Erika Swinnich, Ignitor Credit: Photo By John Anderson

1. Erika Swinnich, Ignitor

2. John Yaklin, Nervous Exits

3. Britt Daniel, Spoon

4. Dustin Pilkington, the Sneezes

5. Greg Lewis, Mr. Lewis & the Funeral Five

6. Sean O’Neal, the Arm

7. Chris Klinck, Born to Lose

8. Leonard Guerra, Skullening

9. Ray Colgan, the Crack Pipes

10. Chad Nichols, the Transgressors

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