Minisode - The Cadets are Dead. The gang’s all here as Cadets alumnus Rick Wygant joins Nikki, Jeff Ream, and Fossil Chops to talk about the recent bankruptcy declaration by DCI’s oldest corps, The Cadets. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 913-390-3190 and leave your best 2-3 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseu…

The Best of Drum Corps AF (So far). Host Fossil Chops goes all the way back to the beginning of Drum Corps AF and replays some of our favorite moments from the first 15 episodes. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 913-390-3190 and leave your best 2-3 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to …

Minisode - MAASIN March With Pride Scholarship Fundraiser Rand Clayton and Sara Bowden join host Fossil Chops as they lay out in detail the 2024 iteration of the March With Pride Scholarship Fund(raiser), and what you can do to help prospective marching members of the LGBTQIA+ community succeed in their amibitions. We want to hear YOUR voices - cal…

The Best of the Boston Crusaders. Host Fossil Chops joins our panelists Jeff Ream, Nikki Brose’, and the Drum Corps AF community to talk about their favorite shows from the Boston Crusaders. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 913-390-3190 and leave your best 2-3 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’…

DrumCorpsAF Minisode - Drum Corps TEA Episode 1 Host Nikki Brose joins Fossil Chops to catch up on all the latest happenings in the world of DCI (including the Cadets going inactive, corps folding, and not one, but TWO lawsuits). We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 913-390-3190 and leave your best 2-3 minute take. You can use …

Minisode - DCA With Jeff Ream Host Jeff Ream gives us a comprehensive look at Drum Corps Associates history, and their final season as an independent circuit in 2023. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 913-390-3190 and leave your best 2-3 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a r…

Minisode - Robert W. Smith. Host Fossil Chops joins J. Sage Lee, Jeff Ream, and Paris Foreman to remember the enormous contributions that Robert brought to the drum corps world, much of which is unknown to the activity to this day. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 913-390-3190 and leave your best 2-3 minute take. You can us…

Episode 34 - 2023 Season Review Part II Host Fossil Chops joins our panel to cuss and discuss the 2023 season ad nauseam while the only John Weldy jumps on to join in on the gratuitous discussion. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 913-390-3190 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, an…

DrumCorps AF 34 - 2023 Season Review Host Fossil Chops airs your feedback submissions before joining our panel to cuss and discuss the 2023 season ad nauseam. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 913-390-3190 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on…

DrumCorps AF 33 - 2023 Mid-Season Review Fossil Chops, Jeff Ream, and Jeff Menendez rehash and break down the 2023 season so far, and talk about the weird things we’ve seen so far. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 913-390-3190 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget t…

DrumCorps AF 32 - You People Are Sick - Sick, sick, sick Fossil Chops, Jeff Ream, and Nikki cuss and discuss all the sick things you weirdos do out there, and catch up on the hype and speculation of spring training. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 913-390-3190 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name…

A Bonus Mixed Bag - Fossil Chops, Nikki, and the one-and-only Nick join the Drum Corps AF community to dig up the corpse of the 2022 season just to beat it to death yet again. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to lea…

Santa Clara Vanguard has decided to go idle for the 2023 season. Host Fossil Chop discusses, with guests Jeff Ream and Jeff Menendez, the implications and ramifications of this development and what it means for the only corps in DCI history to make Finals every single year to suddenly not. even be there. Supporting documentation for this show can b…

DrumCorps AF - Following the Money. Fossil Chops, and the Drum Corps AF community talk about the rapidly increasing costs of marching, running, and organizing the drum corps activity. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forge…

DrumCorps AF - Following the Money. Fossil Chops, and the Drum Corps AF community talk about the rapidly increasing costs of marching, running, and organizing the drum corps activity. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forge…

The DCAF 2022 Season Review. Host Fossil Chops, Jeff Ream, and Nikki Brose get together to react to the 2022 season. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes. Drum Corps AF is an irreverent po…

Fuck the Blue Devils. John gives his in-depth postseason thoughts on 2022. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave us a review on iTunes. Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching ar…

