For the first time in 42 years — since the Carter Administration — Purdue University's All-American Marching Band will perform Saturday at halftime without The Drum, which weighs a quarter of a ton ...

Purdue will be looking for an upset win against Notre Dame on Saturday but will be without one of the key components of it program – "The World’s Largest Drum." When the Purdue All-American Marching ...

St. Louis Super Regionals. Only one was from South Dakota. As the high school marching band season wraps up, the Lincoln High ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WISH) — Purdue’s big drum is no longer a good fit at the Notre Dame Stadium. The bass drum — said to be more than 7 feet in diameter and nearly 4 feet wide, but not the “World’s ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – In 1921, Purdue Bands director Paul "Spotts" Emrick had an idea – a very, very big idea. He wanted the marching band to have a bass drum bigger than any other band's in the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin's Longhorn Band is unveiling its new custom-built bass drum, which is even larger than its original drum, at the home game against Iowa State ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – When the heated football rivalry between Purdue and the University of Chicago was at its boiling point in the 1920s, The Purdue "All-American" Marching Band's Big Bass Drum ...

Few things in college football are as tall as Purdue's Drum. Minnesota's offensive lineman Daniel Faalele, listed by gophersports.com at 6-foot-9 and 400 pounds, the tallest player in NCAA football ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue's All-American Marching Band will be without The World's Largest Drum Saturday. The legendary drum can't fit in Notre Dame Stadium, ESPN reported Thursday night. For the ...