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Thurs 2/8, San Diego: Rettman’s pre-LA Weekend STRAIGHT EDGE Panel at Super7

Chief — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 22:31:09 +0000

This Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Super7 Store on 701 8th Street in San Diego, STRAIGHT EDGE author Tony Rettman arrives to sign books, take names, and talk hardcore punk with Rob Moran of Unbroken, Tim Gonzalez of Amenity, and Daniel Saint of Over My Dead Body. Of course an event such as this demands free drinks, and neighbors Heartwork Coffee Bar will step up with enough vats of the strong stuff to…

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Sun. 12/3, Los Angeles: Pat Fear and Other Stories, by WE GOT POWER!

Chief — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 15:38:56 +0000

Pat Fear, the persona created by a young punk rock genius from Riverside CA Bill Bartell, sang and played guitar in White Flag, slammed with the Germs in the film Decline of the Western Civilization, and achieved many other wild things. As Pat Fear, Bill wrote music, produced records, and toured the world (including Iceland!) ceaselessly before his untimely death in 2013. On December 3…

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ROOTS of New Blood and Sweat from Legends of Hardcore Punk on Sirius XM

Chief — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 20:29:38 +0000

ROOTS OF NEW BLOOD AND SWEAT FROM LEGENDS OF HARDCORE PUNK Week of March 4, 2017 Sat 3/4, 6PM ET Sun 4/4, 1PM ET Mon 4/5, 9AM ET Tues 5/5, 4PM ET Thurs 5/7, 9PM ET The early 1980s brought an onslaught of DIY hardcore punk bands whose fire and spirit quickly inspired and transformed heavy metal. Today we check in with these legends, and discover a furious flurry of very recent hard-edged…

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Sat. 1/7, L.A.: Mike Watt Closing Party for WE GOT POWER! Photo Show

Chief — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 21:59:27 +0000

This Saturday, January 7, at 5 p.m., esteemed Los Angeles vinyl-only music outlet Pop Obscure Records winds up its extended photo exhibit featuring scores of images from We Got Power!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz. The event offers a free performance by leading San Pedro punk luminary (and We Got Power! cohort) Mike Watt of the Minutemen/

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Tonight & New Year’s Eve OFF!/Melvins/Redd Kross Gigs Boast Steven McDonald Triple Threat

Chief — Tue, 27 Dec 2016 21:52:48 +0000

Sugar-rush punk-whelped power popsters Redd Kross, sludge gods the Melvins, and the murderers’ row hardcore collective Off! already shared much in common. Each has West Coast roots, each takes uniquely skewed approaches to big rock traditions, and, of course, they all kick up utterly monstrous punk-metal freak storms that can only be their own. Collectively, the bands have released hundreds of…

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WE GOT POWER!: Unique 40X Signed Copy on Auction to Benefit Chris Stein of Saccharine Trust

Chief — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 16:27:41 +0000

Place your bid on a one-of-a-kind copy of WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California, by David Markey and Jordan Schwartz, at this location: http://www.ebay.com/itm/172444434478 This is a special benefit auction for Chris Stein, long time bassist of Saccharine Trust, in an effort to help him offset expenses related to his battle with cancer. 100% of this auction will be…

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Sat 12/17, L.A.: Saccharine Trust Plays PAGANICONS at WE GOT POWER! Show

Chief — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 19:37:30 +0000

Los Angeles legends Saccharine Trust are set to perform their 1981 SST Records hallmark Pagan Icons release in its entirety, along with their 1981 SST single “A Christmas Cry.” The cerebral sermon goes down Saturday, December 17, at 6PM at Los Angeles’s vinyl-only haven Pop Obscure, 735 South Los Angeles Street in Downtown L.A. The show is part of a series of events in conjunction with the WE…

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WE GOT POWER!: Break Off a Piece of “1991: The Year Punk Broke”

Chief — Thu, 10 Nov 2016 15:57:27 +0000

WE GOT POWER! coauthor David Markey’s all-time classic rock documentary 1991: The Year Punk Broke chronicles with machine gun wit and guerrilla flair Sonic Youth’s tour of Europe that year while accompanied by Nirvana, the Ramones, Dinosaur Jr., and Babes in Toyland. Shortly after Rolling Stone recently named 1991 one of the “Top 25 Punk Films of All Time,” L.A.’s vinyl-only Pop Obscure Records…

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WE GOT POWER!: David Markey’s Rare 1980 Film Short Depicts the Death of Summer, Birth of a Punker

Chief — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 18:45:42 +0000

David Markey, revered director of Desperate Teenage Lovedolls, 1991: The Year Punk Broke, and The Slog Movie, not to mention coauthor of WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980s Southern California, recently made available one of his early filmmaking efforts, Summer Has Been Over for a Long Time. The poignant three-and-a-half minute movie extracts and brings to life the youth beach…

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Sat 10/8, LA: WE GOT POWER! Photo Opening at Pop Obscure Records

Chief — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 08:33:25 +0000

Four years ago, David Markey and Jordan Schwartz threw the loudest book release party in known recent history, drawing thousands to an all-star free Adolescents/White Flag/Sacc. Trust show and exhibition of scores of photographs from their book WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California. Now Los Angeles’s vinyl-only haven Pop Obscure will bring the iconic images from WE…

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