Pep Band

Pep Band

The Warren East Raider Pep Band performs at all home Boy's and Girl's Varsity games.  Students are split into two groups - "Blue" and "Gold" and are responsible for performing at an equal number of games.  All students in the Raider Band are required to participate in the Pep Band.

The Raider Pep Band performs a number of songs at the games.  Please find below a listing of the songs that we play.  If available, we have linked to an audio recording of the song.  Click on the name of the song to hear a recording of that song.*

1 - Navy Blue & Gold (Fight Song)

1A/3A - Monster Jams (4 shorties - we repeat one of these to fill up a time out)

2 - Star Spangled Banner

3 - My Old KY Home** (Played at the conclusion of a football game following a win)

4 - Rock & Roll (Hey Song)

4A - Call Me

5 - Carry On Wayward Son

5A - 2001** (Played immediately before lineups during varsity basketball games)

6 - Stacy's Mom

6A - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (we stop on the note just before the scream at the end)

7 - Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)

7A - Jungle Boogie

8 - Crazy Train

8A - Back in Black (we start at measure three after the percussion)

9 - Hey! Baby!

9A - You Shook Me All Night Long

10 - You Give Love a Bad Name

10A - I Gotta Feeling

11 - Gimme Some Lovin

11A - Smoke on the Water

12 - Heartbreaker**

12A - The Way You Move

13/15 - Don't Stop Believin'

13A/15A - Tango di Smedley

14 - Smooth Criminal

14A/16A - Take on Me**

16 - Bad Romance

* - These songs are the copyright of their respective publishers and no infringement is intended by their placement on this website.  These recordings are here for our pep club to use in planning activities.  Special thanks to J. W. Pepper for hosting these files.

** - Performed by the WKU Big Red Marching Band.  Special thanks to them for allowing their recordings to be posted on our website!

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