Mucca Pazza

Mucca Pazza describes itself as an “astounding circus punk marching band,” and that pretty well captures its sound. The group comprises nearly 30 musicians and a few cheerleaders, dressed in bargain-bin band uniforms and wailing away on trombones, clarinets, tubas, and half a dozen kinds of drums. The music is (unsurprisingly) big and brassy and (surprisingly) experimental, jumping from a tune that could have been played after a winning touchdown to funky, Zappa-esque weirdness. 

Updated 05/08/2009