all of us over 6’4” were in band…and we were by no means shrinking violets!

[@jackthecommenter2768]

@@johns3106 dang I’m only 5’7 😔

[@jjoyce73]

Crossmen didn't eff around back then. In HS (Ridley 88-91) my drill instructor had marched Crossmen, but probably before 84. I can totally see him doing something like this, though. He yelled and screamed at us, but he was funny so we all liked him.

[@scottcampbell4573]

I went to the same high school at that time as well. Chuck was cool, as were the rest of the staff. I marched Crossmen in 1988 and 1991 and heard many stories and saw some unfold in front of me.

[@theredhun]

I miss the freedom of the '80's. No cell phone cameras, no social media, teachers looked the other way if you were bullied and decided to "stand up for yourself".

[@tikala1]

In 2019, my corps was in New Jersey for the MetLife event. As our members were loading onto the busses, a group of middle schoolers began congregating in the parking lot. A minute or two later, a couple of them started throwing hands at each other and our bus driver, the corps director, and the local police had to intervene. I won’t say it got the perc bus hyped but it was definitely one way to start a performance day.

[@cadenmerritt6785]

Hey Eric I’m leaving for bootcamp on June 13th 2022. I’ll be in one of the marine corps bands as a percussionist and I hope to meet you one day. Until then thank you for the entertainment.

[@YourBestPalCal]

Good morning! Tales Of A Drumline is a fantastic read! His book about the San Francisco Renegades was great too

[@uvn6210]

Our football team despises our band because of our competitive success when their best season was 2 games won. I remember a football player going on a rant about how marching band is worthless and the fact we ‘only got 10th at state’ proved it. When one of them found out we were talking about how they hadn’t won anything (because of said event) they tried to all enter the band hall and one of them tried to pick a fight with our band director. Our school’s football team is to be frank a bunch of assholes.

[@chestypuller4591]

I marched Crossmen snareline 81-85 and was center snare and drum captain in 84 and 85. Check out the video. I'm the cat 5 in from the left with the white wrist bands. Yes, we did get into more than a few scuffles with the local trash in the cities we toured but this account is highly embellished. Basically a group of jack asses decided to start some crap with us by throwing some bottles and harassing the group etc. We pretty much poured out of the busses and chased them down. They were outnumbered and the scuffle didn't last long. Everyone on "Herbie", which was mostly the drumline bus and a handful of horn cats was armed with something stashed under the seat. Knives, bats, my brother had an ice pick. It was never wise to screw with the corps. As another commenter stated, many of us were from around the Philly area and we all had each others backs. That same year, I recall an incident where I went back to the bus along with my fiancé' at the time to get something off of the bus. We start hearing the cat calls and the local bullshit. Within a minute I noticed a growing number my drumline brethren lurking in the shadows to take action if necessary. Skeeter, Curtis, Andy, Frank, Walter and many of my buds. Awesome to know that they were there. "Randall" artjock 47 who are you brother?

[@Themafiacheesenate]

So glad we had people who did band and football and actually stood up when the band kids got picked on

[@motherfrickncactus9331]

I’m starting band rehearsals tomorrow… such a nice story to inspire me lol…

[@paulmazierski5945]

Proud member of the '84 Crossmen snare line....my age out year. In fact, I marched right next to Lee (I'm 3rd snare in from the left)....Lee is 2nd in from left. Young line, real fun year. Your feature literally has the final seconds of my DCI career...end of show - check out monster head bobbing from 3rd snares in....me. :)

[@JamesThatcher]

Ahhhh. Back in the days when you could get away with things, and DCI corporate never found out

[@just__dave]

The good ol days.

[@keithbarnes9419]

Yes like the Kiltie Canoe Caper, the Anaheim Kingsman's watermelon heist and just about everyday with the 78 Bridgemen.

[@lbrowning4483]

Our football team sees most of us as equals and we respect each other’s activities

[@frederickdavis4208]

The 84 crossmen were a wild crew

[@artjock47]

We were... :)

[@samsignorelli]

@@artjock47 Damn good show, tho. Except for Whitewater, prelims and finals, and 2 regular season shows (Garfield and Landsdale), Xmen and BD were never at the same show, so I never got to see you until the broadcast. LOVED the closer....stole it for the student corps when i was in USAF tech school. Still one of my faves.

