Guitar Showcase was founded in 1965 by Bud Eastman (who later founded Guitar Player Magazine). In the past 36 years Guitar Showcase and Showcase Music Institute have grown into the largest musical retail and education facility in Northern California. The company takes pride in providing the best in quality service and support for its customers. The Showcase Swap Shop, the consignment arm of the store, is providing a gear sponsorship for Powerslave.com's fourth birthday party at The Pound in San Francisco. The swap shop offers a unique shopping experience for the bargain hunter with thousands of used music and sound treasures.The variety of music gear changes so often that many of our regular customers visit daily to look for new bargains. For more information, visit http://www.guitarshowcase.com.
	iMusicast is a next-generation DVD & streaming media production company, combining the excitement of live performances with all the leading-edge possibilities of a digital, fully web-enabled audio/video recording and webcast studio. iMusicast is a unique hybrid between a cool concert venue, a recording studio, a video soundstage, and a webcast studio. Shows are shot with as 6 cameras, switched live, and stream it live on the web. Anyone on earth can watch in real time. Powerslave.com has teamed up with iMusicast to support a series of metal shows at the venue. Look for Powerslave.com supported bands to hit the iMusicast stage beginning Nov. 22, 2002. Visit them at http://www.imusicast.com.
	Netdojo Hosting, owned by Rob Starkey, offers incredibly cheap hosting solutions in a high end environment. Netdojo is the chosen hosting solution for Powerslave.com as this site has been maintained on the Netdojo machines since mid 2000. Netdojo is quickly becoming the number one hosting solution for the underground community at an affordable price. Visit them at http://www.netdojo.com.
	Phantom Photography was founded to serve the documentation needs of musicians, their record labels, producers and promoters. They preserve the emotion, atmosphere and experience of of being at a live concert performance. Visit them at http://phantomphotography.com.
	Offering a wide range of music, 90.5 KSJS does offer more than six metal shows including The Madman's show entitled Th Insanitarium on Wednesday nights from 10 PM to 2 AM on which he usually does a "Local Disturbances" where he plays selected tunes from NorCal Underground bands. 90.5 KSJS is based in San Jose, CA and can be heard through the Internet as well at http://www.ksjs.org.
	92 KSJO is the premier rock station of the San Francisco Bay Area. With coverage from San Francisco to Concord to Monterey, the Clear Channel station touts a backbone of rock from 70s classics to modern favorites that the kids go crazy over. Powerslave.com is affiliated with 92 KSJO through its efforts with Home Grown, disc jockey Sloppy Joe's local show airing at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday nights. Powerslave.com works with Sloppy Joe to provide the best of unsigned rock and metal acts in the area and also provides his local concert schedule. For more information, visit http://www.ksjo.com.
	With over a decade experience in the England based Metal Scene and an ever expanding fan base, Planet Loud (based in England), provides sharp articles, killer unsigned media content and a long list of interviews. Founded by Graham Finney, this site has evolved over time to land on its current edition, now focused and gaining momemtum with every passing month. Finney's past credits include the popular Rock Sound Magazine where he was a regular contributor and managed the print publications Web site. Finney has interviewed hundreds of today's top metal and hard rock acts and conrtinues to provide new and fresh content on a weekly basis. For more information, visit http://www.planet-loud.com.
	KRXQ-98 Rock is the only station that really rocks the Sacramento Valley. Broadcasting with over 50,000 watts from the 98.5FM frequency, 98 Rock is the home of "Rob, Arnie and Dawn" in the mornings, Pat Martin/Middays, Paul Marshall/Afternoons and Alex Payne/Nights. Each Sunday at 10 p.m., 98 Rock turns control of the station into the somewhat suspect hands of Paul Wilbur and Che Brooks, hosts of 98 Rock Earwhacks. Earwhacks plays the best in everything underground. 98 Rock and Earwhacks are please to have Powerslave.com sponsor "Kick To The Cajones", Earwhacks' weekly tribute to all that is good in hard and heavy! For more info on KRXQ-98 Rock and Earwhacks, check out our home on the web at http://www.krxq.net.
	SF Station's mission is to utilize the tools of technology and the Internet to build and bind the SF Bay Area community. The site's goal is to provide useful, quality content about the SF Bay Area to help generate an even greater interest in local organizations and businesses. In the process of reaching that goal, the company aims to entertain, promote awareness, and develop an interactive relationship with its users. SF Station is supporting Powerslave.com by acting as a promotional sponsor for our fourth birthday party at The Pound in San Francisco. For more information, visit http://www.sfstation.com.
	Zero Magazine is a print publication that comes out once a month and can be found at your local record store and selected venues. Each and every year this magazine, run by Head Honcho Larry Trujillo, is in existence, it just continues to grow and expand. Powerslave.com and Zero Magazine have teamed up on selected live shows in the past as well. Visit them at http://www.zeromag.com.