Beat the Band

Back in college, a friend once told me that the party we were planning for Saturday night was going to beat the band.  I pointed out to him that A) we hadn't hired a band, 2) even if we had hired a band, I didn't have enough baseball bats or cricket mallets for everyone at the party, and III) I really wasn't interested in going to jail for assault and battery charges anyway.  Some people are so violent.