Before grunge music hit in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there were rock bands in and around Seattle that were setting an early foundation. Indeed, before the sludgy rock attitudes of the Pacific ...

North Carolina A&T University’s The Blue and Gold Marching Machine will perform at the 2025 Pepsi National Battle of the Bands in Palm beach during Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend. Courtesy of National ...

In a way, if you will, it’s equal parts band-off and Band-aid. The Pepsi National Battle of the Bands (NBOTB) will bring college marching bands to Boca Raton on MLK Weekend where they — with pristine ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s not just a battle on the football field this week for the University of Tennessee. The Pride of the Southland Band is also gearing up for a showdown of sound. The University of ...

These 23 rock and metal bands either called things off completely or decided to retire from touring in 2025. Either way, their fans will see a lot less of them moving forward. Not all of these ...

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The “battle of the bands” concept wasn’t invented during the 1960s, when hundreds of teen bands began springing up in suburban garages in the wake of the rise of surf music and, a bit later, the ...

The 2025 Grand National Championships touched down in Indianapolis this week as high school bands from across the country competed for the top spot. THE BANDS OF America 2025 Grand National ...

Several high school marching bands from Kentucky will head to Indianapolis in November for the Bands of America Grand National Championships. Last year, the Murray Tiger Band won the 2024 Class A ...

On the same field high school football players hash out long-standing rivalries and get discovered by recruiters, marching bands are granted eight minutes to draw the crowd’s attention and forge an ...