Banded Story:

On May 3, 2013, the UCLA Bruin Marching Band played “Satisfaction” to open the Rolling Stones “50 & Counting” tour at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Bruin Marching Band was praised for its performance by news media all over the world, and its version of “Satisfaction” was called “remarkably funky” by Rolling Stone Magazine! The Band also recently appeared on “The Amazing Race” Season 24 premiere episode, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”, “The Goldbergs,” and the MTV VMA Red Carpet Pre-Show.

Artist Bio:

The UCLA Bruin Marching Band performs at the Rose Bowl for home games before crowds as large as 92,000 people. Pregame shows by the Band build crowd energy and enthusiasm with UCLA favorites “Strike Up the Band for UCLA”, “The Bruin Warriors” and “The Mighty Bruins”. Throughout the game, this lively group of students keeps spirits high with rock and pop hits, and Bruin “eight claps”.  When the halftime whistle blows, the Bruin Marching Band rolls onto the field to entertain the audience with a smooth, symphonic fusion of sound, movement and color. No one does it better than the Solid Gold Sound of the UCLA Bruin Marching Band.

The Band travels to the San Francisco Bay area each fall for either the Stanford or Cal game, and has taken regular season trips to Notre Dame, Michigan, Alabama, Texas, Miami, Ohio State, Colorado, Illinois, Washington, Tennessee, Arizona, and Arizona State. Appearances at major bowls have taken the Band to the Mirage Bowl in Tokyo, the Aloha Bowl, the Las Vegas Bowl, the Foster Farms Bowl, the Liberty Bowl, the Cactus Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl, the Sun Bowl, the Holiday Bowl, the Cotton Bowl and the Rose Bowl.