Think Spinal Tap had a few drummers? Legendary Japanese noise-punks the Boredoms brought seventy-seven of them together in a Brooklyn, New York park on Saturday for a July 7 event dubbed 77BoaDrum. Andrew W.K., Modest Mouse percussionist Andy McLeod and Lightning Bolt’s Brian Chippendale were among those that participated in the two-hour drum-a-thon, which was far from a cacophony of disorganized sound: The piece was intricately composed and the drummers were physically arranged like a coiled snake. Watch out for an even more ambitious performance next summer, to mark 8/8/08.

[photo courtesy of Jane Lerner]