1960 17 Sept. 7/7 In Trinidad a steelband is known as a ‘pan-side’ and the word ‘pan’ has two connotations. The first refers to the instrument, the second to a way of musical life. Pan, the instrument, is..a tuned gong, made from the top of a 44-gallon steel barrel.
1993 R. Baptiste 123 De whole pan side had was to practise whole night long.