Original upload date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 20:04:21 GMT
Founded in February of 2004, The Academy of Rock, a music appreciation club associated with Columbia, Missouri's David H. Hickman High School, has networked student musicians, increased the school's l
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evel of education about American music, given student bands a chance to hone their chops, and arranged unplugged shows from such luminaries as The Hold Steady, The Drive-By Truckers, Exene Cervenka, and Baby Gramps. This documentary, directed by University of Missouri student Chad LaRoche, gives you a taste of a program all high schools should offer, and places a special emphasis on the club's 5th Annual Battle of the Bands. Note: the documentary reports that the Battle ended in a tie; after a judge's addition error was discovered, the "Golden Guitar" went to Molly Trull and Anodyne.
