Hosted by Anthony Merchant · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 192 episodes
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Host Anthony Merchant talks all about whats going on in punk and alternative music, new releases, interviews, reviews and a whole lot more. A more talk heavy version of the Power Chord Hour radio show that's been airing on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY every Friday night since 2016.
Anthony Merchant hosts The Power Chord Hour Podcast, a music show with 192 episodes published.
Doug Gillard make his return to the Power Chord Hour to chat about the 44th Guided by Voices full length Crawlspace of the Pantheon as well as Doug's latest solo album Parallel Stride DOUG GILLARD https://www.guidedbyvoi
Ryan Dominguez of Tokyo Rose talks writing new music, reissuing New American Saint for it's 20th anniversary, working with Manic Kat Records, the impact touring with Taking Back Sunday had on Tokyo Rose and much more RYA
Punchline bassist Chris Fafalios joins the show this episode to talk about the bands new album Somewhere to Land, 20 years of 37 Everywhere, producing Chris DeMakes a Podcast and his long history with podcasting, touring
Matty Grace helps us celebrate 10 years of the Power Chord Hour by celebrating one of our favorite records: The Replacements 1984 classic Let it Be MATTY GRACE https://mattygrace.bandcamp.com https://crisisparty.bandcamp
Justin Perkins of Mystery Room Mastering returns to PCH to talk all about his mastering work on The Replacements upcoming reissue of their 1984 masterpiece Let it Be Justin Perkins - Mystery Room Mastering https://www.my
Flyin' Jay of the band Year of the Dragon (formerly of Fishbone) is our guest this week to chat about the new YOTD ep Dragon Burn out now on Manic Kat Records FLYIN' JAY https://yearofthedragonband.com https://www.instag
Chris Ballew (The Presidents of the United States of America, Casper Babypants) returns to the Power Chord Hour to talk all about his new solo album (and second of 2025) Ready to Pop CHRIS BALLEW https://chrisballew.org
This week on the show Jeff Dean of Heavy Seas and Her Head's on Fire chat about the latest Heavy Seas release By Degrees and lots more HEAVY SEAS https://www.instagram.com/heavyseaschicago https://www.facebook.com/heavys
John Doe returns to the Power Chord Hour to talk about the upcoming X and Los Lobos tour, the making of the final X record Smoke & Fiction, what a band looks for in a producer and how that changes later in a bands career
This week I am joined by the guitar legend that is Nancy Wilson of Heart! Nancy talks about the summer/fall Royal Flush 2025 tour and hitting the road with Cheap Trick and Todd Rundgren, fifty years of Dreamboat Annie (a
Matty Grace is this weeks guest to talk all about her debut solo album Cheap Shame (out now on Dirt Cult Records) and more! MATTY GRACE https://mattygrace.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com/mattydisgrace https://link
Blag Dahlia of the Dwarves returns to the show to talk about the upcoming release of the 1989 Dwarves album Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows for Record Store Day 2025 (unreleased until now!) BLAG/DWARVES http://www.thedw
Sammy Kay of The Kilograms talks all about the bands upcoming debut record Beliefs & Thieves on this weeks PCH! THE KILOGRAMS https://thekilograms.bandzoogle.com https://thekilograms.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.co
Chris Ballew (The Presidents of the United States of America, Casper Babypants) is our first guest of 2025 to talk all about his new solo album Truth and Dare as well as the first PUSA record which turns 30 this year CHR
Victor DeLorenzo makes his third PCH appearance to talk about the new Night Crickets record How It Ends, writing and acting in his new film Mary For The Block, the first two Violent Femmes records and tons more. Plus a b
Shannon Wilson of Ohio punk band Bandages joins the show this week to talk about the bands debut record and much more! BANDAGES https://www.instagram.com/Bandages_Music https://bandages1.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook
Doug Gillard of Guided by Voices joins the show this week to talk all about the reissue of his 80's band Children's Crusade 1984 release A Duty-Dance With Death and tons more DOUG GILLARD https://www.instagram.com/douggi
Joseph Grillo (AKA Sid Jagger) of Her Head's on Fire joins the show this week to talk about the bands sophomore record Strange Desires, his previous band Garrison, touring in the 90's versus touring in 2024, New England
Nick Diener joins the show this week to talk the 15th anniversary of The Swellers 2009 record Ups and Downsizing plus we get into Nick's pedal company Oneder Effects, his thoughts on The Swellers legacy, how the band end
John Jughead Pierson make his return to the show to talk all about his new band Semi-Famous and what it was like turning a fictional band into a real one. Plus tons more! JUGHEAD https://semi-famous.bandcamp.com https://
Chris Fafalios
Punchline
1 appearance on this show
Justin Perkins
Mystery Room Mastering
2 appearances on this show
Chris Ballew
Presidents of the United States of America/Caspar Babypants · Presidents of the United States of America / Caspar Babypants
4 appearances on this show
Jeff Dean
Google AI chief · Heavy Seas
1 appearance on this show
John Doe
X
2 appearances on this show
Nancy Wilson
lead guitarist · Heart
1 appearance on this show
Blag Dahlia
lead singer and songwriter · The Dwarves
2 appearances on this show
Victor DeLorenzo
3 appearances on this show
Shannon Wilson
Runner, triathlete, and palliative care professional · Fort Knox Army Community Service
1 appearance on this show
Doug Gillard
Guided by Voices
1 appearance on this show
Joseph Grillo
Her Head's on Fire
1 appearance on this show
Scott Lucas
Professor of International Studies at the Clinton Institute in Dublin, founder of EA WorldView · University College Dublin
1 appearance on this show
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The Power Chord Hour Podcast is hosted by Anthony Merchant. The show is categorised under music (commentary) and has published 192 episodes.
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