[@jonshannon7096]

I also marched that year and agreed out and this is a true story. Dave Reirden was the baritone player that got punched. After he got hit and we realized what happened our bus ( BOHICA) emptied out as fast as we could. Next thing you know there’s a bunch of jocks got separated and were all being chased down by small packs of Crossmen. Divide and conquer! Still to this day, the question remains… How a dozen jocks thought taking on 128 corps people was a good idea. 😂😂😂😂 I’ll never know.

[@prayedupon]

The fact they all got out on both busses just makes me proud and it's so funny to think about.

[@nathanieloxford6288]

I like that the drum major's uniform looked like Evel Knievel's costume

[@somericanguy]

Super proud Crossmen alumni here 👍🏻

[@voiceofreason9238]

Russlan and Ludmilla! I was at that show in Parkersburg, West Virginia. Crossmen were fantastic and of course the Garfield Cadets championship winning show West Side Story brought the house down. I had never heard the story you just told, wonderfully I might add. Back in those days you waited for the newspaper Drum Corps World to get delivered two weeks after the show. I don't remember reading about this incident. Not surprising though, Parkersburg was not exactly the drum corps capital of the world and I just never heard about it, until now. Great shows though and a good year for DCI. Thanks for reviving the memories.

[@quindumouchelle233]

This makes me feel so glad to be a Crossmen

[@chuckjenkins9544]

Yeah we don’t really have this problem at my school. Mostly everybody in the band has friends on the football team. We’re actually good this year, and the cheerleaders are coming up to us saying that we sound amazing.

[@ChristianSilipo]

Both football and basketball teams of my school where extremely supportive of the band. The entire basketball team even went to the end of the year concert and were really respective. But other schools on the other hand were not so friendly. We were warming up ready to take the field at another school and some foul hooligans would throw full Gatorade bottles and then run off and one girl even got hit by a bottle and was pretty badly hurt.

[@Elvis-Pelvis03]

Having lived in Parkersburg for half of my life, it’s really cool to hear about this in my own town lmao

[@Chickboom34]

Marched in 1984 Bridgemen. Boy, got a couple stories about dealing with football teams while on tour.

[@keithbarnes9419]

I know the Giles Brothers took care of business.

[@viawilderness]

😂 I've heard urban legends about Bridgemen from our old band director. Sounded rough!

[@johns3106]

I used to work with a guy who had marched Boston Crusaders in the ‘60’s and early ‘70’s. He always said, “It was different then…we were like a street gang! We’d get in fights all the time,”

[@amg0534]

I haven’t experienced something like that but during concert season we stop at a road that has a target we go in there to get snacks when I got back onto the bus one of my friends told me they Connected one of the speakers to their phone and they started playing “noises” the manager just started running towards the speakers but they left. they almost got caught

[@oldschooldrumcorps]

I marched In the New York Lancers, a corps based in the south Bronx In New York City. We experienced a similar situation in Elizabeth, NJ in 1976, except it was a motorcycle gang of grown ass men trying to fight a bunch of teenage drum corps kids during our rehearsal.Luckily, the staff was able to get the police out to chase them off before any one got hurt, because we were not backing down, which probably pissed them off more, we were ready to throw down (even the guard grabbed flag poles and rifles) they didn’t know we’re a bunch of kids from the Bronx, some of us were former gang members who were ready to go for it.

[@Hillbilly-mgjwv]

Honestly, growing up a band kid in WV in the early 90’s, we became kinda numb to people throwing things at our bus. Certain towns were notorious for going after the away school’s buses, no matter the occupants. Small towns were pretty boring, and still are, but especially before the internet.

[@voiceofreason9238]

Ahem. Charleston. :)

[@kevinstone9638]

I went to Dupont and we had that problem at East Bank and Charleston. We never had an issue like that in 93 Bluecoats but we did run longer than the football team did at finals that morning. When they quit we kept running another 4 laps

[@actionhero27]

Ask 1983 Boston Crusaders how they faired with the locals in Miami.

[@1968jafo1]

While in the Marauders tenor line someone called the cops on us for a noise complaint. We ignored the first cop so 5 cop cars come as back up. Then in some small NY town locals started throwing rocks at us and 1 cop car shows up and 5 cops pile out of it. Can't make the stuff up

[@normotoryjazz6446]

The wildest story I have is a few weeks ago my high school marching band was at a after game meeting and we were all facing west and saw this huge double flash of blue light, within probably a millisecond all the lights in the stadium went out and emergency power was turned on and we heard a voice say that the local transformer went out. We were not able to go up the stairs with our instruments in the dark so we had to wait around an hour for the lights to come back on, this had happened a week before except instead of a power outage my band literally summoned the rain, (we won that competition) and then I have so many more stories similar just in my sophomore year of high school but of course it would take an hour to explain that stuff.