The DCAF 2022 Season Preview. Host Fossil Chops, Jeff Ream, Nikki Brose, and special guest DrumsDownUnder from the Drunk Corps Int podcast get together to discuss the upcoming 2022 season, and maybe throw some shade at the silly design concepts and dramatic show reveals that many corps engage in. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission li…

The Best of the Bluecoats. Fossil Chops, Nikki, Jeaf Ream, John (!), and the Drum Corps AF community talk about their favorite shows of the only corps named after and formed from a police department. Special guest host Fossil Chops. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can u…

The Best of Santa Clara Vanguard. Fossil Chops, Nikki, Jeff Ream, John (!), and the Drum Corps AF community talk about their favorite shows of the only corps to ever make every single Finals in DCI history–Santa Clara Vanguard. Special guest host Fossil Chops. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your bes…

Spirit of Atlanta has withdrawn from the 2022 season. Guest host Fossil Chops discusses the events leading up to Spirit's withdrawal with guests Rand Clayton and Sara Bowden of MAASIN, along with special guest and Spirit alumna McKenzee Grace. Supporting documentation for this show can be found in the Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/…

We're Getting the Band Back Together. Guest hosts Sara, Jeff, Fossil Chops, and the Drum Corps AF community talk finally get back on the wagon after 6 months of pandemic hell to talk about the 2021 drum corps season. Special "broke-ass bitch" column appearance by Nicholas Powers Next episode: The best of Santa Clara Vanguard. We want to hear YOUR v…

The Best of the Blue Devils. John, Nick, Sara, Kelly and the Drum Corps AF community talk about the corps that we love to hate...or do we? Special guest host Fossil Chops. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t forget to leave u…

The best non-Finalists. John, Nick, Sara, Jeff and the Drum Corps AF community talk about corps that didn’t quite make the cut. Who are those hidden gems you need to take a look back at? Special guest host Kelly Elias. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 1-2 minute take. You can use your real n…

DCI has released a statement saying there WILL be DCI events in Indy in August, 2021. 18 of the top 25 corps have responded, in very different ways. John talks about all of it, and encourages you to vote with your dollars for who you think is handling this best. DCI21 Statements: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17USUi94nOyBalI3CcimCEk9urshlKYVas…

The best of the Blue Knights. John, Nick, Sara, Fossil Chops and the Drum Corps AF community talk about a corps with a checkered past, often overlooked and maligned, but undoubtedly one of the leading innovators in our activity. We want to hear YOUR voices - call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 2 minute take. You can use you…

The best ballads ever fielded. John, Nick, Sara and the Drum Corps AF community talk about the ballads that brought us to tears, cheers and throwing our babies onto the field. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use…

Who is Varsity and why should you care? John talks about DCI’s newest partner, Varsity Brands. Who are they? How do they do business? What could it mean for drum corps? Supporting documentation for this show can be found in the Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nj2zdzCPIARLs5XI03t7O-5wptZckVo9haxnWK_p8M0/edit?usp=sharing We want to he…

The most memorable Saturday nights in drum corps. John, Nick and the Drum Corps AF community talk about our favorite shows and moments from finals night. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a p…

The best percussion sections in DCI history. John and the Drum Corps AF community talk about our favorite shows and moments from the past decade of drum corps. Special guests: Kelly Elias, Fossil Chops, Jeff Ream. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leav…

The best of the decade: 2010s. John, Nick and the Drum Corps AF listeners talk about our favorite shows and moments from the past decade of drum corps. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a pse…

The very best of Phantom Regiment. John, Nick and the Drum Corps AF listeners talk about our favorite Phantom Regiment shows and moments. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and do…

DCI cancels 2020 season. John talks about the effects of the global pandemic on our little activity and solicits audience feedback. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your real name or a pseudonym, and don’t fo…

Our Favorite DCI Color Guards. John and Nick discuss their favorite (not necessarily the best) color guards in DCI history, and ask the DCAF community to do the same. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take. You can use your rea…

The Very Best of the Men of Madison. John and Nick discuss their favorite Madison Scouts shows and those of the DCAF community. Madison has been in DCI 48 years, and is opening a new chapter. Time for a look back. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leav…

