The Academy is... is an amazine Rock/Indie band from Hoffman Estates, Illinois, US.
The band is William Beckett: Vocals; Adam Siska: Bass; Andy "the butcher" Mrotek: Drums; Tom Conrad: Guitar; Mike Carden: Guitar.
Beckett has and amazing voice! the lyrics are perfect, and the music itself is awesome!
if u dont kno who the academy is... is then go listen to them.
by mcr_Taylor December 27, 2005
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The academy is...-one of the best fucking indie rock emo bands around right now with the lead singer-William Beckett.
Latest album-Santi and the best track on there is Seed.
The academy is...rock my world to the max

William beckett is the reason why i like the band

William beckett-SANTI!
by Alieeeeeeee November 17, 2007
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TAI as some call the band is NOT Indie rock seeing as they have a major contract. Indie bands would be more like Seasons Lost or Ghost of Gloria.
Idiot: OMG THE ACADEMY IS IS SO INDIE!!!

Actual music fan: Shut the f*ck up poser! Learn the difference between indie and mainstream.
by Intelligent Music Lover July 10, 2010
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You don't want to play in that jam. The core group is so Academy! (See "Mount Livestock Academy of..." in this case, the Performing Arts)
by Old Chicory January 5, 2010
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A sub-genre of homosexual pornography, devoted to military fetishism.

Military and para-military scenarios pre-dominate. Often features prominent displays of phallic symbolism and erotic fixation upon in-animate "power" objects, such as weapons, flashlights, uniforms, etc.

Origin: In the late 1970s, a gay pornography magazine named Academi was circulated in the San Francisco Bay Area. The magazine purported to cater to an underground homosexual military lifestyle community.
Usage: In slang, the term "Academi" is used to denote military gayness.

"I haven't seen anything that Academi, since the whole Jeff Gannon incident..."

"Did you see that mall ninja? Dude was straight out the Academi..."
by Abu al-Amok December 13, 2011
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A private middle school in Hingham Massachusetts where the girls are fake and the boys are judgy jerks but the friendships are tight and long lasting and everyone says they are ready to leave until realize how much they will really miss it and what it means to them.
“Do you go to Derby Academy?”
“Yeah I’m a little sick of it but I love all my friends there it’s always a good time”
by I’mAnonymous February 11, 2018
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