[@marchingartsmarketplace8114]

EMC your story editing and video making is on par with your legendary drum skills. King among Kings.

[@theTenorDrummer]

Hilarious story! And hey, I used that Mustang crashing clip in my "World Doesn't Care you Marched DCI" video. I know you're watching my stuff, EMC!!!

[@RedDogMamaHD]

This comment made me check out your channel! Watched your stick flip video, and subscribed!

[@theTenorDrummer]

@@RedDogMamaHD awesome, I appreciate it!

[@grinsler6055]

I am proud to be auditioning for the Crossmen next year

[@Oridux]

That must have been a fun season

[@artjock47]

It was a hoot....!

[@kenz2801]

Eric needs to be an anchorman. Well researched and engaging

[@samsignorelli]

6:09....you wound me, EMC (trust me, those top 2 scores are burned in my brain!)

[@jonshannon7096]

It’s Sam!

[@samsignorelli]

@@jonshannon7096 Do you REALLY think I wouldn't comment where 1984 is concerned....even if it didn't involve BD??

[@HE360]

Yes, messing with Drum Corps or Marching Band groups is a good way to get jumped!

[@Rich_Larr]

Back in the 00’s when I was in HS, we were BOA GN finalists while our football team was…well…lucky to win a game or two each season. However, these were really great guys and I was friends with a number of them. Since band and football had the exact same schedule, we had all the same classes together. Each year, there was always a Saturday football game or two that fell on a BOA Regional or some other marching contest. The football players always hated these games cuz no one would show up and of course there was no band to keep the morale up. So they would let us know this in class on Monday. Or if it was a Friday before said games, they would all be bummed out about the next days game 😕

[@waddles6139]

My school treats our marching band so nicely. Everyone shuts up when we start playing and the football team respects us.

[@anthonyapuzzo6131]

My schools football team straight up said that people don’t go to the games for football anymore but to see us and that we’re dope. -Edit: Although the football team staff was mean to our band directors frequently though.

[@RedDogMamaHD]

Decided to purchase and download: Lee Rudnicki’s Book "Tale of a Drum Line. Will probably start reading it after The Commandant's Own performance this evening at DCI Celebration!

[@Allison_Chaynes]

It's a great read. That was a crazy year.

[@middleschooler5428]

@emcproductions 6th grade year and I’m the first one to audition at this point my stand had broken so I’m freaking out crying and had had only two lessons on the music (this was all-city) and I end up missing last chair by three chairs. And then after that I get taken out to eat but I can’t so once we leave I throw up and say “I’m hungry now”

[@middleschooler5428]

@EMCprouctions

[@viawilderness]

...this kind of thing happens more often than I thought 😂. Seems like there's endless stories being unearthed from the rowdy earlier corps. Bridgemen seemed like they could've been a biker gang LOL

[@rcompton2112]

I marched Crusaders in the 80's - A couple years before I joined, the corps had a reputation of being scrappy, including an incident in Miami... Bridgemen also had a bit of a reputation... Don't think modern DCI is anything like that....

[@megafonzie5541]

I marched drum corps in Chicagoland from early to mid 80's. Some of the guys I marched with and was taught by were little more than gang members. A couple of times we were staying in some little towns, the townies would mess with us. Found out quick that we weren't typical bandos. Stuff like that happened more frequently in the 70's and 80's.

[@nickmcconnaughey6573]

Old school Crossmen? Checks out.

[@xdanulicious4275]

has anyone else heard of the tale of the 2 ticks? the story goes as 2 members of a corps who were apparently from the uk. they were so bad tht one night a bunch of corps members got together and allegedly beat them. and the method they used was similar to how you fill a sock with peanut butter, except the sock was filled with mouthpieces…and from then on the 2 ticks got better, at least thts how the story goes. don’t remember if it was my fellow members who told me or if it was one of the brass staff, but i just remember hearing about it when i marched Golden Empire 2018. p.s. tht year was the first time our corps got to go to Indie and participate in open class finals and go to lucas oil. it was so cool to watch all the other corps. one of my favorites was Mandarins, which they got into the top 12 tht year and got 10th.

