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  • PCA 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
    2008 marks PCA's 10-year anniversary!
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  • TWO-WEEK CURRICULUM!
    Stay two weeks, have twice as much fun! The PCA 2008 schedule is designed for a multi-week stay.
  • PCA IN THE SEATTLE TIMES!
    Check out the brilliantly written article by Haley Edwards in the Seattle Times!
  • PCA FEATURED ON MSNBC!
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CHIODOS
Singer Craig Owens to appear at PCA 08!
GIBSON GUITARS
Learn about Gibson through Lou Vito from Artist Relations
AVRIL LAVIGNE
Talk to Avril's guitarist Steve Fekete at PCA 08
ROCKET
Finalist from 'The Next Great American Band' to perform
THE OOHLAHS
Former members of Everclear to play at PCA!
TED LEO AND THE PHARMARCISTS
Get ready to be blown away by TL in 2008!
THE DOLLYROTS
Rock out with the awesome Dollyrots at PCA 08
THE EELS
Original member of the EELS stopping by PCA 08!
FIVE FOR FIGHTING
Five For Fighting's Eric Holden will be back in 08!
VALIENT THORR
The Warped Tour Alums & Volcom Band stop by PCA!
MOONRATS
Pretty Girls Make Graves' new band playing at PCA!
SARGENT HOUSE
RX Bandit's Manager talks band management!
NURSES
Rock out and learn from the unconvential band!
THE GIRAFFES
Brooklyn's loudest surf metal quartet rocks PCA!
IAN MOORE
Ian will talk about his experiences!
MAPS AND ATLASES
Rock out with Maps and Atlases at PCA 2008!
VERTICAL HORIZON
Craig M returns in 2008 as a guest speaker!
KENOTIA
Another Warp Tour sensation rocks PCA 2008!
YEAR LONG DISASTER
Coming fresh of their tour of Europe to rock out at PCA!
THE FRAY
Ben Wysocki from the hit band speaks to PCA !
SEMISONIC
John Munson stops by to chat about his experience!
MUSTARD PLUG
The legendary ska band to perform at PCA !
GOLDEN SMOG
Noah Levy speaks about playing with GS and more!
SHOCK CINEMA
Brooklyn's Shock Cinema to play at PCA!
ZILDJIAN
Cady Zildjian Bickford talks percussion with PCA!
THE AGENCY GROUP
Learn how to get an agent from the best Agency!
THE START
The Amazing Start play PCA this year! Get set ready go!
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
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!
JON AUER
Jon Auer of Posies/Bigstar fame is on board for 2007
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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