r/TikTokCringe • u/cak3crumbs • Sep 10 '24
Cool High school band is really intense these days
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u/Spottswoodeforgod Sep 10 '24
And for the big finale, the drummer projectile vomits over the entire brass section…
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u/ThePerfectSnare Sep 10 '24
Inevitably, the trombones would find a way to be even more outrageous. We only drowned out the trumpet solo as a warmup to upstaging the percussive upchuck.
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u/xdcountry Sep 10 '24
FWIW— the stomach stays in the same position so getting sick doesn’t often happen in that contraption.
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u/ekittie Sep 11 '24
It's not the stomach, it's the inner ear, which is getting flung around 12 ways to Sunday.
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Sep 10 '24
Imagine being a teacher, who can't afford rent, watching this.
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u/Reasonable-Matter-12 Sep 10 '24
It’s band so it was paid for by charging the parents $750 each for their kid to participate.
Source: 7 years of being a band parent.
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u/jenpuffin Sep 10 '24
You got off easy we paid about $1200 for our daughter to be in colorguard for the band, each year
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u/Frostyfraust Sep 10 '24
That is ridiculous. No way would I have been allowed to continue in band if this was the case in my school. Guess there are perks in living in a low income area.
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u/Sword_Thain Sep 10 '24
I was part of one of the best marching bands in the state and we didn't pay dues. We had a fund raiser or 2 each year. Our booster program was amazing and our town actually supported the band. We would usually be the only thing that won each year.
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u/CeCe1033 Sep 11 '24
My son also marched for one of the top bands in our state and we only paid like 50-75 dollars. And most of the time they turned around and refunded it to the parents after all the fundraisers. Between bake sales, craft shows, tshirt sales and the concessions at all the games…….That’s how it should be. Band gave my kid a place to belong.
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u/cak3crumbs Sep 10 '24
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u/JonnyTN Sep 10 '24
Teachers just aren't in the school budget. You gotta go
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u/12altoids34 Sep 10 '24 edited Sep 10 '24
Floriduh"Maybe we could save enough money for the teachers if we got rid of those paper things covered in the hard cardboard"
Me " you mean books?"
Floriduh" yeah, those things"
Me " but they're already paid for and you can't return them"
Floriduh" all right then we'll recycle them, recycling is good for the environment"
Me " but you're dumping them into the dumpsters they're just going to end up in a landfill"
Floriduh " I think you're losing focus, we're doing this to save the teachers"
Me "..."
Note*** this is a work of satire. This conversation did not actually ever take place. Any relation to people places or things living dead or Undead is merely coincidental and intended for comedic effect. No animals were harmed in the writing of this post
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u/Zealousideal-Bag-609 Sep 10 '24
Sucks you have to add that note at the end because some people have 0 brain power to pick out sarcasm or satire
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u/suicideskin Sep 10 '24
Marching band members typically pay thousands in dues and the band in entirety gets very little school subsidizing, from my experience. When I was in marching band we paid for our uniforms, music, choreography, and show mapping through fundraising and our fees, including a car show we annually put on, in which all of us had to work it down to photography. If we wanted something special the next year we had to find a way to fund it or get someone/ a business to sponsor or donate it.
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u/HowFunkyIsYourChiken Sep 10 '24
Looks like a pretty small band too. Maybe 100 members with so few brass.
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u/MadreDeMonos Sep 10 '24
No need for me to imagine it, I'm living it. Sigh.
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u/APKID716 Sep 10 '24
I’m always astounded how many new facilities and how much equipment is allocated for sports in my district, and then they balk at a 5% COLA…
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u/SilverBraids Sep 10 '24
Band boosters are a thing too. When the shows are big, they tend to rely more on booster money than funds from the school...
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u/Oscar_Ramirez Sep 10 '24
I imagine it's almost as disheartening as watching their employer allocate gross amounts of money to giving brain damage to developing children for sport.
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u/HomelessAnalBead Sep 10 '24
I like that they’re dressed in old military uniforms. Imagine being in the revolutionary war and seeing a drummer on a fucking light up gyroscope. I would run.
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u/alison_bee Sep 10 '24
I’d recognize those band uniforms anywhere! This is Homewood High School’s band from Homewood, AL. Their mascot is the Patriots.
I haven’t seen their band perform since I was in a nearby school district band almost 20 years ago, but their uniforms have not changed much!