[@EMCproductions]

I need to know more about this story lol

[@samsignorelli]

@@EMCproductions He's referring to 89 SCV. 2 overage members -- with papers good enough to fool everyone -- a snare and a French horn. The girlfriend of one of them dropped dime and Gail found out....and was PISSED. The rest of the members never got their hands on them. Gail called them over during a lunch break, said he knew, and suggested they leave before the rest of the corps found out. Unfortunately, this was VERY late in the season -- might've even been finals week -- so there was no time to deal with the many spacing issues the sudden holes caused...which is why you see the snares doing bumper cars during "Masquerade." They weren't DQed because it was clear there was no duplicity on SCV's part -- they were unaware the docs were faked -- unlike earlier DQs for overage members.

[@ferretyluv]

…how do you fill a sock with peanut butter?

[@karenmariesmith3395]

Okay short story, our marching band was better than our Drum Corps, it was a very small drum corps my brother is actually March Crosman Drumline in 83, that aside, when I was in band I was in the rifle line up front near where the football team was getting ready to come on after the halftime break was over and I was still performing of course and I told the football player not to come near me without your helmet cuz I was throwing a toss and he didn't listen and got in between me and my toss and I just simply let it land on his head and the coach was all mad at me and I said well I warned him from then on we got a little more respect from the football team

[@lucaslee6999]

I’ve seen a schools football team show up to BOA since their band went to and did pep band for all their games so I guess times change.

[@craytonbuchanan]

I never had issues with the football team. Shoot, I was good friends with the quarterback and he now plays for West Point!

[@SeanLaMontagne]

A modern day FB coach would kick their teams ass if they caught them doing that. I think that also impacted FB team to Band relations in the modern age

[@clayjohnson3736]

Maybe you can tell the story as to the UNT incident back in the 90's. I have no idea wtf happened but most UNT drummers I know are basically almost sworn to secrecy... Keep up the video.

[@Allison_Chaynes]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@clayjohnson3736]

@@Allison_Chaynes nope, spill it.

[@Allison_Chaynes]

@@clayjohnson3736 Some things are meant to fade away, no? Hence the word "sworn." 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@youngson6005]

I played football and also in the drumline in high school 89-93. It goes both ways, but it usually starts with band kids telling everyone how dumb the jocks are, which makes the jocks bully the band kids.

[@squillz8310]

My sophomore year of high school, 2016, Music City stayed at our high school for spring training. (It was also our band camp, so we shared the school) But one night, the football team had finished up practice really late, like 11pm to 12am. They storm into the school, rush the halls and bang on classroom doors and yell really loudly to wake up the members. They're all asleep after a 12 hour day of rehearsal and they're getting woken up by a bunch of shitheads who never win any games. That pisses me off. They were all resting and asleep. Til they're rudely awoken by the football team.

[@robertfollett9136]

We had a few incedences with Boston, including the 1976 high school Superbowl that was filmed by local news channel

[@CBG2895]

I was always told that people go to football games just to see the band perform and then leave after halftime. (atleast thats how it was growing up in my town with a 6A band)

[@shift3071]

I play basket and percussion at the same time and thankfully there is no bullying.

[@Drummerboy_marc]

Need more band kid stories

[@dwaterson21]

I had a high school football game with our number one rival, my senior year, the day before out biggest show, around four days after one of our most beloved band parents (who was also the local Scouts troop leader) died tragically from a heart attack behind the wheel. We are practically high on adrenaline, grief, piss, and vinegar, when, to make things worse, the opposing team's fans (adults AND their kids) start throwing trash and bottles at us. Let's just say, after that, the band directors had to just let us go. I'm surprised no one was killed that night, seriously. And I was in suburban Ohio.

[@cristianortiz708]

Imagine if spirit of atlanta was also at the scene. Those jocks would have been killed!

[@project6productions924]

o know this is gonna sound cheesy but im legit cryin

[@cullenmitvalsky1516]

big BOOT energy 🙏🏻

[@monkeyfootracing645]

We had another one in '86 i think. 2 guys tried to steal our cart and it had some of the girls purses. Within seconds we were chasing them down. Ended up ar the railroad tracks just me and them. I warned them.I had backup and it was in their best interest to return with me. They chose not to. Suddenly Crossmen were everywhere and we drug them back to the busses. They definantly didnt feel so good after that. THEN thay came back and were hanging out in the fully boxed in chainlink basketball area. They ended up locked in there for hours with the cops laughing at them.as we left. They claimed to be "martial artists and in a gang". Needless to say a few of theit bones were broken,but BONES DID WHAT WE DO DONT MESS WITH BONES!!! Or the colorguard in Alllentown !! Rat.

