My Punk Rock Life - The Photography of Marla Watson (paperback edition)

Growing up as a rebellious teenager in the suburbs of Los Angeles, hanging out at gigs and gaining access to the now-legendary bands of the era, Marla Watson is now unleashing her rarely-seen hardcore punk photography from the early 1980s in this new book entitled ‘My Punk Rock Life.’“I never considered myself to be a professional photographer but more of a historian. Regardless, I took some pretty great photos right alongside some of the greats like Edward Colver, Alison Braun and Glen E. Friedman. In late 1983 I travelled to London for two months and took pictures of all my favourite punk bands of that era. Life is a lot of fun when you are young and unencumbered. My negatives have been safely stored in my attic until the Covid years when I had extra time on my hands to scan them and create a book.”Marla’s book emphasizes the fan's point of view. Reaching out to both friends and strangers to write short pieces about what it felt like to be a punk back then, including personal stories