We Got Power

We’ve been gradually expanding the books section of our online shop, and we’re now up to over 250 music-related titles. BV editor Andrew Sacher picks 10 punk books that no bookshelf should be without…

Fanzine We Got Power! was created in 1981, born out of a love for hardcore music between two friends, David Markey and Jordan Schwartz. The zine compiled photos and text that documented the early LA hardcore scene including legends like Black Flag, the Minutemen, Social Distortion, Red Cross/Redd Kross, Suicidal Tendencies, the Descendents, M…

Milo Aukerman (of Descendents) in 1982, with photographer Glen E. Friedman in frame 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…