Perched high in the cheap seats, relatively speaking, were a raucous band of shirtless fans, each one with a letter that collectively spelled out, "Go Fish."

A raucous band invaded the area, and the carousers became feverish.

They passed under the Keeningwoods and through the archway, emerging on the threshold of a resplendent stone city where a raucous band of black-winged children flew past them, all smiling and greeting L'lewythi by name.

The wedding ceremony itself of the Khanzada continue to retain many Hindu rituals, the bridegroom sports a safa (headgear) like the Hindus do and a raucous band is a must in a wedding procession as are firecrackers.

This year's version has unearthed three more loud, raucous, basic bands who countered the British Invasion with their own amalgams of garage rock and early psychedelia.

It was midnight on a Tuesday but the atmosphere in the Kristinemut bar resembled a hardcore weekend: raucous band, chaotic dancing, and more than a handful of revellers (of all ages) best described as "blotto".

Nearby, a raucous band of parakeets foraged for food on the ground.

The steel gates roll down over storefronts in the afternoon, as merchants warily watch raucous bands of high school students sweep through the shopping district in Jamaica, Queens.

A lone flutist played in one corner, a raucous thrown-together band of fiddle, clarinet, trumpet and accordion in another.

The first Lollapalooza tour, in 1991, sold out arenas with a bill of seven raucous bands and a circus tent full of political and social-action groups.