1986 Michigan Marching Band - Pregame

Pregame from the Iowa game. October 18, 1986.

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Music

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• Michigan
• Marching
• Band
• MMB
• Wolverines
• pregame

[mspell350]

BO.... PRIDE.... Those that stayed were champions

[acm58]

and louder...it's so much softer now...I think M Fanfare should blow people in the last row away

[MichiganGoBlue16]

How can you watch this and still not be a Michigan fan? This really shows the dominance of the Bo Schembechler Era. Just how the band just plays the shit out of those instruments with pride, and the fans. Simply amazing

[AAndrews1968]

I love how their formation scans the field. It's really quite a sight to behold on video. I am absolutely certain that if I were to witness this in person I would be shedding Maize and Blue tears. What a sight indeed.

[squarepunnett]

Drum Corps style sucks. This is a MARCHING band, not a walking band. It's so much more visually appealing and it just sounds so much more POWERFUL than what you see now. It's like the band tries to race through the songs as fast as possible while power walking down the field.

[ftlfl1900]

That is amazing! Now, that is what a band should be. This makes me proud to be an American!

[ftlfl1900]

That is amazing! You almost turned me into a Michigan fan :-)

[MrOu83]

I saw this Michigan Band in 1986 vs. OSU in Columbus. The tempo back then is noticeably slower (even the fanfare) which allowed the band to march with a considerably higher leg lift than more recent UM bands. Today's UM bands have better marching technique (people were boucing all over the place with bent backs in the day). More recent bands, while better technically, and incorporating more varied marching styles, lack the passion and fervor of UM bands of the past decades.

[MightierToaster]

You can sense this was a time period of Michigan Dominance. That time is coming soon again.

[blondinblu]

@ieatglue44: It just seems that "back in the day," the drums were so loud they would make your guts bleed even if you were in the last row of the stadium...it was wonderful! There was emotion in that entrance that I just don't see in this year's band...that said...it's still the greatest entrance in college football. I never get tired of seeing it.

[ieatglue44]

@blondinblu I can guarantee you that the cadence is not faster in this clip. We are slightly more muted as we have drifted slowly toward Drum Corps influence. Maybe it's the fans that aren't loud enough anymore....

[86corduroy]

i BLEED blue