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    2008 marks PCA's 10-year anniversary!
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ANDREW W.K.
Rocked Power Chord Academy 2008!
MY AMERICAN HEART
Performed live at Power Chord Academy!
KYP MALONE (TVOTR)
TV on the Radio guitarist at PCA 2008!
HELMET
Guitarist Page Hamilton from the legendary band!
PAT SANSONE
Multi-instrumentalist from WILCO rocked PCA!
THE RINGERS
Indie 103.1 faves bring indie-punk to PCA!
TED LEO AND THE PHARMARCISTS
Rocked PCA in 2008!
THE FRAY
Ben Wysocki from the hit band visited PCA !
SCHOOLYARD HEROES
PCA welcomed indie-metal rockers School Yard Heroes!
..TRAIL OF DEAD
Texas Art-Rock outfit at PCA '08!
ORANGE
Hell-Cat recording artists rocked PCA!
GIBSON GUITARS
Lou Vito from Artist Relations visited PCA 08!
ROCKET
Finalist from 'The Next Great American Band' performed at PCA 08!
THE OOHLAS
Former members of Everclear rocked PCA!
1997
Back to rock PCA in 08!
AFTER MIDNIGHT PROJECT
AMP performed live at Power Chord Academy!
THE DOLLYROTS
Rocked out with the awesome Dollyrots at PCA 08
DR. MANHATTAN
Warped Tour band rocked PCA!
THE HUMAN ABSTRACT
Took a break from Warped Tour to rock PCA!
JET LAG GEMINI
Garden State Warped Tour faves rocked PCA!
PHIL MANLY
Trans Am guitarist visited PCA!
THE LIVES OF FAMOUS MEN
Turned it up at PCA Summer 2008!
REV. MOOSE
Internationally-known music expert from CMJ!
SARGENT HOUSE
RX Bandit's Manager talked band management!
NURSES
Rock out at PCA '08!
THE GIRAFFES
Brooklyn's loudest surf metal quartet rocked PCA!
IAN MOORE
Ian talked about his experiences!
MAPS AND ATLASES
Maps and Atlases at PCA 2008!
SPARKY'S FLAW
Mercury Records artists Sparky's Flaw at PCA 08!
THE REIGN OF KINDO
PCA welcomed the indie progressive outlet!
ASTRA HEIGHTS
L.A. Based Band of Brothers hit PCA!
AS TALL AS LIONS
ATAL at Power Chord Academy!
THE AGENCY GROUP
Reps from one of the top agencies at PCA '08
THE START
The Amazing Start played PCA! Get set ready go!
MUSTARD PLUG
The legendary ska band performed at PCA !
GOLDEN SMOG
Noah Levy talked about playing with GS and more!
SHOCK CINEMA
Brooklyn's Shock Cinema played at PCA!
ZILDJIAN
Cady Zildjian Bickford talks percussion with PCA!
A.D.A.
David Lee Galanida from the biggest Indie Distributors!
MTV
Our friends from MTV were back at PCA in 07!
YELLOWCARD
The multi-platinum Warped Tour headliners at PCA 07
HALIFAX
Halifax were brilliant at PCA San Diego in 2007
CHRIS VRENNA
X-NIN drummer & producer extraordinaire at PCA 07
DEVO
Jerry Casale from art-rock innovators Devo in 2007!
UTIO GIANTS
Under The Influence Of Giants rocked PCA 2007
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK
Members of MCS came out to Power Chord in 2007
BRAND NEW
Members of Brand New stopped by PCA in 07
ALTERNATIVE PRESS
AP Music Editor Scott Heisel was a guest speaker in 07
KILL HANNAH
Electro-rockers Hill Hannah were at PCA Chicago in 07
RX BANDITS
the incredible RX BANDITS performed this summer
EDDIE SPAGHETTI
The Supersuckers frontman rocked PCA this summer!
THIS IS ME SMILING
Columbia Records indie rock darlings at PCA 07
RADIO 4
Electro-pop rockers Radio 4 performed at PCA NY in 07
THE JUNIOR VARSITY
Played songs off their new CD at PCA this summer
OXFORD COLLAPSE
Sub Pop's Oxford Collapse appeared at PCA in 07
CATCH 22
Bringing SKA back! Catch 22 live at Power Chord 2007
1997
1997 is going to be huge & you saw them first at PCA
THE PHENOMENAUTS
Futuristic astro-punks The Phenomenauts at PCA 07
CHUCK RAGAN
Hot Water Music's Chuck Ragan solo at PCA 07
JON AUER
Jon Auer of Posies/Bigstar fame is on board for 2007
NEW ATLANTIC
Find out what the buzz is all about! New Atlantic rule!
THE CLASSIC CRIME
Tooth & Nail recording artists at PCA 07
NORTHERN STATE
The Beastie Boys love Northern State. You will too!
THE DEAR HUNTER
Discover The Dear Hunter at PCA 07. They're amazing!
A CHANGE OF PACE
A Change OF Pace will change your life at PCA 07
EMI MUSIC
EMI Music Publishing spoke with PCA bands in 07
SPITALFIELD
Spitalfield frontman Mark Rose was a guest in 2007
JAWBREAKER
Blake Schwarzenbach from Jawbreaker at PCA07
DOGHOUSE RECORDS
Students met with A&R from Doghouse Records in 07
POWERMAN 5000
Spider from the platinum PM5K was back again in 07
BLOODSHOT RECORDS
Nan from Bloodshot Records spoke at PCA in 07
RISE AGAINST
Geffen recording artist at San Diego Session 2005!
THE DONNAS
Mystery Guests The Donnas rocked PCA 2005!
ATLANTIC RECORDS
A&R reps from Atlantic at PCA 2005/06/07
311
2006 Mystery Guest Nick Hexum from 311!
UNWRITTEN LAW
The amazing Unwritten Law kicked off PCA 2006
ALL AMERICAN REJECTS
Played their hit single Dirty Little Secret at PCA 05
SUGARCULT!
Sugarcult played Power Chord New York 2006
THRICE
Dustin and Riley came out to PCA last summer!
NEW FOUND GLORY
NFG's Cyrus Balooki was a 2005 Mystery Guest speaker
BAYSIDE
Victory Records artist Bayside at PCA in 2006
MARS VOLTA
IIkey Owens hung out for a day with the PCA students!
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