We Got Power! is a vivid chronicle of the early 1980s Southern California hardcore punk scene. In 1981, teenagers David Markey and Jordan Schwartz launched the We Got Power! fanzine, capturing the raw energy of bands like Black Flag, the Minutemen, and Hüsker Dü. This compilation features reprints of the original zines alongside hundreds of photographs, offering an intimate glimpse into the DIY ethos, dilapidated venues, and disaffected youth of the Reagan era. Contributions from scene icons such as Henry Rollins, Chuck Dukowski, and Keith Morris enrich the narrative, making it an essential document of a transformative cultural movement.
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David Markey is a filmmaker, musician, and photographer best known for documenting the Southern California punk scene of the 1980s and 1990s. His seminal film “1991: The Year Punk Broke” captured the moment alternative rock was on the cusp of mainstream explosion, featuring bands like Sonic Youth and Nirvana. Through his DIY ethos, Markey has chronicled subculture from the inside—raw, immediate, and unsanitized. His work preserves punk not as nostalgia but as lived, chaotic reality, bridging visual art, music, and underground history. Markey remains a vital archivist of an unruly and electric cultural moment.
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David Markey is a filmmaker, musician, and photographer best known for documenting the Southern California punk scene of the 1980s and 1990s. His seminal film “1991: The Year Punk Broke” captured the moment alternative rock was on the cusp of mainstream explosion, featuring bands like Sonic Youth and Nirvana. Through his DIY ethos, Markey has chronicled subculture from the inside—raw, immediate, and unsanitized. His work preserves punk not as nostalgia but as lived, chaotic reality, bridging visual art, music, and underground history. Markey remains a vital archivist of an unruly and electric cultural moment.
We Got Power! is a vivid chronicle of the early 1980s Southern California hardcore punk scene. In 1981, teenagers David Markey and Jordan Schwartz launched the We Got Power! fanzine, capturing the raw energy of bands like Black Flag, the Minutemen, and Hüsker Dü. This compilation features reprints of the original zines alongside hundreds of photographs, offering an intimate glimpse into the DIY ethos, dilapidated venues, and disaffected youth of the Reagan era. Contributions from scene icons such as Henry Rollins, Chuck Dukowski, and Keith Morris enrich the narrative, making it an essential document of a transformative cultural movement. David Markey, Jordan Schwartz, Bazillion Points, 2010, Music Bazillion Points 978-1935950073 David Markey 2010