Brett, I understand completely, the sound of the drum annoys you. Perhaps you jump and spill your coffee at that first thump, I really dont know what your reasoning is, or see a requirement to know.

What I will say is that if you listen to any peice of music you will hear a beat behind it. Okay, so sometimes this isn't obvious, but I promise you, it's always there.

Now if you take a metronome to a stadium with 25'000 people stood in it, and use it to try to obtain rythmn, you're going to end up with the ripple effect. I sing one line at the back of the south stand, and 30/60 seconds later, steve up the top end of the east stand starts singing the same line, and you end up with an inaudiable ripple. Uncoordinated noise.

If you listen to the drum, and the sound created by the Brigantes, and the rest of the Wigan fans (as has been the case with Cherry And White), the drum coordinates the sound, so in one enormous pulse you hear CHERRY AND WHITE, and not ch-ch-ch-eh-eh-eh-rr-rr-rr-rr-ee-ee-ee aa-aa-aa-nn-nn-nn-dd-dd-dd wh-wh-wh-ii-ii-ii-tt-tt-tt....

So is a drum neccessary? If you can find a more effective way of controlling the beat and tempo of a song, please suggest it. I'm sure the music industry as a whole would be interested to read of your findings.

The evolution flag..... Any chance of getting a t-shirt made with that on it??

Quote: Katrina "The evolution flag..... Any chance of getting a t-shirt made with that on it?? Shouldn't be hard to find one since it isn't a very original design. Try this one for size in the meantime! www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=rugby+ ... =106&ty=76

Quote: Katrina "The evolution flag..... Any chance of getting a t-shirt made with that on it?? Shouldn't be hard to find one since it isn't a very original design. Try this one for size in the meantime! www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=rugby+ ... =106&ty=76

Yeah that'd be cool ta