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More than 40 years of marching bands behaving badly

Allegations of hazing, alcohol abuse and sexual misconduct got the University of Wisconsin marching band suspended last weekend, making the Badgers the latest in a long line of college bands that have had to face the music for their missteps.

1967: The Columbia University band is banned by the Ivy League from performing at any athletic event after its “A Tribute to Birth Control” show, in which band members formed the shape of a condom and played “I Hear You Knockin’ (But You Can’t Come In).”