He wasn't a drummer, sub-tard, he was a drum major.

You'd think a percussionist would beat the charges.

hazy.... yah.

/hot

MaudlinMutantMollusk: /drummers always have a high mortality rate



/yes, limbs too

I hope they snare the villains that did this and stick it to them.

/rim shot

Drum major =! drummer

Lars?

Is this a mac and cheese thing?

7th Son of a 7th Son: Lars?

Apparently, from what I gleaned from a quick GIS, his name is Rick. (I think.)

He was from an 80s band you've probably never heard of; their name was 'DEF LEPPARD'

/i'm hot, sticky sweet
//from my head to my feet yeah

CraicBaby: He wasn't a drummer, sub-tard, he was a drum major.

Who knew you could major in that in college?

/All of the sudden, the $35,000 puppetry degree doesn't seem as silly...

He was majoring in drums?!?! That's what is wrong with our education system.

Seriously? Marching bands are pretty notorious for that kind of shiat.

And, dear god, the sex that goes on....freaky, nasty sex with EVERYONE.

Percussionist, motherf*cker. Percussionist.

(Not the same as a drum major.)

- More seats taken up by coolers (with "adult" beverages) than people on trips to away games.

- We almost got banned from using the customary tunnel to enter the field (for our habit of breaking all the lightbulbs inside).

- Lots of other nearly sleepless and dead tired shenanigans.

Did Stonehenge fall over on him?

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Somebody should tell those drummers to "just beat it."

/Michael said it first

First thing that came to mind: "that is pathetic"

FriarReb98: Let me summarize for submitter: If it's a group in a school that involves competitiveness, chances are that it has hazing involved. And bands can and do get reaaaally competitive.

\alumnus of the four-time defending USSBA National Champions in their division
\\ya, I just like saying that

Winter Indoor Percussion >>> Marching Band.

/3 time WGI championship PSO finalist.
//Placed 2nd one of those years.

Came for the "This one time, in Band Camp" reference.

/Easy to please

Know how I know you were never in a marching band, Smitty?

kellynoel: Seriously? Marching bands are pretty notorious for that kind of shiat.

And, dear god, the sex that goes on....freaky, nasty sex with EVERYONE.

Wow, I wish I had been in band with YOU.

JackalRabbit: I hope they snare the villains that did this and stick it to them.

/rim shot

And when they do, they will make the villains a cymbal of how not to act while in the band.

GoodyearPimp: - More seats taken up by coolers (with "adult" beverages) than people on trips to away games.

- We almost got banned from using the customary tunnel to enter the field (for our habit of breaking all the lightbulbs inside).

- Lots of other nearly sleepless and dead tired shenanigans.

Band trips were always co-ed. A lot of shiat can go on during an overnight, 24 hour bus ride.

I'm against hazing laws in general. If a person really wants to drink 20 shots or swim across a frozen river, LET THEM! Society might be better if those people remove themselves as early as possible.

Even if your agree with hazing laws because of maturity or age issues with 18-20 year olds, take note that this guy was 26!

I'm always hearing about how 25 is when the brain is done developing (21 drinking age supporters used to say 21). At some point, the person who actually does the thing is the sole one who needs to be responsible for the outcome.

Gyrfalcon: What was a 26 year old doing as an undergrad drum major?

Now? Nothing.

/He was a freshman in his 5th year, and his goal was to be a veterinarian because he loves children

Forget how the drum major died - I wanted to know the important details, like the name of the high school the decedent graduated from.

You usually have to put in two or three years before you can become the drum major. This guy should not have been the one being hazed. He should have been the hazer.

/alumni of ISUCF"V"MB
//best way to cross Nebraska is in a tour bus with the aisle filled with coolers of beer.

What has nine arms and sucks?

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Was it spontaneous combustion?

/drummers always have a high mortality rate

Perhaps a freak gardening accident?

/Two for one
//Tap and Toto

TommyDeuce: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Was it spontaneous combustion?

/drummers always have a high mortality rate

Perhaps a freak bizarre gardening accident?

FTFY.

/Tap quote nazi.

Has anyone heard just exactly what kind of hazing they were doing? I understand that afterward the drum major had trouble breathing, then after that, couldn't keep a beat.
/sorry

Anagrammer: Gyrfalcon: What was a 26 year old doing as an undergrad drum major?

Now? Nothing.

/He was a freshman in his 5th year, and his goal was to be a veterinarian because he loves children

He knew lots of people were smarter than he, but he had this philosophy - "so what?"

First: A drum major is not a drummer, and it doesn't mean majoring in drums. It's the person in front of the band waving his arms at the football games.

Second: Yes, you can major in drums. Typically in drum set performance. And no, what's wrong with our education system is the idea that you can play in a garage band and you either have it, or you don't, and you don't need to work your ass off to be a successful musician. There's an obvious audible difference in a music scholar and someone who sat in their garage playing to Black Sabbath records all day. You know all those musicians you hear on the radio or see on television backing up singers, but have no clue who they are? Music majors.

Since I have multiple degrees in music performance, I know what I'm talking about. And I fully support myself with everything I learned in college.

I always felt sorry for the whoever had the bus the morning after a band event. I don't think there's enough clorox wipes to fix what some of us did in those seats.

kellynoel: Seriously? Marching bands are pretty notorious for that kind of shiat.

And, dear god, the sex that goes on....freaky, nasty sex with EVERYONE.

Went to a house party that was thrown by someone in the marching band. (I was at UCLA.) Majority of the attendees were in the band. By the time I left, some girl had screwed two dudes in the closet when her boyfriend opened the door. Every bedroom was occupied and the bathroom had comings and goings throughout the night too. I left early.

I think it has to do with band geeks wanting to prove that they get laid and have wild parties as much as the "popular" people do. I think it's overcompensation. Most of the "popular" parties I went to were never wild.

RoosterCogburn:
I did, however, have a band teacher - mid 20s and married with kids - who had an affair with one of the students. He got fired a few years later, lost his marriage in the process. Last I checked, he knocked up the high school girl and they're living together now. Sandusky was doing it wrong, man.

I had one in my junior year of HS that about 15 years or so ago divorced his wife after 20+ years of marriage, (with kids whom I had classes with) and had a sex change.

bopeuph: First: A drum major is not a drummer, and it doesn't mean majoring in drums. It's the person in front of the band waving his arms at the football games.

Thanks. You learn something new every day. On another note, do you know why they call him a drum major if he doesn't play the drums? Why don't they call him the arm wavy major?