The Real Drumline Drummers (we started it all in 1982)...........

These 4 young men helped change black drumlines across America. Natives of Durham, NC they attended Hillside High and Later went to North Carolina A&T State University (the school that the movie Drumline was based on). While joining the Marching band in (1984/1985), they shared the techniques with the Drumline (Cold Steel) and learned new techniques as well. These techniques laid the foundation for all Black Highschool and Black College Drumlines across America. This footage was filmed in 1982 in Greensboro, NC where these 4 young men placed 2nd in a Talent Show where they were considered the minority. They performed a rendition of Black Market Juggler written by Dennis Delucia and performed by the Great Bayonne Bridgemen Drum Corp. One of the menbers went on to play snare for the Bridgemen.These 4 men started the drumming techniques seen in the Block Buster Hit Movie "Drumline" at the high schools and colleges they attended. Some would even argue that the Movie was clearly inspired by and was perhaps even based on one or all of these individuals. Pernell Briggs, Gerald Tharrington, Timothy Bryant, and Daryl Spellman