2019 Fan Response & 2020 Staff Grab Season. John and Nick listen to what the Drum Corps AF community has to say about the 2019 season and the staff carousel that has been early September. If you still have a job in drum corps 2020, please stand up. Not so fast, Will Pitts... We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the…

2019 Recap. John & Nick (he’s back!) wrap up the 2019 season, including the premiere of the DCAF’fies (yearly Drum Corps AF awards), our take on who sucked, who was great, and who should have placed differently and all the other shit you’ve come to expect from us. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! O…

The aftermath of the super regionals. John gets by with a little help from his friends - LOTS of them. We listen to lots of YOUR opinions on the 2019 season, with a focus on San Antonio and Atlanta. Bluecoats won both, but now the Blue Devils seem to be overtaking them. Who will the 2019 Champion be? Will we really have a different winner for each …

The calm before the storm. John gets by with a little help from his friends - LOTS of them. We listen to lots of YOUR opinions on the 2019 season, with a focus on the competitive craziness leading up to San Antonio. Will the Bluecoats remain undefeated? How will SCV’s new changes affect them? Are the Blue Knights and Phantom Regiment for real? We w…

Madison Scouts go all-gender. John gets by with a little help from his friends - LOTS of them. We listen to lots of YOUR opinions on the 2019 season, with a focus on Madison Scouts’ recent decision to go all-gender. Good move? Bad move? What will the effect be? What do YOU think? We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part o…

July 3, 2019 Fan Reaction. John gets by with a little help from his friends - LOTS of them. We listen to lots of YOUR opinions on the 2019 season. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Or call our submission line at 317-622-6946 and leave your best 30-90sec take on anything going on in the 2019 season. …

2019 Preview. John & Nic talk 2019. Who’s good? Who sucks? Who looks good? Who bought their uniforms at a Hot Topic clearance sale? What’s awesome? What’s gonna happen this season? We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching arts. John a…

Worst. Show. Ever. John and Nick discuss good corps with BAD shows. We’ve all seen them, right? A corps you usually love, but this show just completely fails on every level. Also - 2019 Predictions. Because that’s a thing. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast abou…

Who Should Have Won? John and Nick dare to ask DCI’s forbidden question. Do we know better than DCI judges? Well of course we do...and so do you! We give our opinions on who should have won EVERY year of DCI and several of yours as well. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Drum Corps AF is an irrevere…

A Drum Corps Fan’s Guide to Indoor. John & Nick invite in two guests cohosts, Malik Martin and Marlayna Pieratt, to talk Indoor. Are you a big drum corps fan, but don’t know where to start when it comes to WGI? We’ll help you figure out what’s going on. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Drum Corps A…

A Drum Corps Fan’s Guide to Indoor. John & Nick invite in two guests cohosts, Malik Martin and Marlayna Pieratt, to talk Indoor. Are you a big drum corps fan, but don’t know where to start when it comes to WGI? We’ll help you figure out what’s going on. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Drum Corps A…

Free Arsenal. John takes the mic solo for an urgent episode with an urgent message. DCI, you MUST reinstate Arsenal Drum & Bugle Corps and release EVERYONE involved in this horrid decision. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching art…

Our Favorite Carolina Crown Shows. John & Nick discuss their top 10 Carolina Crown shows, plus fan feedback and a Crown What If? Segment. We also talk about offseason rumblings from Cadets, Madison Scouts, Phantom Regiment, Oregon Crusaders SCV, Blue Devils and FloMarching. We want to hear YOUR voices - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the …

John & Nick discuss their postseason impressions of the 2018 season. We also talk about major offseason happenings with Pioneer, The Cadets, Madison Scouts, SCV Cadets, Blue Devils B and several other corps. We give LOTS of time to YOUR voices on this episode - follow us on FB or Twitter to be part of the podcast! Drum Corps AF is an irreverent pod…

2018 Wrap-Up, part 1 (14th & higher). John & Nick discuss their postseason impressions of the 2018 season, including some important comments about what’s happening in the activity off the field. Drum Corps AF is an irreverent podcast about drum corps and the marching arts. John and Nick love the activity, but we also get sick of all the saccharine …