Reacting to "The World's WORST Marching Band" 

SERGEANT BUTTHOLE NEEDS YOUR HELP! Stay until the end of this video to hear the plan for "Operation Reverse the Worst"!

In case anyone manages to read this, "the worst soloist" guy is now teaching his own indoor percussion line and is a very accomplished musician. Don't give up guys

3:32 Your voice turned into a demon for a second there buddy.

3:42 That actually happened to my school’s marching band, our director got mad that he didn’t get a certain job at the school and proceeded to quit and take the staff with him. The band didn’t practice at all during the summer and had 1 week to memorize the whole shows music for band camp. They had a competition in 2-3 weeks and still hadn’t learned drill bc our school had to find new staff members and our busses would break down a lot as well. That year we were moved up to the highest division in the state for the 2016 season (we got dead last but we would’ve placed 2nd in small school 2 if we never moved up) the director went to another band near us. Their band was in small school 3 and we were bumped back down to small school 2 where we bounced back with a 2nd place finish in 2017 (my rookie season). His band got first that year in small school 3. They were bumped up to small school 2 for the 2018 season and we go on to place first in small school 2 while they place dfl. 2019 we placed first again while they came in 2nd (we were up 2 points on them too) now it’s 2021 my senior season and we are now back in small school 1, our home show was last weekend and we scored a 90.35, championships are this weekend and we’re currently in 2nd place in small school 2 while our old director is in 2nd place in small school 2. To think he would’ve won 2 championships and have success in the highest division if he didn’t try to implode our band for his own personal interests.

11:07 faster kicker in the Wild West

Hello! The idea and message of this video was great! Also thank you for specifying not to hate on the creators of the videos, just to fight for change! Stops the hate cycle. Some creators don't do that. Have and awsome week!

this is making me realize how HUGE my schools marching band is, everyone in the band program in grades 10-12 is required to do it so we can’t compete (since it’s a class and u have to do it lol), but that means we have around 200 people and we still get to do half time shows, pep band, and a fourth of july parade and stuff like that so it’s pretty cool. our head director was a section leader for the U of M marching band, hes rly good at writing drill and is a great teacher so we usually look pretty good. we have a winter drumline that goes to comps but unfortunately barely anyone signs up for it (last year it consisted of nine people). we also don’t have a color guard but two girls who twirl perform during one of the pieces from our set at halftime lol

What I saw is the MJ music show video uploaded months after he passed so he must be a tribute which is crazy how short of a Time they took to work on plans for the show

I’m now the director of the McAdams High School Band. Many of the people in this video are older siblings of my students, and I know the drum major personally. Like you said in this video, you never know what adversity a band is experiencing. The band almost completely disappeared around 2019, but thankfully, now, my staff, the students, and I have built a program that the whole community is proud of. Also, like you said, every year, one of my kid searches up our school and finds this, and it is always heartbreaking for them. Thank you for doing us a justice with this review!

I love the video! The second band you reacted to is Stanford University’s marching band. They exist to be a satire of traditional collegiate marching band and everything they do is intentionally “bad”

@EMCproductions I finally got around to watching this video. I'm the performer from the "Worst I&E Solo Ever." As someone who has continued on as an educator in this activity, I have so much respect for this initiative. I wish you had reached out to me, and we could have broken the solo down a little further. Anyway, love your content and you're a monster player. Keep doing the thing.

McAdams was our first football game, they improved a lot now

I'm SO relieved at how this video went! I've seen this in my recommended for a few days but I've avoided - as a band director, this stuff is too close to me. I've always hated these videos where people slam these groups, and you made the great point that people have NO IDEA what a school/band program is going through. Director switches, bad admins, s**t budgets, tragedies within the student body, so many things could be happening that we don't see. I'd also bet that some of these groups are bands that were just started at their schools, and may be full of beginners. And behind all of it is a group of students and teachers just trying to do their best. Thanks for spreading positivity!

The second band is the Stanford College band. They are known as the craziest marching band. They always run onto the field and they have been suspended from some games before. So they are a fun marching band

"It's very hard to play a wind instrument in that kind of weather" TELL ME ABOUT IT. COMPETITION WAS LAST WEEK. THANKS WIND FOR PLAYING FOR ME!

"Theres about 50 kids in this program..." Stops and squints at screen* Theres only 29 chief

The dude from the 'wORSt I&e sOlo' is actually a pretty successful quad player now. He's teched for a few corps and stuff, he's doing well.

