Stanford Marching Band

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These guys are great. Here are some of the crazy stuff they have done(list from wikipedia)

 

Irreverence has been a mainstay of the band throughout its over 40-year history. In the 1970s, one halftime show lampooned Cal student Patty Hearst's kidnapping with a formation called the "Hearst Burger": two buns and no patty. The band gave a tribute for the anniversary of Jayne Mansfield's death, by announcing over the PA the urban legend of how she had been decapitated in an automobile accident. Then band then played the song "Another Saturday Night and I Ain't Got No Body." The band is also reputed to have performed a "Tribute to abortion" halftime show featuring a coat hanger formation.[citation needed]

 

Members can be often seen in the stands with their trousers dropped (usually at the end of a close game). Obscene gestures and rude remarks towards opposing fans and teams are common themes within their shows. It is rumored that network television sports producers are instructed not to televise the band.

 

The LSJUMB has been disciplined for controversial performances on several occasions:

 

In 1986, the University suspended the band from traveling to the UCLA football game scheduled on November 8th, 1986 after incidents in previous games that season. On October 11th, 1986, there occurred the infamous incident of public urination following the home football game against the University of Washington. (Although many swear that this incident occurred during the halftime show, actually two band members were caught urinating on the field after the game, when the stadium was nearly-empty.) During the halftime of the home USC game on October 19th, 1986, the band spelled out "NO BALLZ". For the next game they performed an anagram show and spelled out an anagrammed four-letter word ("NCUT"). However, the "NCUT" was actually supposed to be "NEUT"-- some wayward trombones changed the "E" to a "C" without permission. This final infraction is what cost them the Los Angeles trip. After the suspension was served, the band appeared at the Cal game wearing angel halos in an attempt to apologize and get invited to travel with the football team to a bowl game. The band attended the Gator Bowl that year, amid very close scrutiny.

In 1990, Stanford suspended the band for a single game after their halftime show at the University of Oregon criticized the logging of the spotted owl's habitats in the northwest United States. Governor Neil Goldschmidt (D-OR) issued a decree that the band not return to Oregon for several years; the band did not return until 2001. [1] After the spotted owl incident, all halftime shows were reviewed and approved by Stanford's Athletic Department.

In 1991, the University of Notre Dame banned the LSJUMB from visiting its campus after a show at Stanford where the drum major (who had been attacked by a fan of Notre Dame) dressed as a nun and conducted the band with a crucifix instead of a baton.

In 1992, the Athletic Department pressured the LSJUMB to fire its announcers after one used the phrase "No chuppah, no schtuppa" (see schtupp) at a San Jose State University game halftime show.

In 1994, the Band was disciplined after nineteen members of the band skipped a field rehearsal in Los Angeles to play outside the L.A. County Courthouse during jury selection for the O. J. Simpson trial. The band's song selection included an arrangement of The Zombies' "She's Not There." Defense lawyer Robert Shapiro described the incident to the media as "a new low in tasteless behavior."

In 1997, the Band was again disciplined for shows lampooning Catholicism and the Irish at a game against Notre Dame. The Band put on a show entitled "These Irish, Why Must they Fight?" Besides the mocking supposedly stereotypical Irish-Catholic behavior, there was a Riverdance formation, and a Potato Famine joke.

In 2002 and 2006, the Band was sanctioned for off-the-field behavior, including violations of the University alcohol policy.

In 2004, the Band drew national attention and Mormon ire for joking about polygamy, which was practiced by some Mormons until 1890. This occurred during a game against Brigham Young University. The Dollies appeared in wedding veils and the announcer referred to marriage as "the sacred bond that exists between a man and a woman... and a woman... and a woman... and a woman... and a woman."

In 2006, the band was suspended by Stanford administrators when their former "Band Shak" was vandalized. The Shak, a trailer that served as a temporary home for the band, was already in a decrepit state before it was found with broken windows and profanities spray painted on the walls. Administrators believed members of the band were responsible for the damage, as members of the band had believed the shak was set to be demolished the next day. The incident occurred after the band moved into a new $2.8 million Band Shak