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In 1979, punk was over .

but by 1981, hardcore was born.

As teenagers in 1981, David Markey and his best friend Jordan Schwartz founded We Got Power , a fanzine dedicated to the first-generation hardcore punk music community in their native Los Angeles.

Their text captured the early punk spirit of Black Flag, the Minutemen, Social Distortion, Suicidal Tendencies, and Husker Du at the height of their powers.

Meanwhile, their amazing photographs captured the dilapidated houses, abandoned storefronts, and disaffected youth culture of the early Reagan era.

Never before seen, except in crude fanzine form, these detailed and richly narrative photos are now collected to present an intimate document a uniquely fertile creative moments.

About the Author: DAVID MARKEY was born December 3, 1963, in Burbank, CA.

He made his first film at the age of 11 and published a neighborhood newspaper at 12.

In 1980, he became involved in the local underground music scene.

He helped form Sin 34 in 1981, and captured the punk scene in the Super 8 film The Slog Movie.

Markey was a part of We Got Power fanzine from 1981 to 1983, then kept the name alive through his We Got Power Films.

He cowrote and directed Desperate Teenage Lovedolls in 1984.

He photographed, edited, cowrote, and directed Lovedolls Superstar in 1986.

Also that year, his band Painted Willie toured with Black Flag for six months, a period depicted in his film Reality 86 d.

Later, he traveled with Sonic Youth and Nirvana across Europe to make 1991: The Year Punk Broke.

Markey has directed music videos for Meat Puppets, fIREHOSE, Shonen Knife, Mudhoney, and Pat Smear, and collaborated with visual artists Cameron Jamie, Raymond Pettibon, and Kim Gordon.

In 2005, he accidentally discovered he was adopted, leading to work on the autobiography Dark Circles.

Markey directed the documentaries The Reinactors; Dinosaur Jr.

Bug (Live) at 9: 30; and the Circle Jerks film My Career as a Jerk.

JORDAN SCHWARTZ met David.