That’s the Stanford band, I can tell because the tree

Always keep in mind that crappy microphones completely distort sound and pitch. Many of my jazz band and concert band concerts have sounded amazing but even news castors microphones have made band sound like complete garbo.

The drum major turned into a power ranger

You should do a “rate my marching band”series

I'm excited to see what "69er" means lol

The second video is Stanford University (my school's rival). They intentionally try to be rowdy and not like a cohesive marching band. They actually call themselves "The World's Largest Rock and Roll Band"

If you look at the McAdam's High instruments, they're clearly really old and not in good repair. I'm willing to bet that they haven't had a lot of practice and possibly hasn't even been playing that long.

I'm pretty sure that second band was the Stanford band, I recognized the tree from the Volleyball national championship final last year. Edit: I was in the Nebraska band at the game last year. They're members were pretty nice.

The Wish app is using your merch designs to advertise on random websites. Wut

On behalf of those of us who suffered through some tough band seasons in high school, thanks for this vid!

Alright, so the first video you watched, my band director and my friend Amy were at the competition where this was hosted, live, and OH BOY they had tea to spill on that band. The school is McAdams High School in McAdams, Mississippi, it's a 1A school.

The scholars from McAdams put themselves out there despite having instruments in poor condition and being beginners. That took courage, and they earn my respect and kudos. We had a similar situation with a beginner band at one of our competitions. One thing we noticed was they also had little parental support probably because the parents had to work. We cheered for that band as loudly as we cheered for our own. These scholars deserve praise not insults!

Exactly! As a music educator myself I HATE seeing content like that on the internet (even outside the marching arts) because it’s so toxic. Thank you for taking the time to make content that addresses problems like this.

I think people forget just how hard marching band actually is. It sucks that people are calling them the "worst" just them showing up shows me that they're confident enough to compete

And this is the voice of an Educator. My respect for you just grew three sizes this day.

“Who doesn’t like Michael Jackson music?” Little boys who can keep secrets probably don’t like his music anymore...

I have tried repeatedly to have the McAdams HS band video pulled. I have reported it several times. I don't think the owner has even logged into his account in years. RU-vid did not G.A.S. when I reported it. This band competes against one that I work with. I have known kids in that program over the years. And I was at this show at Clinton HS near Jackson. The guy who posted it is sphincter. Good luck. I will try to help on all these. As a teacher I too hate seeing videos with titles like these. Thanks for doing this.

I have a class called general music and we learn about music and we were studying marching bands and we watched this video and we just thought it was the best thing😂😂

Nobody: Band members when a percussion instrument is unintended: *its free real estate*

Oh my gosh my this has been a running joke in our flatline ever since we watched it in a sectional one day lol

Very few people who have never been in a Marching Band has NO idea how difficult it is. Memorising several pieces of music, learning all the steps you MUST hit at exact spots, staying in step and doing it ALL in front of sometimes, huge audiences. ANY time a mistake is made there is NO way to hide it! The pressure of Marching Band is immense, whether in HS, College or Professional DCs. I admire any person that has the GUTS to put themselves out there for ALL in attendance to see and hear. I had the privilege of being in a 200 member HS Band that won many State and National Awards (Trophies)....even if it was um...over 40 yrs ago lol. I even became a Drum Major and Head Drum Major in HS and College. Those years were some of the best and most fun I ever had. Contrary to belief, not every Band Member is a nerd lol. My only regret was not trying out for DC. Thanks for your positivity.

My band director knew the man who controlled McAdams high said he was an idiot.

hi! I'm from the area around McAdams (the band in the infamous world's worst marching band video). As of this season, I believe they do not have a competing band. They are a very small school and do not receive a lot of funding.

McAdams in near my school they have gotten way better

3:38 it’s so funny you mentioned that because two competitions ago (it was a bout a 4 hour drive) or semi that holds all the instruments and uniforms blew a tire then while resting on the curb waiting for the maintenance truck a car ran into then after getting in the spare tire the spare ended up blowing and the whole process repeated again(except didn’t get hit another time) we still managed to get first tho thanks to all the band parents who stuffed their cars full of everything we need and got to us about a half hour before we went on. Go Ray-Pec

Oh boy. The comments are not getting it. Guys, stop revealing band names and “Spilling Tea” on these bands. Stop commenting things like “ omg me and my fiend used to watch these and die because it was so bad.” That’s not the point of the vid. No more hate for these bands. They tried, even that is a plus, and as Eric said in the video, you don’t know what their going through. Come on guys, be positive.

