KRON4 received an avalanche of nominations for best Bay Area high school band this May. Out of hundreds of schools, Pittsburg ...

(Brian Krista/staff photo) Percussionists in the drumline practice a portion of their music as the Liberty High School Marching Band rehearses their show in the school parking lot on Friday.

A Coachella crowd mobbed one of the festival’s techno acts before it reached the stage. That was by design. MEUTE, an 11-piece outfit from Germany, is a marching band that plays techno music.

A new documentary, "In Our Eyes," offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Reeths-Puffer marching band, an 18-time champion ... Bands are scored based on music and visual performance.

“It’s easy to walk into the band room and see all the trophies and banners, but that can’t be the end all be all.” More than just the music, he said marching in a band is also physically d ...