[@Allison_Chaynes]

Your editing skills are nice, Mr Carr.

[@puppet0]

Well sadly a few years ago I'm pretty sure a band kid got beat up by a football player for no reason...... I wasn't there but I've seen things saying random things online about a fight...

[@sporluck]

Never F with the Low Brass, old school drum corps.

[@gabecordrey6835]

Drummers and brass players are the most dangerous in the band b/c mouthpieces in a sock are a amazing weapon and drum sticks can stab better than ever

[@myguyrdb]

For some reason buses are always breaking down for my band We've been at highway rest stops past midnight with a broken bus multiple times

[@jeremyquiros5483]

The Crossmen live in a society

[@jackballslayer8384]

We have a similar story with that. I remember when we are on a parade and playing our instrument then suddenly a riot came out and we got involved. We're really pissed because we weren't doing anything wrong and then some random dude hit our member. Brass member starting to punch and we drumline starting to hit them with our Carriers. Good shits

[@matthewrios2734]

dude the carriers😳😂😂 the back of the sticks hurt like a bitch right on the top of the head at fast velocity, but the damn carriers😂😂

[@jackballslayer8384]

@@matthewrios2734 in my country, we don't care whether who we will face against or what weapon we will use. As long as we defend each other. But because of the incident, our band director got mad and we got suspended for 2 weeks hahahaha

[@matthewrios2734]

@@jackballslayer8384 fack lmao

[@etheman80]

Nice I’m from Parkersburg 2:16

[@larperator556]

Marched HS drumline 02’-05’. Don’t think any of us bandies really ever got picked on (minus the one guy who marched flute. Does that even really count tho….?). However, there was this one jock that would always randomly drive by during our Tuesday and Thursday night practices yelling all hysterically and screaming things like, “whooohoo, get em band!!!” I think it was partially to make fun of us but was too dang funny to be upset about. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@awildjared1396]

honestly I hope annoying jocks are never something I have to deal with, because whenever people my age see me it goes 1 of 2 ways: 1. they're chill and accept me for who I am, but also probably freaked out wondering how I got to be so tall, or 2. they try to bully me so they can say they defeated the insanely tall kid for street cred, 95% of the time they opt for number 1

[@Kuroyamitv]

This story is amazing 🤣🤣🤣 look into the Prairie View A&M vs Southern University 1999 band vs band brawl.

[@igachap7851]

Here’s one story that happened recently Some of the electronic members lit a fire in the Front Ensemble Storage room

[@mbmaccin555555]

I was cool with the football team since I played football with most of them in middle school that went to same high school with me but i chose band over football (thank God since I got to march DCI). Since I was cool with em they probably didn't mind messing with band I think modern days football players and the cheerleaders are cool with band kids. That's how it was for me too, they loved jamming with us band kids

[@TheStickCollector]

Yes

[@richardlee3430]

Never happened at my school cause it doesn’t have a marching band :(

[@amu.s.an_]

never happened to mine either cause the only sport we had was golf 😕

[@Beedso]

bro at my school the football team was so shit that the band kids bullied them💀

[@aldenweaver8237]

In my band the only problem is losing our guys to the dark side. In which I mean they join the football team

[@twjamjam]

Literally 1984

[@ryandesselle5457]

I’m not sure if it’s only my marching band that does this, but when we play crazy train, anyone who doesn’t have the base line in the beginning does the “aiy aiy aiy!”. And luckily I’m a Sousaphone.

[@josephmull2158]

Epic

[@jgamesgeno4966]

My high school football team just didn't care I guess. I was never friends with any of them, so I wouldn't know

[@jeddavis5435]

I marched Bones in 1980 Not a group of kids to be trifled with.

[@physh101mp]

Maybe I came from a different kind of high school and Corp life. Band member didn’t get picked on because we had more championships than the sport teams and a lot of people on sport teams were in band. I played baseball, football and did band and Corp. But maybe that was just me.

[@benportzer]

Our football can't make fun of us because they haven't really won a game in like 2 years

[@tfwomble]

Very Revenge of the Nerds

[@steverman2312]

our football team likes us, because were basically the reason people go to football games bc our football team is so trash. in fact they kinda respect us bc we practice like, twice as much as they do

[@shiningarmor2838]

I honestly can't tell if this is any more brutal than a war waged with scandals like they are nowadays.