Check out “Blue coats 2020 show reveal”. It uses “World’s worst marching band”.

#teamtrees

Can you react to your sub’s bands? 😂 I’d love you to react to mine lol

Ngl, this is pretty true. I'm glad you're doing this.

Hey emc productions today is my bday and I turned 13. I’m in my fine art school concert band and I need to work on some of my roll rudiments could you make a video on those.

The first band is in my state. In a very rural and economically poor area. Many programs in my state at smaller schools are critically underfunded. As in $10 could be difference between them going to evaluation or not. I went through a program that went from the 1st video to performing at a superior level in less than 5 years. It's very hard to secure any sort of stability in my state unless you are a massive 6A school. Those guys are from the one of the smallest category of school in my state (less than 250 people in the whole school)

Glad to see you being positive about this. Adults who make fun of children are actually the worst. And I highly doubt any of the people saying the videos are the worst would dare perform in public.

Omg I love you and your channel! 6:42 I am very thankful to see you defend our band. I wasn't old enough to be in band the year this was recorded, but now I am in my second year of being the Drum Major of this band. My first year of being Drum Major was in the 10th grade. That should really show how small we are and have really always been. It can really be a crutch sometimes, but we work very hard to sound as full as possible. Another thing is that our school definitely does not get proper funding, and not much money goes toward our band. Keep up the awesome videos.The first time I watched this I didn't realize it was our band, but some of our members recently informed me that our band came up when they searched "Worst marching band ever".

Can I kiss yiu

i just realized i dropped out of college and work full time so now i can afford to do drum corps

And to add, the solo, that was a very unique idea that guy had. It wasnt the worst. It was actually a great idea, it caught my attention and actually made me laugh a little. No one is truly the worst, rather they need to keep progressing to become better than yesterday and learn everything they can. Everyone is the best.

That is MY SCHOOL’S FOOTBALL FIELD OH MY GOD.

As a band director that has intentionally taken less than stellar situations, I admire you for this effort. You are absolutely correct, you do not know what adversity a band has to cope with.

The comments on the video are turned off now :/

When the saints go marching in hit different 😍😍

I'm in one of the best high school marching band programs in my state, so I have no idea what the smaller bands do. Just to be clear, we consistently placed 2nd in most of our competitions last year in the most competitive division (we also had the biggest marching band in my state so...).

Do a world record drum roll ! like if agree!

Surprisingly enough, the first band in this video was competing against some of the best in the country, including Petal HS. Back then these best bands were still kicking names and taking ass. It's truly sad that the director couldn't pull some local talent in to teach these kids.

We have to make our thumbs down thumbs up if they comply!

Thank you for doing this video. I also enjoy all of your content. Semper Fidelis!!

Omg I was just watching this a couple hours ago

NAH! The first dude must’ve seen you’re comment or something, then turned off comments

BEST CHANNEL EVER. I always can’t wait for your videos

they turned off the comments on the video so that you were censored. Those people are so scared to lose their fame.

4 of our 6 directors left, and this year we have 4 brand new directors including a brand new head director, yet we still made finals in TEXAS area, al though we got last in finals, I couldn’t be more proud of my band

@EMCproductions why don’t you make ur own pair of sticks no matter marching snare or tenor

Hi Eric, I really appreciate that you made this video. Honestly, not many people can stick up and do things like this, and it really takes courage sometimes.