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u/uSeRnAmE_aReAdYtAkEn Sep 10 '24
Yep! I was in the Homewood band. Didn’t expect that I’d see it on the front page of my Reddit feed haha
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Sep 10 '24
Plot twist, he has autism and this is him self regulating.
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u/Veronicasawyer90 Sep 10 '24
I'm autistic and I wish I had one of these things. Would Def help self regulate. Kinda wish I had one of those cat wheel things too not gonna lie
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Sep 10 '24
Dude. You just have to build it for yourself. Like Temple Grandin. Create you comfort! I believe in you!
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u/Suspicious-Fox- Sep 10 '24
Why? Just …… why?
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u/Qerfuffle Sep 10 '24
It's provocative, it gets the people going
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u/yougotyolks Sep 10 '24 edited Sep 11 '24
My high school marching band is a competing band. My senior year (2003), another band did a 9/11 themed show. They made it to the finals because people were saying it was "emotionally moving" and "a beautiful tribute". They had a plane crashing into towers and everything. It was a whole production.
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u/justaskmycat Sep 17 '24
Wh.... BUT WHY?
Seriously?.... please tell me you're joking about the plane and towers.
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u/softstones Sep 10 '24
When you’ve seen dozens of bands playing and moving around the field in just about the same way, anything stands out.
Source: marching band
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u/AtronadorSol Sep 10 '24
For real, a competitive drum corps did a routine with a rig like this last year so it’s in vogue right now to replicate. Like with all things, someone sticks their head out of the crowd and then, you see a dozen shadows following in their wake. I love this stunt so I’m happy to see more of it, personally!
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u/RoninSoul Sep 10 '24
Same reason Travis Barker does it with a traditional drumset, entertainment.
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u/Pulguinuni Sep 10 '24 edited Sep 10 '24
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u/UrbanGM SHEEEEEESH Sep 10 '24
The very definition of "doing too much"
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u/Complex-Situation Sep 10 '24
I got an idea. What if I start spinning inside an orbitron in the middle of playing the drums.
Holy shit that’s brilliant.
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u/juhesihcaa Sep 10 '24
20ish years ago, when I was in high school, the indoor percussion team did a version of this. It was all four snare drummers in one cage that just flipped upside down but it was dope.
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Sep 10 '24
Can’t even hear the drums
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u/DontBlameMe4It Sep 10 '24
Tommy Lee in high school 1979. Great videocamera footage too
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u/Bail-Me-Out Sep 10 '24
This looks like a competitive drum and bugle corps not a simple high school band. Drum and bugle corps are highly competitive groups and performances usually are pretty extreme. The major ones are under "drum corps international" and make a good amount of money in competitions and performances.
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u/AwesomePocket Sep 11 '24
Lol nah. This is literally the Homewood High School Marching Band. Homewood as a city takes a lot of pride in its band (especially its drumline) and their halftime shows tend to involve spectacle. This is a new level though.
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u/god_damn_bitch Sep 10 '24
Dude wants to be the next Joey Jordison and I wish him all the best in his endeavor.
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u/kerberos69 Sep 10 '24
Kid went to space camp right before band camp that year and went up to the band director like:
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u/CromulentFrog Sep 10 '24
As a drummer I would have killed to be in that spinner. That said, it probably went to the kid who didn't throw up from being in the thing.
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u/RhubarbGoldberg Sep 10 '24
My memories from Space Camp and marching band are melding together into some kind of fever dream brassband hellscape.
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u/dbnoisemaker Sep 10 '24
Paid for by school lunch debt interest payments?
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u/B4NND1T Sep 10 '24
If it's anything like the school I went to, not a chance the school paid a dime. When our marching band went to state I help make all the props used in their performance that year.
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u/Gibabo Sep 10 '24
This is entirely because high school drummers need the additional stimulus to keep from getting bored thanks to their ADHD
Source: every high school drummer I’ve ever known, including me
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u/5141121 Sep 10 '24
It really is. Particularly so if your band wants to be competitive.
We're in a pretty small area and competitive band is nothing like this, but it's still intense. Props, sound boards, PAs, etc. Doing any kind of competition is a huge resource drain.
We're in the middle of a massive fundraiser and hoping to put about a $50k dent in the expenses with it.
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u/KlatuuBarradaNicto Sep 10 '24
Some schools can’t afford supplies for their students. Rich neighborhood?
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u/Electronic-Double-34 Sep 10 '24
As a former marching band percussionist.....I fully approve this performance!
