Various, Xtract, Rattus, No Choice, The Varukers, Existenz, The Skeptix, English Dogs, Xtract, Existenz, No Choice, Rattus

Vancouver Punk

The west-coast first wave that coined 'hardcore' — political, tuneful and absurdly early.

Detroit Proto-Punk

Pull this thread and you get Michigan guitar noise from 1969 ballrooms to 1999 basements, unbroken.