Event

THE SLOG MOVIE

Dir. Dave Markey, 1982
53 minutes
English

We Got Power Films presents David Markey's 1981/'82 homespun Super 8 documentation of the Los Angeles/Orange County early 80's hardcore punk scene. A unique look at an era, left of field even by its peers The Decline Of Western Civilization and Another State Of Mind. Like a fanzine on film, The Slog Movie has an intimate fan/ backstage/ on-stage feel. Markey shot this film while he was editing We Got Power fanzine and playing drums in Sin 34. Interviews, incredible live performances, and humorous interludes with Circle One, Symbol 6, Wasted Youth, Red Cross, TSOL, The Cheifs, Sin 34, Fear, Circle Jerks, Henry Rollins, Chuck Dukowski, Robo & Dez Cadena (Black Flag) . See glimpses of scenesters such as Pat Smear and DOA's Randy Rampage hanging out at Oki-Dogs; Jordan Schwartz as himself, Ted Nugent, & Nosferatu in a Black Flag skateboard commercial; gigs at the Whisky A Go-Go, Cuckoo's Nest, Bards Apollo, Club 88, and the Santa Monica Pier. The DVD includes a gig flyer gallery and a running commentary from David Markey, Circle Jerks' Keith Morris, the Minutemen's Mike Watt, and We Got Power's Jordan Schwartz. A history lesson from the So Cal early 80's hardcore underground. See the Los Angeles Hardcore scene explode, and in retrospect connect the dots from 1981 to 1991, The Year Punk Broke.