Power Pirate is a three-piece electronic rock band from Washington D.C. formed in the fall of 2007 by Emily Pakulski (guitar & vocals), Michael Garate (keyboards), and Annika Monari (drums). Annika and Emily hosted an informal session to meet new musicians. Among them was Mike, who stayed with the two with the goal of creating music with a fusion of innovation and traditional musical theory.

Since then, Power Pirate has found its place in the DC/MD/VA music scene through catchy melodies and complex instrumentation. Inspired by modern artists such as Muse, Infected Mushroom, and Daft Punk, this trio fuses 80s-styled techno synths with hard-rock drum beats and guitar riffs to create the new, uncategorized genre unique to Power Pirate.

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"Their catchy melodies are about to become world famous."
• Craig Melvin of NBC

"It's nice to see a young band that actually knows what they are doing."
• Brightest Young Things

"Fun, pulsating, head-rocking music"
• District of Sound

"Power Pirate encapsulates the very energy and dynamism that rock is supposed to have, and was meant to convey."
• Marco Delmar, producer, 9 times winning WAMA's Producer of the Year award