We Got Power!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California - Book Signed hook-laden synth-pop

hook-laden synth-pop

"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" and "Don't Think Twice

a series of effects layered over Batz's lyrics that feels at once hypnagogic in it's obscuring power and intimately familiar

it peaked at # 6 on the UK album charts

The Miles Davis track is available on vinyl for the first time

We Got Power!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California - Book Signed hook-laden synth-popIn 1979, punk was over . . . but by 1981, hardcore was born. As teenagers in 1981, best friends David Markey and Jordan Schwartz founded We Got Power!, a fanzine dedicated to the first generation hardcore punk music community in their native Los Angeles. Their work captured the early punk spirit of Black Flag, the Minutemen, Social Distortion, Suicidal Tendencies, and Hsker D at the height of their powers. Meanwhile, their amazing photographs captured