In it, LSJUMB formed the shape of a farmer and brought out band members dressed as a large cow as part of a gag about opponent Iowa’s farmland and Stanford’s nickname “The Farm.” For this, they got boos from the Iowa crowd and stirred general social media discontent.īut the Iowa prank barely registers in the larger scope of the band’s halftime antics, which have ranged from amusing to politically progressive, or, mildly distasteful to downright offensive. That was the Rose Bowl when Stanford outraged Iowa City, and drove the Rose Bowl to reevaluate its standards after the band’s halftime show. He had never played drums before coming to Stanford, and by 2016 he was playing a snare drum at the Rose Bowl. "Anyone can join LSJUMB, so long as they want to learn and participate," former band member, Dan Ruprecht wrote to SFGATE. The student-run portion of the band sets it apart from other schools, where band directors are all-powerful on the Stanford Farm, the band writes its own music, half-time shows and even trains its own musicians. Thus, the birth of the notoriously self-driven marching band, that thrives on the combined fuel of individual spirit and satirical whimsy, with a good dose of goof. This sparked rebellion, ultimately leading Schucat’s successor to hand authority over to student leaders. Until the mid-60s, it marched in regular, military order, until beloved director Jules Schucat was fired. The aesthetic irreverence is accompanied by a long history of on-field pranks, and off-field controversies that have gotten the band banned not only from a handful of other schools, but also by their own.īut there was a time when the Stanford band wasn’t so wacky, or even unusual at all. These are the oddities that have come to represent the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band (LSJUMB). Above, is the 1990 band dancing during the Oregon State game Photograph by Robby Beyers / Courtesy Stanford University Archives. Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt ordered that they not return, which is (as it turns out) not something in his legal authority to do. The band formed a chainsaw at halftime that shifted from ‘OWL’ into ‘AWOL’ during the game against Oregon State. At the time Oregon was involved in a debate that pitted environmentalists against the logging industry, which was destroying homes of threatened spotted owl species. Show More Show Less 14 of45ġ990 - The band was banned from the state of Oregon. Photograph by Robby Beyers / Courtesy Stanford University Archives. Above, the disparity between the teams is highlighted.
We like to drop our pants on the field – always while wearing underwear – for comedic effect, and people got confused.” But pee or no pee, they had a year of potty humor, the urination allegation followed by their “NO BALLZ” formation accompanied by the corresponding phallic image at a USC game. 1986 - The Stanford band was prohibited from playing at UCLA in November, for shows played earlier that year, including alleged on-field urination during a game against the Washington Huskies, The band refutes the urination accusations: “We do not pee on the field we leave that to the University of Washington football team.
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