Marching band is a hard process: 1: Arranging music 2: Paying for copyright 3: Arranging competitions 4: Uniform and equipment handling/props 5: Arranging Other Out-Of-State trips like Macy’s or Bands of America 6: Instrument Maintenance 7: Rehearsal and Visuals/technique 8: Memorization 9: Actually Preforming in front of an audience which gets more stressful 10: Tuning/Phasing/Weather 11: Team Management (i.e.: respect, maturity, discipline, etc (And according to my observations, the pandemic has lead us to be more independent and not to work as a team.) (Also an add on, if you have electronic instrumentation like synth, Sound system setup) P.S: Learned the hard way, you should always ALWAYS arrange chords after performances/rehearsals, and shut down the Laptop (for MIDI synths. (Me learning the laptop was during rehearsals, me during chords, during a performance.. Luckily we were the host band an were placed under exhibition bands. Took 1 minute after "Is your ensemble ready" for me to push that first sample and start the show. Embarrassing. The crowd cheered though. That was during prelims. Finals, everything was PERFECT. (Prelims: Should've gotten a score of 50) (Finals: 94) We were being scored, but we weren't competing. So, 94 on our first performance, excellent. And besides, we have 20 people in our pit section, a VERY large amount. Also, in our band administration/conference (I think that's how you put it) added a Class A marching band with 1 single snare for percussion. think they did really good for their first ever competitive season. They never been to competitions before, and I think they started out super well. They had a good story, and that's what competitive marching bands should have. A story. What are the props for? What is the drill? What does the show symbolize? Relaxing, Sci-Fi, Energetic, Swing, Classical?

Thank you for sharing your views and perspectives. Children are being bullied

I like ur vids they funny and yea dont give up guys even if its hard work hard and show every else that they were wrong

the second one they are just vibing,, let them vibe

the first video is a school in my district of small schools. Around the past few years they have little to NO band anymore. I am the percussion captain for the only other high school in the district, We went down to McAdams for a football game back in october-ish, the band had a cadence that was well-ok and they played pep stuff but, they wont march on the field anymore (maybe cause of the competition). I went over and met the new band and the player, They have maybe around 10-14 people and its 35-40% battery percussion. They are all sweet and are only playing for fun and not for scholarships as far as I know. So seeing the video from 2010, and re looking at it, you can realize their path is bright and I expect them to be a full band by 2025.

we have the excuse our band director got fired and now we cant find a sub who knows something about band (im in beginning band so one of the older high schoolers has been helping us) but our band is getting awards and doing amazing still :) good job to them

The fact that all the uploaders of those videos, minus the one that you mention in the description is fine, still did not change the title, shows that they're just desperate for money.

video starts at 2:12

This is very nice of you, I'm proud of your ethical approach. Have a good morning.

And I thought our band sucked Edit: Issa joke

IF YALL WANNA GO CHECK OUT MY SCHOOLS MARCHING BAND uhhh here it is ...👉🏼Lorena Marching Band 2019 tell me what you think 🤩🧡

3:33 This marching season my marching band didn't practice on a lined field once. We still made State.

At my school, if we trash talk another band under any circumstances, we could be either written up, scolded, or even kicked out of the band

“The scenic city” is Chattanooga TN btw

Hey EMCproductions I'll make sure to record my marching bands half time show this year and I'll send it to you to judge

Imagine being in 7th or 8th grade and being in high school

We just won a band competition in East ga we won best percussion and band and best drum major

Notification squad! I’ve seen this video on RU-vid they are horrible!😂, but keep making up the good videos EMC, I may consider joining the core u are currently in for the marines one day because after u telling ur story, it sounds so fun and amazing!

not the worst at all. marching band is also hard asf! i’m in color guard and on rifle line. and we hosted a 1a 2a and 3a contest. and i saw the difference from ours and theirs! and some schools don’t have a big band and the money to do big things!!!

It’s nice seeing someone going out and doing something like this

5:03 is LSJUMB or Stanford University marching band they play good but they are a bit out of control they have gotten Suspended from sporting events for inappropriate halftime shows etc. I am a Stanford fan and I would describe them as a marching pep band.

Videos like those are one of the reasons I have so much difficulty getting my Jr. High students to actually participate in music class. They're terrified that their classmates will make fun of their voice, mistakes, etc. They're still developing their abilities. Don't scare them away from even trying.

The first video really was bad. Something must have happened or they never rehearsed. I’m sure they were embarrassed.

Wait, so is Eric Carr proper a character in his own Carmen heights universe.

To be fair, if you are deemed the worst, then you can only ever improve.

these transitions , shut up and take my subscription

When it's an academic institution no holds are barred. If you suck, you suck. As someone who's attending what is quite possibly the worst academic institution for music in North America, it's super frustrating when the dean is trying to shutdown your program and refuses to hire professors to replace retired ones.

Search up South Gate rams band homecoming 2019 I want you to react to it please

hey heads up. the end of the video is very risky, as it is brigading. which also goes under youtubes harrassment stuff

The second one brought back my emo phase