Imagine playing to tens of thousands of fans and sharing stadium stages with icons like 30 Seconds to Mars and The Used, only to have your digital legacy reduced to a Wikipedia page that anonymous editors want to delete. In this episode of pplpod, we conduct a structural archaeology of Van Atta High (VAH), the New Jersey emo and screamo band that defined the post-My Chemical Romance "gold rush" of the mid-2000s. We unpack the "Minimum Viable Product" model, analyzing the transition from VFW hall sweat equity to being named Alternative Press’s unsigned band of the month in August 2008. We explore the mechanical "Weaponized Stickiness" of their infamous "Afternoon Delight" cover and the harsh economic ceiling of the indie label system in 2009. By examining the 2010 car accident that claimed founding bassist