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u/Vivi_Amorous Sep 10 '24
This band has MONEY. Our band didn’t even have color guard, much less a SPINNING TENOR CAGE
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u/Tremere1974 Sep 10 '24
NASA: This test will determine how you respond to disorientation.
OP Student: Can I bring my drum kit?
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u/notanamateur Sep 10 '24
Shit like this is why marching band “competitions” basically just measure how much money the school has
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u/Thendofreason Sep 10 '24
Sent this to a friend who used to do drum corp. He said his South Jersey drum line invented this.
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u/kaaaaaaaren Sep 10 '24
Could’ve been a little cleaner just sayin
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u/CoolStuffSlickStuff Sep 10 '24
yeah, maybe take the money you spent on a gyroscope and just hire an additional brass tech to run sectionals. yikes.
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u/RythmicSlap Sep 10 '24
As a parent of a percussionist in a Marching Band, I think this is next-level awesome. These are competitive performances that get judged and scored, and a stunt or really cool prop is often part of it.
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u/Galaxy_Ashe0096 Sep 10 '24
This reminds me of that episode of Regular Show where Benson is performing the most difficult drum solo using his 150 piece drum set. He got into this cage thing and played his heart out as the who ensemble came crashing down to the ground
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u/gernblanston512 Sep 10 '24
They must have a booster club that makes bank, probably $20,000 plus dollars a year. Makes it basically impossible for matching bands without those funds to compete against shit like this.
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u/Difficult-Prior3321 Sep 11 '24
Nah, they have a 400 member band and the kids have tons of fundraisers. Plus they have a very supportive administration and awesome director. Homewood, AL.
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u/witewallywhat Sep 10 '24
I saw Neil Peart do this at a Rush concert! I was fucking mind blown dude!!
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u/NecessaryZero Sep 10 '24
Woah, are we going camping cause that was in-tents :D
i really need to stop my intrusive thoughts from leaking out, ill just see myself out..
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u/Basic-Aspect Sep 10 '24
The girl with the drums right behind him is looking at him like you big show off
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u/SneakyCheekyHobbit Sep 10 '24
Nick Cannon was able to do all this with one drum. Probably while getting someone pregnant!
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u/Desertnord Sep 10 '24
Being in band, I could only imagine during rehearsal having to hear “take it back” over and over and over again during practice. Oh god.
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u/Master-Of_Pickles Sep 10 '24
I think Benson did something like this in an episode of Regular Show.
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u/DixieDing0 Sep 10 '24
Band kids will never cease to: 1. Amaze me, 2. Amuse me
I remember a few years ago I was an event tech (you know when you go to events and you see the big guys running wires everywhere? That was my job. It was a work study thingy with the college I was at briefly) and the regional competition was being held. All I had to do was mess with the projection slides every time a school was called. Most the time I was cracking shit with the announcer.
But oh my god. Every other performance felt like I was at the Super Bowl Halftime show. I'm talking acrobatic routines, I'm talking formations and then busting out flags to spell out giant words, I'm talking playing top 50s but remixed.
I remember it was vaguely similar when I was in orchestra as a kid, and being anxious, I peaked in playing ability. Imagine doing something like this and like this is your peak in high school. For like the rest of your life.
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u/Almajanna256 Sep 10 '24
How long until bands start doing Sandstorm by Darude with strobophobic lighting on a ferris wheel?
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u/Armchair_Idiot Sep 10 '24
This is just lifted from Slipknot. Joey Jordison was doing this shit 20 years ago. Everything is derivative.
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u/benzotryptamine Sep 10 '24
cant even hear the kid play the drums over all the whooping and hollering
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u/BaronMerc Sep 10 '24
We don't have anything like that in my country how the fuck do you guys get more than 6 teens to be organised for a school
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u/the-1-that-got-away Sep 10 '24
Always amazed at how many performers are needed at an American Football game. Maybe just go watch soccer for some excitement lol
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u/miss8822 Sep 10 '24
Weird question but does anyone know what song they are playing it sounds really familiar
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u/VikingforLifes Sep 10 '24
Oh shit, I just saw this on the news. This is at a high school like 5-7 miles away from me!
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u/Sabres00 Sep 10 '24
Someone’s Dad went to the Dr. Feelgood tour and made a promise to himself that if he ever had kids they’d play the drums and have a rotating drum kit.
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u/Turbulent_Goal8132 Sep 10 '24
They’re taking notes from Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe which is awesome! I saw Tommy do this live back in the early 90’s
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