Basketball Pep Bands
Interested members of the ISUCF"V"MB can audition for the basketball pep bands for home basketball games at Hilton Coliseum. The pep bands include the same woodwind and brass instruments as the marching band. Percussion consists of a drum kit, and sometimes the men's band includes a bass guitar. Students receive academic credit for their participation. Auditions consist of a demonstration of major scales, a chromatic scale, and sight-reading in front of the directors. Regular rehearsals begin soon thereafter.
The band's uniform is a yellow and red hockey jersey with black pants, which marks Iowa State as rather informal in pep band circles. Music choices include all fight songs and cheers from the marching band. The sequence of "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang, "Phfft! You Were Gone", and "That's All Folks" of Looney Tunes fame are played after a Cyclones victory. Some of the most successful songs are retained for the next marching band season, as well as a vast selection of past favorites and original student arrangements. Some of the most popular and most frequently performed songs include:
- "Ants Marching" by the Dave Matthews Band
- "Birdland" by Weather Report
- A medley of "Black Dog" and "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin
- "Come on Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners
- "Take on Me by a-ha
- "Thriller" by Michael Jackson
- "Throwdown" by Roland Barrett
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